agency的词源

英文词源

agency (n.)

1650s, "active operation," from Medieval Latin agentia, noun of state from Latin agentem (nominative agens) "effective, powerful," present participle of agere (see act (n.)). Meaning "establishment where business is done for another" first recorded 1861.

中文词源

agency：代办，代理；代办处，代理处

词根词缀： -ag-行动 + -ency名词词尾

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

agency：代理机构

来自agent,代理人，-cy,名词后缀。