Event

来自Big Physics

google

ref

mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘outcome, result’): from Latin eventus, from evenire ‘result, happen’, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of’ + venire ‘come’.


Ety img event.png

wiktionary

ref

From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus(“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō(“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē(“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō(“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.

From French éventer.


etymonline

ref

event (n.)

1570s, "the consequence of anything" (as in in the event that); 1580s, "that which happens;" from French event, from Latin eventus "occurrence, accident, event, fortune, fate, lot, issue," from past participle stem of evenire "to come out, happen, result," from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex-) + venire "to come" (from a suffixed form of PIE root *gwa- "to go, come"). Meaning "a contest or single proceeding in a public sport" is from 1865. Events as "the course of events" is attested from 1842. Event horizon in astrophysics is from 1969.