installment的词源

英文词源

installment (n.)

"act of installing," 1580s, from install + -ment. Meaning "arrangement of payment by fixed portions at fixed times" is from 1732, alteration of Anglo-French estaler "fix payments," from Old French estal "fixed position, place," from a Germanic source akin to Old High German stal "standing place" (see stall (n.1)). Figurative sense of "part of a whole produced in advance of the rest" is from 1823.

中文词源

installment：分期付款的一期

来自install,安装，设置。用于经济学术语分期付款。

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

installment：分期付款；(连载小说的)一节，(电视剧的)一集  

词根词缀： in-入,向内 + -sta-放置 + ll + -ment名词词尾