competent的词源

英文词源

competent (adj.)

late 14c., "suitable," from Old French competent "sufficient, appropriate, suitable," from Latin competentem (nominative competens), present participle of competere "coincide, agree" (see compete). Meaning "able, fit" is from 1640s. Legal sense is late 15c.

中文词源

competent：有能力的，胜任的

词根词缀： com-加强意义 + -pet-寻求 + -ent形容词词尾,动作的倾向

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