entity的词源

英文词源

entity (n.)

1590s, from Late Latin entitatem (nominative entitas), from ens (genitive entis) "a thing," proposed by Caesar as present participle of esse "be" (see is), to render Greek philosophical term to on "that which is" (from neuter of present participle of einai "to be;" see essence). Originally abstract; concrete sense in English is from 1620s.

中文词源

entity：实体

ent-, 存在，来自拉丁文esse的现在分词，is的原型，词源同essence, absent.

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