inertia的词源

英文词源

inertia (n.)

1713, introduced as a term in physics 17c. by German astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from Latin inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (genitive inertis) "unskilled, inactive;" see inert. Used in Modern Latin by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.

中文词源

inertia：惰性，惯性

来自inert,惰性的。后17世纪物理学家牛顿用来指物理学上的力的惯性。

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