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- apprentice (n.)[apprentice 词源字典]
- c. 1300, from Old French aprentiz "someone learning" (13c., Modern French apprenti, taking the older form as a plural), also as an adjective, "unskilled, inexperienced," from aprendre (Modern French apprendre) "to learn; to teach," contracted from Latin apprehendere (see apprehend). Shortened form prentice long was more usual in English.[apprentice etymology, apprentice origin, 英语词源]
- apprentice (v.)
- 1630s, from apprentice (n.). Related: Apprenticed; apprenticing.