英文词源
- immediate
- immediate: see medium
- immediate (adj.)
- late 14c., "intervening, interposed;" early 15c., "with nothing interposed; direct," also with reference to time, from Old French immediat, from Late Latin immediatus "without anything between," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mediatus, past participle of mediare "to halve," later, "be in the middle," from Latin medius "middle" (see medial (adj.)).
中文词源
im-,不，非，-med,中间，词源同middle,medial.即没有中间环节的，立即的，马上的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：immediate 词源，immediate 含义。
immediate：立即的，即刻的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
词根词缀： im-无 + -medi-中间 + -ate形容词词尾 → 无中间间隙或环节的
