compensation的词源
英文词源
- compensation (n.)
- late 14c., "action of compensating," from Latin compensationem (nominative compensatio) "a weighing one thing against another, a balancing," noun of action from past participle stem of compensare (see compensate). Meaning "what is given in recompense" is from c. 1600; meaning "amends for loss or damages" is from 1804; meaning "salary, wages" is attested from 1787, American English. The psychological sense is from 1914.
中文词源
词根词缀： com-加强意义 + -pens-支付 + -ation名词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：compensation 词源，compensation 含义。
