negotiation的词源

英文词源

negotiation (n.): early 15c., from Old French negociacion "business, trade," and directly from Latin negotiationem (nominative negotiatio) "business, traffic," noun of action from past participle stem of negotiari "carry on business, do business, act as a banker," from negotium "a business, employment, occupation, affair (public or private)," also "difficulty, pains, trouble, labor," literally "lack of leisure," from neg- "not" (see deny) + otium "ease, leisure." The sense expansion from "doing business" to also include "bargaining" about anything took place in Latin.

来自拉丁语negotium,繁忙，占据，忙于事务，来自neg-,不，没有，otium,轻松，轻闲，词源同otiose.后引申词义贸易，商务，谈判，协商。

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词根词缀： -neg-否认 + oti闲暇 + -ation名词词尾