speculate的词源

英文词源

speculate (v.)

1590s, "view mentally, contemplate" (transitive), back-formation from speculation. Also formerly "view as from a watchtower" (1610s). Intransitive sense of "pursue truth by conjecture or thinking" is from 1670s. Meaning "to invest money upon risk for the sake of profit" is from 1785. Related: Speculated; speculating.

中文词源

speculate：投机，做投机买卖；推测，推断

来源于拉丁语中specere(看)派生的动词speculor, speculari, speculatus, -(观察,侦查)。

词根词缀： -specul-看 + -ate动词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：speculate 词源，speculate 含义。

speculate：推测，猜测，投机，炒股

来自拉丁语 speculari,看，观察，来自 specere,看，观察，词源同 spectate,aspect.引申诸相关 词义。