definition的词源
英文词源
- definition (n.)
- late 14c., "decision, setting of boundaries," from Old French definicion, from Latin definitionem (nominative definitio), noun of action from past participle stem of definire (see define).
In logic, meaning "act of stating what something means" is from 1640s; meaning "a statement of the essential nature of something" is from late 14c.; the special focus on words developed after c. 1550. Meaning "degree of distinctness of the details in a picture" is from 1889.
中文词源
来自define, 明确，界定。即明确范围，定义，解释。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：definition 词源，definition 含义。
词根词缀： de-下降 + -fin-界限 + -ition名词词尾
