stipend的词源

英文词源

stipend

stipend: [15] Latin stīpendium denoted a ‘tax’ or ‘levy’. It was a compound noun formed from stips ‘payment, donation’ and pendere ‘weigh, pay’. It subsequently shifted in meaning to ‘wages, salary’, and particularly ‘soldier’s pay’, both of which passed into English via Old French stipende.
=> pendant, pendulum, spend

stipend (n.)

early 15c., "periodical payment; soldier's pay," from Latin stipendium "tax, impost, tribute," in military use "pay, salary," from stips "alms, small payment, contribution of money, gift" + pendere "weigh" (see pendant). According to Klein's sources, the first element is related to Latin stipes "log, stock, trunk of a tree" (see stipe). As a verb from late 15c.

中文词源

stipend：薪俸，补贴，生活津贴

来自拉丁语 stipendium,支付，工资，薪金，来自 stips,救济，施舍，捐款，礼物，小额付款， 原指一堆小硬币，词源可能同 stiff,-pend,支付，词源同 spend,expend.该词与 salary 有区别， 类似于部队支付给义务兵和士官的工资在性质上的差别。

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