extrapolate的词源

英文词源

extrapolate (v.)

1862 (in a Harvard observatory account of the comet of 1858), from extra- + ending from interpolate. Said in early references to be a characteristic word of Sir George Airy (1801-1892), English mathematician and astronomer. Related: Extrapolated; extrapolating.

中文词源

extrapolate：推断

extra-, 外面的，超过的。-pol, 推，驱动，词源同polish, interpolate,expel.

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