incentive的词源
英文词源
- incentive (n.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin incentivum, noun use of neuter of Latin adjective incentivus "setting the tune" (in Late Latin "inciting"), from past participle stem of incinere "strike up," from in- "in, into" (see in- (2)) + canere "sing" (see chant (v.)). Sense influenced by association with incendere "to kindle." The adjective use, in reference to a system of rewards meant to encourage harder work, first attested 1943 in jargon of the U.S. war economy; as a noun, in this sense, from 1948.
中文词源
in-,进入，使，-cent,唱，吟唱，词源同chant,cantor.其原义为定调，唱的节拍，引申词义鼓励，刺激，刺激因素。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：incentive 词源，incentive 含义。
来源于拉丁语中in.cant.are(歌颂)派生的in.cent.ivum。
词根词缀： in-加强意义 + cent歌曲 + -ive名词词尾
同源词：cant, cantata, canticle, chant
