certainty的词源

英文词源

certainty (n.)

c. 1300, certeynte, "surety, pledge," from Anglo-French certeinté (late 13c.), Old French certainete "certainty," from Latin or Vulgar Latin *certanitatem (source of Old Spanish certanedad); see certain. Meaning "that which is certain" is attested from early 14c.; meaning "quality of being certain" is from mid-14c.

中文词源

certainty：(抽象)必然，确定；(具体)必然的事

词根词缀： -cert-确信 + -ain形容词词尾 + -ty名词词尾

词义辨异：certainty 必然性probability 可能性(大)possibility 可能性(小)

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