comprehension的词源

英文词源

comprehension (n.)

mid-15c., from Middle French comprehénsion (15c.), from Latin comprehensionem (nominative comprehensio) "a seizing, laying hold of, arrest," figuratively "perception, comprehension," noun of action from past participle stem of comprehendere (see comprehend). In reading education, from 1921.

中文词源

comprehension：理解(力)，领悟

来源于拉丁语动词prehendere(抓住)。

词根词缀： com-共同 + -prehens-抓住 + -ion名词词尾

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