efficient的词源

英文词源

efficient

efficient: see effect

efficient (adj.)

late 14c., "making, producing immediate effect, active, effective," from Old French efficient and directly from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens) "effective, efficient, producing, active," present participle of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Related: Efficiently.

中文词源

efficient：效率高的，(人)有能力的

词根词缀： ef-(=ex-)出 + -fic-做,作 + -i- + -ent形容词词尾

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