fruition的词源

英文词源

fruition (n.)

early 15c., "act of enjoying," from Old French fruition and directly from Late Latin fruitionem (nominative fruitio) "enjoyment," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin frui "to use, enjoy" (see fruit). Sense of "act or state of bearing fruit," resisted by dictionary editors, is attested by 1885, from association with fruit (n.); figuratively in this sense from 1889.

中文词源

fruition：取得成果，实现　　

该词源于意为enjoyment（享受，享用）的拉丁语fruitio，所以昔日在保守用法中有人力图将它限用于此一传统词义，以后fruition受了fruit（果实，成果）词义的影响，转义为“取得成果”和“实现”等。其实，这两个词多少有点亲缘关系，因为fruit也源于拉丁文，词源是fructus ‘fruit’，而两个词的终极词源都是拉丁语frui‘to enjoy’。

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