conjecture的词源
英文词源
- conjecture
- conjecture: [14] A conjecture is, etymologically speaking, simply something ‘thrown together’. The word comes, perhaps via Old French, from Latin conjectūra ‘conclusion, interpretation’, a noun derived from the past participle of conicere ‘throw together’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and jacere ‘throw’ (source of English jet, jettison, and jetty). The notion behind the word’s semantic development is that facts are ‘thrown together’ in the mind and (provisional) conclusions drawn.
=> jet, jettison, jetty - conjecture (n.)
- late 14c., "interpretation of signs and omens," from Old French conjecture "surmise, guess," or directly from Latin coniectura "conclusion, interpretation, guess, inference," literally "a casting together (of facts, etc.)," from coniectus, past participle of conicere "to throw together," from com- "together" (see com-) + iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Sense of "forming of opinion without proof" is 1530s.
- conjecture (v.)
- early 15c., from conjecture (n.). In Middle English also with a parallel conjecte (n.), conjecten (v.). Related: Conjectured; conjecturing.
中文词源
con-, 强调。-ject, 扔，投掷，词源同abject, project.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：conjecture 词源，conjecture 含义。
词根词缀： con-共同 + -ject-投,射 + -ure名词词尾 → 共同投射思想
词根ject-表to throw，前缀con-表together，所谓猜想就是把你知道的你认为的可能“一起”“扔”到前边来给大家来检验推理。比如著名的Goldbach's conjecture哥德巴赫猜想，德国数学家哥德巴赫抛出了这个问题，任何人都可以来解答推导。
