inchoate的词源

英文词源

inchoate (adj.)

1530s, from Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare, alteration of incohare "to begin," originally "to hitch up," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + cohum "strap fastened to the oxen's yoke." Related: Inchoative.

中文词源

inchoate：使开端

来自拉丁语incohare,挂上，开始，来自in-,进入，使，cohum,皮带，牛轭，词源同haw,hedge.其原义为给牛挂上轭带，使牛开始耕田，后引申词义开端。

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