cogent的词源
英文词源
- cogent
- cogent: see squat
- cogent (adj.)
- 1650s, from French cogent "necessary, urgent" (14c.), from Latin cogentem (nominative cogens), present participle of cogere "to curdle; to compel; to collect," literally "to drive together," from com- "together" (see co-) + agere "to drive" (see act (n.)).
中文词源
co-, 强调。-ag, 驱动,做,词源同agent.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:cogent 词源,cogent 含义。
前缀co-和com-一样,都表“共同”;词根ag不易看出,元音a因和前缀co的元音o连读而弱化消失,其拉丁原词表“to drive”,作词根可解释为“行动”,体会与单词act(行动)的g、c音变关系。能驱使他人共同行动的话语,一定是“强有力的”。