attentive的词源

英文词源

attentive (adj.)

late 14c. (implied in attentively), from Old French attentif, from Vulgar Latin *attenditus, from Latin attentus "heedful, observant" (see attend). Sense of "actively ministering to the needs and wants" (of another person) is from early 16c. Related: Attentively.

中文词源

attentive：注意的，留神的

词根词缀： at-临近 + -tent-延伸 + -ive形容词词尾 → (心神)延伸过来

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