option的词源

英文词源

option: option: see opinion
option (n.): c. 1600, "action of choosing," from French option (Old French opcion), from Latin optionem (nominative optio) "choice, free choice, liberty to choose," from root of optare "to desire, choose," from PIE root *op- (2) "to choose, prefer." Meaning "thing that may be chosen" is attested from 1885. Commercial transaction sense first recorded 1755 (the verb in this sense is from 1934). As a North American football play, it is recorded from 1954.

词根词缀： -opt-选择 + -ion名词词尾

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来自拉丁语optare,选择，来自PIE*op,选择，词源同opinion.