intercourse的词源

英文词源

intercourse (n.)

mid-15c., "communication to and fro," from Old French entrecours "exchange, commerce," from Late Latin intercursus "a running between, intervention," from intercursus, past participle of intercurrere "to run between," from Latin inter- "between" (see inter-) + currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning "sexual relations" first recorded 1798, from earlier sense "social contact and relations" (1540s).

中文词源

intercourse：交际，性交

inter-,在内，在中间，相互，course,跑动，跑道。即跑到一起，引申词义交际，性交。

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

intercourse：往来，交际

词根词缀： inter-相互 + cours(= -curs- )流,跑 + -e → 相互来往