英文词源
- imperative
- imperative: see empire
- imperative (adj.)
- 1520s, from Late Latin imperativus "pertaining to a command," from imperatus "commanded," past participle of imperare "to command, to requisition," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + parare "prepare" (see pare).
- imperative (n.)
- mid-15c., in grammar; later "something imperative" (c. 1600), from Old French imperatif and directly from Late Latin imperativus (see imperative (adj.)).
中文词源
imperative：重要的，迫切的
词源同empire,帝国，帝权。即皇帝的命令，引申词义重要的，迫切的。拼写比较inimical,enemy,invidious,envy.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：imperative 词源，imperative 含义。
imperative：必要的，紧急的，极重要的；命令的；祈使的
词根词缀： -imper-统治 + -ative形容词词尾