convince（v.）
1520年代，"在辩论中取胜"，源自拉丁语 convincere "决定性地战胜"，由 com- 的同化形式，这里可能是一个强调前缀（参见 com-），+ vincere "征服"（来自 PIE 词根 *weik- (3) "战斗，征服"的鼻音形式）。"通过论据或证据坚定地说服或满足"的含义始于大约1600年。相关词： Convinced； convincing； convincingly。
To convince a person is to satisfy his understanding as to the truth of a certain statement; to persuade him is, by derivation, to affect his will by motives; but it has long been used also for convince, as in Luke xx. 6, "they be persuaded that John was a prophet." There is a marked tendency now to confine persuade to its own distinctive meaning. [Century Dictionary, 1897]
说服一个人就是让他对某个陈述的真实性有所理解； 通过推导，说服他就是通过动机影响他的意愿； 但它也长期被用于 convince，如在路加福音20章6节中，"他们被 persuaded 说约翰是一位先知。"现在有一种明显的趋势，将 persuade 限制在其自身的独特含义上。[世纪词典，1897年]
该词起源时间：1520年代