英文词源
- incompetence (n.)
- 1660s, "inadequacy;" 1716, "want of skill," from French incompétence (mid-16c.), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + compétence (see competence). Native formation incompetency (from incompetent + -cy) is attested from 1610s.
中文词源
in-,不，非，competence,能力，竞争力。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：incompetence 词源，incompetence 含义。
词根词缀： in-否定 + com-加强意义 + -pet-寻求 + -ence名词词尾
