endeavor的词源

英文词源

endeavor (n.): early 15c., "pains taken to attain an object," literally "in duty," from phrase put (oneself) in dever "make it one's duty" (a partial translation of Old French mettre en deveir "put in duty"), from Old French dever "duty," from Latin debere "to owe" (see debt). One's endeavors meaning one's "utmost effort" is from late 15c.
endeavor (v.): c. 1400, from phrase put in dever (see endeavor (n.)). Related: Endeavored; endeavoring.

en-, 进入，使。-deavor, 债务，责任，词源同debt.

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

前缀en-相当于in；后面的-deavor和单词debt（债务；义务）同源，都来自拉丁语debere；它的本义也和“义务”有关，当你把一件事当做自己应尽的义务对待时，才会卯足劲“努力”完成它。此处又涉及b、v音变，再如词根mob-和单词move，liberty和deliver等。