probability的词源

英文词源

probability (n.)

mid-15c., "quality of being probable," from Old French probabilite (14c.) and directly from Latin probabilitatem (nominative probabilitas) "credibility, probability," from probabilis (see probable). Meaning "something likely to be true" is from 1570s; mathematical sense is from 1718.

中文词源

probability：概率；可能性，或然率

词根词缀： -prob-证实,批准 + -ability名词词尾

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

probability：概率

来自probable,可能的，-ity,名词后缀。引申词义概率。