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repetitive的词源解释,repetitive来源

repetitive(adj.)

"包含重复,具有或属于重复性质的",1805年,源自拉丁语 repetit-, repetere 的过去分词词干,意为"再做或再说"(参见 repeat(v.))+ -ive。相关词汇: Repetitivelyrepetitiveness。除 repetitious(1670年代)外,其他形容词还包括 repetitionary(1720年)和 repetitional(1720年)。

repetitional, repetitionary, repetitious, repetitive. With all these on record, repetition would seem to have a good stock of adjectives at need ; but few writers have the hardihood to use any of them. Repetitious is said to be 'common in recent American use' ; repetitive is perhaps the least avoided in England. [Fowler, 1926]
repetitional,repetitionary,repetitious,repetitive。所有这些词都已经记录下来, repetition 似乎需要大量的形容词; 但是很少有作家有勇气使用它们。据说 Repetitious 在最近的美国使用中很常见; repetitive 在英国可能是最不可避免的。[福勒,1926]

该词起源时间:1805年