quotation的词源

英文词源

quotation (n.)

mid-15c., "numbering," later (1530s) "marginal notation," noun of action from quote (v.) or else from Medieval Latin quotationem (nominative quotatio), noun of action from past participle stem of quotare "to number." Meaning "an act of quoting" is from 1640s; that of "passage quoted" is from 1680s. Quotation marks attested by 1777.

中文词源

quotation：语录

quotation的动词是quore（摘引），是从拉丁词quot来的，意思是“how many？”起初，quote的含义是指“将一卷书分成章节。编上页码”；后来又用来指“按章节页码列举语句”，即“语录摘引”；最后又指用引号将所引语句突出出来，即“引语”。因此直接引语的引号英语叫（quotation mark（s））。

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：quotation 词源，quotation 含义。

quotation：引语，语录；行情，牌价；估价，报价

词根词缀： quote引用,援引 + -ation名词词尾

quotation：引用，引文，报价

来自quote,引用，报价。