- pensive
[pensive 词源字典]
- pensive: see pansy
[pensive etymology, pensive origin, 英语词源] - pensive (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative of pendere "weigh" (see pendant). Related: Pensively; pensiveness.