intangible的词源

英文词源

intangible (adj.)

1630s, "incapable of being touched," from French intangible (c. 1500) or directly from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + Late Latin tangibilis "that may be touched" (see tangible). Figurative sense of "that cannot be grasped by the mind" is from 1880. Noun meaning "anything intangible" is from 1914. Related: Intangibly.

中文词源

intangible：无形的

in-,不，非，tangible,可接触的。即不可接触的，无形的。

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

intangible：触摸不到的；无形的 

词根词缀： in-不,无 + -tang-接触 + -ible形容词词尾,被动意义