gerund的词源

英文词源

gerund (n.)

1510s, from Late Latin gerundium (also gerunpus modus), from Latin gerundum "to be carried out," gerunpe of gerere "to bear, carry" (see gest). In Latin, a verbal noun used for all cases of the infinitive but the nominative; applied in English to verbal nouns in -ing. "So called because according to the old grammarians, the gerund prop[erly] expressed the doing or the necessity of doing something" [Century Dictionary]. Gerund-grinder "instructor in Latin grammar," also "pedant," is from 1710.

中文词源

gerund：动名词

来自词根ger, gest, 含有，带来，词源同exaggerate, gesture. 用于语言学术语。

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