assay的词源

英文词源

assay

assay: see essay

assay (v.)

c. 1300, "to try, endeavor, strive; test the quality of," from Anglo-French assaier, from assai (n.), from Old French essai "trial" (see essay).

assay (n.)

"trial, test of quality, test of character," mid-14c., from Anglo-French assai (see assay (v.)). Meaning "analysis" is from late 14c.

中文词源

assay：测定

来自拉丁语exagire. 前缀ex-, 拿出，向外。词根ig, 同ag, 做。指拿出称量，测定。与essay构成对词，essay, 尝试，英国弗朗西斯.培根以此命名其新创作的文学体裁，即散文。

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