prompt的词源

英文词源

prompt: prompt: [14] Latin prōmere meant ‘bring out, show’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward, forth’ and emere ‘take’, source also of English assume [15], example, exempt, peremptory [16], redeem, and sample). Its past participle was promptus, and this was used as an adjective in which the notion of ‘shown, manifest’ evolved via ‘ready at hand, available’ to ‘quick, punctual’ – whence English prompt. In Spanish, Latin promptus became pronto, which was borrowed into English in the mid-19th century.
=> assume, example, exempt, peremptory, redeem, sample
prompt (v.): mid-14c., prompten, from Latin promptus, past participle of promere "to bring forth," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)). Theatrical sense of "to assist a speaker with lines" is first recorded early 15c. Related: Prompted; prompting.
prompt (n.): early 15c., "readiness," from Latin promptus (see prompt (v.)). Meaning "hint, act of prompting" is from 1590s. Computer sense attested by 1977.
prompt (adj.): early 15c., from Old French prompt and directly from Latin promptus "brought forth," hence "visible, apparent, evident," past participle of promere "to take or bring out or forth" (see prompt (v.)).Related: Promptly; promptitude.

来源于拉丁语中由前缀pro-(前)和基本动词emere(拿)组成的复合动词promere(带出,展示)的过去分词形式prompt.us。

词根词缀： pro-前 + -empt-拿(e略)

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

来自中古英语prompten,使方便，提词，来自拉丁语promptus,拿到前面的，便利的，来自promere,拿到前面，-pt,过去分词格，来自pro-,向前，-em,拿，带，词源同example,exempt.后用于戏剧用语给演员提词，提醒，引申词义方便的，迅速的等。