elementary的词源

英文词源

elementary (adj.)

late 14c., "having the nature of one of the four elements," from Middle French elementaire and directly from Latin elementarius "belonging to the elements or rudiments," from elementum (see element). Meaning "rudimentary, involving first principles" is from 1540s; meaning "simple" is from 1620s. In elementary school (1841) it has the "rudimentary" sense.

中文词源

elementary：基本的，自然力的

来自element, 基础，基本。

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elementary：初等的，基础的，基本的

词根词缀： element本源 + -ary...的