acumen的词源

英文词源

acumen

acumen: [16] Acumen is a direct borrowing from Latin acūmen, which meant both literally ‘point’ and figuratively ‘sharpness’. It derived from the verb acuere ‘sharpen’, which was also the source of English acute. The original pronunciation of acumen in English was /ə_kjūmen/, with the stress on the second syllable, very much on the pattern of the Latin original; it is only relatively recently that a pronunciation with the stress on the first syllable has become general.
=> acute

acumen (n.)

1530s, from Latin acumen "a point, sting," hence "mental sharpness, shrewdness," from acuere "to sharpen" (see acuity).

中文词源

acumen：敏锐

发音释义：['ækjʊmən; ə'kjuːmən] n. 聪明，敏锐

结构分析：acumen = acu（尖锐) +men（名词后缀，表性质）→尖锐性→敏锐、聪明

词源解释：acu←拉丁语acuere（尖的）←原始印欧词根ak（尖、顶）

同源词：acute（急性的、敏锐的），acuity（敏锐），acrobat（杂技演员）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：acumen 词源，acumen 含义。

acumen：精明

来自词根ac, 尖。-men名词后缀，同-ment.