invest的词源
英文词源
- invest
- invest: [16] The etymological notion underlying invest is of ‘putting on clothes’. It comes via Old French investir from Latin investīre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and vestis ‘clothes’ (source of English vest, vestment, travesty, etc). It retained that original literal sense ‘clothe’ in English for several centuries, but now it survives only in its metaphorical descendant ‘instal in an office’ (as originally performed by clothing in special garments).
Its financial sense, first recorded in English in the early 17th century, is thought to have originated in Italian investire from the idea of dressing one’s capital up in different clothes by putting it into a particular business, stock, etc.
=> travesty, vest, vestment - invest (v.)
- late 14c., "to clothe in the official robes of an office," from Latin investire "to clothe in, cover, surround," from in "in, into" (see in- (2)) + vestire "to dress, clothe" (see wear (v.)). The meaning "use money to produce profit" first attested 1610s in connection with the East Indies trade, and is probably a borrowing of Italian investire (13c.) from the same Latin root, via the notion of giving one's capital a new form. The military meaning "to besiege" is from c. 1600. Related: Invested; investing.
中文词源
invest（投资）：购买东印度公司股票的投资狂潮
17世纪初期，西方的英、法、荷等国纷纷向东半球开展殖民扩展，并设立多家“东印度公司”负责殖民地的经贸事务，实际上是西方列强侵略盘剥印度等地的工具。1602年，荷兰联合东印度公司成立。它采取了一种全新的企业组织形式——股份制，即通过向全社会融资来筹集资金。1609年，在荷兰的阿姆斯特丹成立了世界上第一家股票交易所。当时，东印度公司成了国家的摇钱树，源源不断地从东方带来巨大财富。在海外财富的刺激下，成千上万的人把自己的积蓄投入给东印度公司，希望将来能获得丰厚的回报。甚至，阿姆斯特丹市市长的女仆也成了东印度公司的股东之一。正是在这种背景下，invest这个原本与金融毫无关系的单词衍生出了“投资”的含义。
英语单词invest来自investire，本意是“穿上正式的制服”，由in（进入）+vestire（衣服）构成，英语单词vest（背心，汗衫）就源自vestire。人们将手中的钱换成东印度公司股票时，就像是给财富换上了一件神奇的衣服，一件可以带来滚滚财源的衣服，所以人们用invest这个单词来比喻这种购买股票的投资行为，invest也就产生了“投资”的含义。有趣的是，股票交易所中的交易员都身穿马甲（in vest）。
invest[ɪn'vest] v.投资，投资于；覆盖，包围
investment：[ɪn'ves(t)m(ə)nt] n.投资，投入，封锁
vest： [vest]背心，汗衫，马甲vt.授予，使穿衣服vi.归属，穿衣服
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：invest 词源，invest 含义。
in-,进入，使，-vest,衣服，词源同wear,vest.来自衣服的象征意义，特别是来自1610年大英帝国东印度公司，即使钱换一种形式，给钱改头换面，让投入的钱产生利润，通过购买股份的方式参与东印度公司的投资。
invest：给…穿(衣)，装饰；投(资)；投入(时间、精力等)；授予，赋予
词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -vest-衣服
