efficient (adj.)
14世纪晚期,“产生即时效果的,积极的,有效的”,来自古法语 efficient,直接源自拉丁语 efficientem(主格 efficiens)“有效的,高效的,产生的,积极的”, efficere 的现在分词形式,“完成,实现”,来自 ex 的同化形式“出”(见 ex-) + facere “做”(来自 PIE 词根 *dhe- “设置,放置”)。意思是“有成效的,熟练的”,始于1787年。相关: Efficiently。
efficient 的相关词汇
*dhē-,原始印欧词根,意为“设定,放置”。
它构成以下词汇的全部或部分: abdomen; abscond; affair; affect(第一动词)“在心中留下印象”; affect(第二动词)“假装”; affection; amplify; anathema; antithesis; apothecary; artifact; artifice; beatific; benefice; beneficence; beneficial; benefit; bibliothec; bodega; boutique; certify; chafe; chauffeur; comfit; condiment; confection; confetti; counterfeit; deed; deem; deface; defeasance; defeat; defect; deficient; difficulty; dignify; discomfit; do(动词); doom; -dom; duma; edifice; edify; efface; effect; efficacious; efficient; epithet; facade; face; facet; facial; -facient; facile; facilitate; facsimile; fact; faction(名词1)“政党”; -faction; factitious; factitive; factor; factory; factotum; faculty; fashion; feasible; feat; feature; feckless; fetish; -fic; fordo; forfeit; -fy; gratify; hacienda; hypothecate; hypothesis; incondite; indeed; infect; justify; malefactor; malfeasance; manufacture; metathesis; misfeasance; modify; mollify; multifarious; notify; nullify; office; officinal; omnifarious; orifice; parenthesis; perfect; petrify; pluperfect; pontifex; prefect; prima facie; proficient; profit; prosthesis; prothesis; purdah; putrefy; qualify; rarefy; recondite; rectify; refectory; sacrifice; salmagundi; samadhi; satisfy; sconce; suffice; sufficient; surface; surfeit; synthesis; tay; ticking(名词); theco-; thematic; theme; thesis; verify。
它是以下词汇的假定来源/其存在的证据为:梵语 dadhati “放置,安排”; 阿维斯塔语 dadaiti “他放置”; 古波斯语 ada “他制造”; 赫梯语 dai- “放置”; 希腊语 tithenai “放置,设置,安置”; 拉丁语 facere “做,干; 执行; 带来”; 立陶宛语 dėti “放置”; 波兰语 dziać się “正在发生”; 俄语 delat' “做”; 古高地德语 tuon,德语 tun,古英语 don “做”。
这是一个词缀,在英语中通常表示“从……中出来”,但也可以表示“向上,完全,剥夺,没有”和“前者”; 源自拉丁语 ex,意为“从……中出来; 从那时起,自从; 根据; 关于”,源自原始印欧语言 *eghs,意为“出来”(也是高卢语 ex-,古爱尔兰语 ess-,古教会斯拉夫语 izu,俄语 iz 的来源)。在某些情况下,也来自希腊语同源词 ex, ek。原始印欧语言 *eghs 有比较级形式 *eks-tero 和最高级形式 *eks-t(e)r-emo-。在某些情况下,缩写为 e-,在 -b-, -d-, -g-,辅音 -i-, -l-, -m-, -n-, -v- 前(如 elude, emerge, evaporate 等)。
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