occupation的词源

英文词源

occupation (n.)

early 14c., "fact of holding or possessing;" mid-14c., "a being employed in something," also "a particular action," from Old French occupacion "pursuit, work, employment; occupancy, occupation" (12c.), from Latin occupationem (nominative occupatio) "a taking possession; business, employment," noun of action from past participle stem of occupare (see occupy). Meaning "employment, business in which one engages" is late 14c. That of "condition of being held and ruled by troops of another country" is from 1940.

中文词源

occupation：职业，工作

词根词缀： oc-加强意义 + -cup-拿 + -ation

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

occupation：占用，工作，职业

来自occupy,占用，占据，居住。引申词义职业。