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educate

/ˈedʒukeɪt/

Does education really mean “to lead out”?教育真的是「引领出来」吗?

Today此刻

To teach, or to develop a person’s knowledge and judgment.教导,或发展一个人的知识和判断。

Historical历史形态

Take it apart拆开来看

From Latin educare, to bring up. Related to ducere, to lead, and not identical with educere, to lead out. The slogan “to lead out” is the thing this label refuses.来自拉丁语 educare(养育)。与 ducere(引领)有亲缘,与 educere(引领出来)并不同一。「引领出来」这句口号,正是这张标签所拒绝的。

Travel through time穿过时间

  1. Latin拉丁语

    ducere

    to lead引领

    A relative, not the direct source.一个亲戚,不是直接来源。

  2. Latin拉丁语

    educare

    to bring up, to rear, to train养育,饲养,训练

  3. Latin拉丁语

    educere

    to lead out引领出来

    The sister verb behind the slogan.口号背后的那个姐妹动词。

  4. English英语

    educate

    to teach, to bring up教导,养育

View research notes查看研究笔记

How the meaning moved意义如何移动

  1. 01 · Latin educare01 · 拉丁语 educare

    to bring up, to rear, to train养育,饲养,训练

  2. 02 · English02 · 英语

    to teach and develop教导并发展

Story故事

Brought up, not led out被养大,不是被领出去

English educate comes from Latin educare, to bring up, to rear, to train. A child is raised. An animal is reared. A mind is trained. That is the verb we inherited.

Beside it stands educere, to lead out, from ducere, to lead. The slogan that education means leading a pupil out of ignorance is famous, and it points at the sister verb. It is a poor account of the verb educare. The two are related. They are not the same word, and the slogan has made them seem interchangeable.

This gallery is about leading, so educate is here on purpose, with the correction written on the label. Produce really does lead forth. Conduct really does lead together. Educate brings up. The difference is the exhibit.

英语 educate 来自拉丁语 educare:养育、饲养、训练。孩子被养大。动物被饲育。心灵被训练。这是我们继承的动词。

旁边站着 educere,引领出来,来自 ducere(引领)。“教育就是把学生引出无知”这句口号很有名,它指向的是那个姐妹动词。用它说明 educare,是很差的说明。两者有亲缘。它们不是同一个词,口号却让它们显得可以互换。

这间展厅讲的是引领,所以 educate 被有意放在这里,纠正写在标签上。produce 确实是引向前方。conduct 确实是一同引领。educate 是养育。差别就是这件展品。

Keep wandering继续漫游

Research notes研究笔记

Confidence · High把握 · 高

The outline is the ordinary account in historical dictionaries.轮廓与历史词典里的通行说法一致。

Educate comes from educare, to bring up. The slogan that it means “to lead out” echoes the related verb educere, and over-reads it.educate 来自 educare(养育)。说它的意思是「引领出来」,是在回应有亲缘的动词 educere,并且说得过了。

Sources出处

An outline for the visitor, not a critical edition.给访客的纲要,不是校勘本。

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