business的词源
英文词源
- business (n.)
- Old English bisignes (Northumbrian) "care, anxiety, occupation," from bisig "careful, anxious, busy, occupied, diligent" (see busy (adj.)) + -ness. Middle English sense of "state of being much occupied or engaged" (mid-14c.) is obsolete, replaced by busyness.
Sense of "a person's work, occupation" is first recorded late 14c. (in late Old English bisig (adj.) appears as a noun with the sense "occupation, state of employment"). Meaning "what one is about at the moment" is from 1590s. Sense of "trade, commercial engagements" is first attested 1727. In 17c. it also could mean "sexual intercourse." Modern two-syllable pronunciation is 17c.
Business card first attested 1840; business letter from 1766. Business end "the practical or effective part" (of something) is American English, by 1874. Phrase business as usual attested from 1865. To mean business "be intent on serious action" is from 1856. To mind (one's) own business is from 1620s. Johnson's dictionary also has busiless "At leisure; without business; unemployed."
中文词源
busy的名词形式。
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business源自古英语bisignis，而bisignis由bisig‘busy’和-nis‘-ness’构成，相当于“busyness”，含有being busyabout something（忙碌）之义。business在词义上几经演变，由最原始的“焦虑”、“关心”到后来的“活动”、“勤勉”，直至现代英语的“生意”、“事务”、“职责”、“工商企业”等义。
词根词缀： busy繁忙的(y→i) + -ness名词词尾
