vigour的词源

英文词源

vigour

vigour: [14] Latin vigēre meant ‘be lively, flourish’ (it came from the Indo-European base *wog-, *weg- ‘be lively or active’, which also produced English vigil, wake and watch). From it was derived the noun vigor ‘liveliness’, which passed into English via Old French vigour. From the same source come vigorous [14] and invigorate [17].
=> invigorate, vigil

vigour (n.)

chiefly British English spelling of vigor (q.v.); for spelling, see -or.

中文词源

vigour：活力，精力

这是英式写法，美式为vigor。认识它的关键是词根vig"活跃"，这个词根建议用同根词vegetable（蔬菜）体会：vegetable的原词表“有生气的”，本指植物的生长状态，后缩小为指“作为食物的植物”。它们都来自拉丁语 vigere, 活力，繁盛，来自 PIE * weg, 有活力的，词源同 vegetable,watch.

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