aptitude的词源

英文词源

aptitude (n.)

early 15c., "tendency, likelihood," from Middle French aptitude (14c.) or directly from Late Latin aptitudo (genitive aptitudinis) "fitness," noun of quality from Latin aptus "joined, fitted" (see apt). Meaning "natural capacity to learn" is 1540s; that of "quality of being fit (for a purpose or position)" is from 1640s.

中文词源

aptitude：天资

发音释义：['æptɪtjuːd] n. 天资；自然倾向；适宜

结构分析：aptitude = apt（有…倾向的、适合）+ i（连接成分）+tude（名词后缀）→自然倾向，天生适合→天资

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

aptitude：天资，才能

apt的名词，指适应的能力。

aptitude：天才，能力

词根词缀： -apt-适合,适应 + -i- + -tude名词词尾,性质/状态