contingent的词源

英文词源

contingent (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French contingent or directly from Latin contingentem (nominative contingens) "happening, touching," present participle of contingere "to touch" (see contact). The noun is from 1540s, "thing happening by chance;" as "a group forming part of a larger group" from 1727.

中文词源

contingent：代表团，小分队

来自contingency, 紧急事件，或处理紧急事件的人。

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