| 词源 |
constituent n.1620s, "one who appoints or elects a representative," from Latin constituentem (nominative constituens), present participle of constituere "to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish, set in order; form something new; resolve," of persons, "to appoint to an office," from assimilated form of com-, here perhaps an intensive prefix (see com-), + statuere "to set" (from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm"). The notion is "to make up or compose" a body by appointing or electing a representative. Meaning "voter in an election to a public office" is from 1714. Meaning "that which constitutes as a necessary part, a formative element" is from 1756. constituent adj. "essential, characteristic, existing as a necessary component," 1660s, from Latin constituentem (nominative constituens), present participle of constituere "to cause to stand, set up, fix, place, establish, set in order," from assimilated form of com-, here perhaps an intensive prefix (see com-), + statuere "to set" (from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm"). Meaning "that appoints or elects a representative to a public office" is from 1769, from the political sense of the noun. updated on June 27, 2021 |
