parameter的词源

英文词源

parameter (n.)

1650s in geometry, from Modern Latin parameter (1630s), from Greek para- "beside, subsidiary" (see para- (1)) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)).

A geometry term until 1920s when it yielded sense of "measurable factor which helps to define a particular system" (1927). Common modern meaning (influenced by perimeter) of "boundary, limit, characteristic factor" is from 1950s. Related: Parametric.

中文词源

parameter：参数 

词根词缀： para-侧面 + -meter-测量,仪表 → 随被测量的数而变化的数

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parameter：参数，规范

para-,在旁，在周围，-meter,测量，规定，词源同meter,measure.引申词义参数，规范。