英文词源
- survey
- survey: [15] To survey something is etymologically to ‘oversee’ it. The word comes via Anglo-Norman surveier from medieval Latin supervidēre, a compound verb formed from the prefix super- ‘over’ and vidēre ‘see’ (source of English view, vision, etc).
=> view, vision - survey (v.)
- c. 1400, "to consider, contemplate," from Anglo-French surveier, Old French sorveoir "look (down) at, look upon, notice; guard, watch," from Medieval Latin supervidere "oversee" (see supervise). Meaning "examine the condition of" is from mid-15c. That of "to take linear measurements of a tract of ground" is recorded from 1540s. Related: Surveyed; surveying; surveyance (late 14c.).
- survey (n.)
- late 15c., survei, "oversight, supervision," from survey (v.). The meaning "act of viewing in detail" is from 1540s. Meaning "systematic collection of data on opinions, etc." is attested from 1927.
中文词源
survey：测量，调查，俯瞰，概观，纵览
来源于中古拉丁语supervidere, super- + -videre, 进入盎格鲁-诺曼底语为surveier。
词根词缀： sur-上,超过 + vey(-vid-)看见
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：survey 词源，survey 含义。
survey：调查
前缀sur-指“在上面；超出”，如surface（表面）等；前缀sur-和super-含义相同，二者同源，前者可看做后者的简写，如superficial（肤浅的）；-vey是词根-vis-“看”的变形，如previse（预知）；字面义“在上面看”，调查就是为了从一个宏观的视角看待问题。
survey：测量，测绘，审查，调查，概述
来自盎格鲁法语 surveier,俯看，俯视，来自拉丁语 supervidere,俯看，监督，来自 super,在上， -vid,看，词源同 video,supervise.后引申词义测量，测绘等。