quotient的词源

英文词源

quotient (n.)

"number of times one quantity is contained in another," mid-15c., from Latin quotiens "how often? how many times?; as often as," pronominal adverb of time, from quot "how many?" (see quote (v.)). The Latin adverb quotiens was mistaken in Middle English for a present participle in -ens.

中文词源

quotient：商

来自拉丁语quot,多少，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词干，词源同quality,quantity.用于数学名词商。

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