英语词汇gerundive的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	gerundive
词源	gerundive adj. early 15c., from Latin gerundivus (modus), from gerundium (see gerund). Related: Gerundival. Entries linking to gerundive gerund n. 1510s, from Late Latin gerundium (also gerundivus modus), from Latin gerundum "to be carried out," gerundive of gerere "to bear, carry" (see gest). In Latin, a verbal noun used for all cases of the infinitive but the nominative; applied in English to verbal nouns in -ing. "So called because according to the old grammarians, the gerund prop[erly] expressed the doing or the necessity of doing something" [Century Dictionary]. Gerund-grinder "instructor in Latin grammar," also "pedant," is from 1710. updated on February 28, 2015
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gerundive adj.