versatile的词源

英文词源

versatile (adj.)

c. 1600, "inconstant," from Latin versatilis "turning, revolving, moving, capable of turning with ease to varied subjects or tasks," from past participle stem of versare "keep turning, be engaged in something, turn over in the mind," frequentative of vertere "to turn" (see versus). Meaning "able to do many things well" is from 1762 in English.

中文词源

versatile：多面手的

来自拉丁语versus,转，翻转，来自PIE*wer,转，弯，词源versus,toward。引申词义反复的，精通的，多面手的。

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

versatile：通用的，万能的，多才多艺的，多面手的

词根词缀： -vers-转 + -atile形容词词尾

versatile：多才多艺的；有多种用途的

直接借自法语versatile，原义为changeable（易变的），inconstant（反复无常的），其词源可进而追溯至拉丁语versātilis 'turning, moving around'（转变的，转换的），词根是vertere 'to turn'（转变，转换）。从词源来看，versatile一词字面本身就暗含be able to turn from one skill to another（具有多方面技能）之义。

versatile：多面手的

来自拉丁语 versus,转，翻转，来自 PIE*wer,转，弯，词源 versus,toward.引申词义反复的， 精通的，多面手的。