govern的词源

英文词源

govern

govern: [13] Politicians’ clichés about ‘steering the ship of state’ are no new thing; for the distant ancestor of English govern is the Greek verb kubernan ‘steer a ship’ (source also of English cybernetics). It developed the metaphorical sense ‘guide, rule’, and it was this that passed with it via Latin gubernāre and Old French governer into English. The Latin form is preserved in gubernatorial ‘of a governor’ [18].
=> cybernetics, gubernatorial

govern (v.)

late 13c., "to rule with authority," from Old French governer "steer, be at the helm of; govern, rule, command, direct" (11c., Modern French gouverner), from Latin gubernare "to direct, rule, guide, govern" (source also of Spanish gobernar, Italian governare), originally "to steer, to pilot," a nautical borrowing from Greek kybernan "to steer or pilot a ship, direct as a pilot," figuratively "to guide, govern" (the root of cybernetics). The -k- to -g- sound shift is perhaps via the medium of Etruscan. Intransitive sense from 1590s. Related: Governed; governing.

中文词源

govern：统治，管理

来自拉丁语gubernare,驾驶，操纵，引申义管理，尤指政府，词源cybernetic, gubernatorial.

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

govern：统治，支配，管理

来源于希腊语kubernan(v.掌舵),也是英语cybernetics(n.控制论)的词源；kubernan进入拉丁语为gubernare,是英语gubernatorial(地方长官的,州长的)的直接词源；kubernan进入古法语为governer,是英语govern的直接词源。

同源词：cybernetics, gubernatorial