knowledge的词源

英文词源

knowledge (n.)

early 12c., cnawlece "acknowledgment of a superior, honor, worship;" for first element see know (v.). Second element obscure, perhaps from Scandinavian and cognate with the -lock "action, process," found in wedlock. Meaning "capacity for knowing, understanding; familiarity; fact of knowing" is late 14c. Sense of "an organized body of facts or teachings" is from c. 1400, as is that of "sexual intercourse." Also a verb in Middle English, knoulechen "acknowledge" (c. 1200), later "find out about; recognize," and "to have sexual intercourse with" (c. 1300).

中文词源

knowledge：知识

来自know,知道，理解，-ledge,可能来自古英语名词后缀-lac,-lock,词源同wedlock.引申词义知识。

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

knowledge：知识，学问；知道，了解

n. 知识,学问;知道,了解

来源于中古英语knowleche, know + -leche名词词尾

同源词：acknowledge