- proponent
[proponent 词源字典]
- proponent: see purpose
[proponent etymology, proponent origin, 英语词源] - proponent (n.)
- 1580s, "one who brings forth a proposition or argument," from Latin proponentem (nominative proponens), present participle of proponere "put forward" (see propound). In part also a native formation from propone. As an adjective from 1680s.