representation的词源

英文词源

representation (n.)

c. 1400, "image, likeness," from Old French representacion (14c.) and directly from Latin representationem (nominative representatio), noun of action from past participle stem of repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "statement made in regard to some matter" is from 1670s. Legislative sense first attested 1769.

中文词源

representation：描述，表示，描绘；代表，代理  

词根词缀： re-再 + present赠送,呈现 + -ation名词词尾

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representation：表达，描绘，代表

来自 represent,呈现，代表，描绘。