electricity的词源解释,electricity来源

1640年代（布朗，来自吉尔伯特的现代拉丁语），源自 electric（见上）+ -ity。最初是指摩擦。

Electricity seems destined to play a most important part in the arts and industries. The question of its economical application to some purposes is still unsettled, but experiment has already proved that it will propel a street car better than a gas jet and give more light than a horse. [Ambrose Bierce, "The Cynic's Word Book," 1906]

电力似乎注定要在艺术和工业中扮演极其重要的角色。它在某些方面的经济应用问题仍未解决，但实验已经证明，它将比煤气灯更好地推动有轨电车，并提供比马更多的光。[安布罗斯·比尔斯，《愤世嫉俗者的词典》，1906年]

该词起源时间：1640年代