division的词源

英文词源

pision (n.)

late 14c., from Old French pision, from Latin pisionem (nominative pisio), from pid-, stem of pidere (see pide). Military sense is first recorded 1590s. Mathematical sense is from early 15c. The mathematical pision sign supposedly was invented by British mathematician John Pell (1611-1685) who taught at Cambridge and Amsterdam.

中文词源

pision：分开，师

来自pide, 分开。用作军事编制师。比较regiment.

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：pision 词源，pision 含义。

pision：分，分割；部门，科，处；[数学]除法

来源于通俗拉丁语pisare(分离,分开)。

词根词缀： -pis-分 + -ion名词词尾