- establishment (n.)
[establishment 词源字典]
- late 15c., "settled arrangement," also "income, property," from establish + -ment. Meaning "established church" is from 1731; Sense of "place of business" is from 1832. Meaning "social matrix of ruling people and institutions" is attested occasionally from 1923, consistently from 1955. [establishment etymology, establishment origin, 英语词源]