convince 的詞源

1520年代，"在辯論中取勝"，源自拉丁語 convincere "決定性地戰勝"，由 com- 的同化形式，這裏可能是一個強調前綴（參見 com-），+ vincere "征服"（來自 PIE 詞根 *weik- (3) "戰鬥，征服"的鼻音形式）。"通過論據或證據堅定地說服或滿足"的含義始於大約1600年。相關詞： Convinced； convincing； convincingly。

To convince a person is to satisfy his understanding as to the truth of a certain statement; to persuade him is, by derivation, to affect his will by motives; but it has long been used also for convince, as in Luke xx. 6, "they be persuaded that John was a prophet." There is a marked tendency now to confine persuade to its own distinctive meaning. [Century Dictionary, 1897]

說服一個人就是讓他對某個陳述的真實性有所理解； 通過推導，說服他就是通過動機影響他的意願； 但它也長期被用於 convince，如在路加福音20章6節中，"他們被 persuaded 說約翰是一位先知。"現在有一種明顯的趨勢，將 persuade 限制在其自身的獨特含義上。[世紀詞典，1897年]