direction的词源

英文词源

direction (n.)

c. 1400, "orderly arrangement;" c. 1500 as "action of directing," from Latin directionem (nominative directio), noun of action from past participle stem of dirigere (see direct (v.)). Meaning "course pursued by a moving object" is from 1660s. Related: Directional.

中文词源

direction：方向

来自direct, 管理，引导。引申义方向，正确指引。后词义通用化。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：direction 词源，direction 含义。

direction：方向，方位；指令，说明

词根词缀： di-分离 + -rect- 正,直 + -ion名词词尾