gumption的词源

英文词源

gumption (n.)

1719, originally Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness, acuteness of practical understanding," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with Middle English gome "attention, heed," from Old Norse gaumr "heed, attention." Sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812. Related: Gumptious (adj.), attested from 1823.

中文词源

gumption：机智，老练，胆识

词源不详，可能来自方言词gome, 注意，留意，词源同gormless.

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