expedient的词源

英文词源

expedient (adj.): late 14c., "advantageous, fit, proper to a purpose," from Old French expedient "useful, beneficial" (14c.) or directly from Latin expedientem (nominative expediens) "beneficial," present participle of expedire "make fit or ready, prepare" (see expedite). The noun meaning "a device adopted in an exigency, that which serves to advance a desired result" is from 1650s. Related: Expediential; expedientially (both 19c.).
Expedient, contrivance, and device indicate artificial means of escape from difficulty or embarrassment; resource indicates natural means or something possessed; resort and shift may indicate either. [Century Dictionary]

来自expedite, 加速。引申义权宜，权宜之计。比较汉语欲速则不达。

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来源于拉丁语动词expedire(解除脚镣;加快;打发)。

词根词缀： ex-出 + -ped-足 + -i- + -ent形容词词尾