reflex的词源

英文词源

reflex (n.)

c. 1500, "reflection of light," from verb reflex meaning "refract, deflect" (late 14c.), from Late Latin reflexus "a bending back," noun use of past participle of reflectere (see reflection). Meaning "involuntary nerve stimulation" first recorded 1877, from reflex action (1833).

中文词源

reflex：本能反应，反射动作

词根词缀： re-回 + -flex-弯曲

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

reflex：反映，反射，反射作用，本能反应

re-,向后，往回，-flex,弯，转，词源同 flexible,reflect.引申词义诸相关词义。