英文词源
- division (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French division, from Latin divisionem (nominative divisio), from divid-, stem of dividere (see divide). Military sense is first recorded 1590s. Mathematical sense is from early 15c. The mathematical division sign supposedly was invented by British mathematician John Pell (1611-1685) who taught at Cambridge and Amsterdam.
中文词源
来自divide, 分开。用作军事编制师。比较regiment.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：division 词源，division 含义。
division：分，分割；部门，科，处；[数学]除法
来源于通俗拉丁语divisare(分离,分开)。
词根词缀： -divis-分 + -ion名词词尾
