英文词源
- undertake (v.)
- c. 1200, "to entrap;" c. 1300, "to set about (to do)," from under + take (v.). Similar formation in French entreprendre "to undertake," from entre "between, among" + prendre "to take." The under in this word may be the same one that also may form the first element of understand. Old English had underniman "to trap, accept" (cognate with Dutch ondernemen, German unternehmen).
中文词源
词源理解存争议。under-, 来自inter-变体,在里面,词源同interact, understand, take, 带走,承担。即承担起来的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:undertake 词源,undertake 含义。
词根词缀: under-在下 + take拿
词源理解存争议。under-,来自 inter-变体,在里面,词源同 interact,understand,take,带走,承 担。即承担起来的。