environment的词源

英文词源

environment (n.)

c. 1600, "state of being environed" (see environ + -ment); sense of "the aggregate of the conditions in which a person or thing lives" first recorded 1827 (used by Carlyle to render German Umgebung); specialized ecology sense first recorded 1956.

中文词源

environment：环境

en-, 进入，使。-viron, 围，绕，词源同wind,wrap.即周围的环境。

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

environment：环境，周围状况，自然环境

来源于法语中virer(转向)派生的viron(环路)。

词根词缀： en-入,向内 + viron环路 + -ment名词词尾