英文词源
- instance (n.)
- mid-14c., "urgency," from Old French instance "eagerness, anxiety, solicitation" (13c.), from Latin instantia "presence, effort intention; earnestness, urgency," literally "a standing near," from instans (see instant). In Scholastic logic, "a fact or example" (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin instantia, used to translate Greek enstasis. This led to use in phrase for instance "as an example" (1650s), and the noun phrase To give (someone) a for instance (1953, American English).
中文词源
in-,进入，使，靠近，-st,站立，词源同stand,state.其原义为站在附近，紧急待命，后来用于指例子，实例。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：instance 词源，instance 含义。
词根词缀： in-向上 + -st-站立,放置 + -ance名词词尾 → 在现场站着的东西
