英文词源
- mandatory (adj.)
- 1570s, "of the nature of a mandate," from Late Latin mandatorius "pertaining to a mandator," from Latin mandatus, past participle of mandare (see mandate (n.)). Sense of "obligatory because commanded" is from 1818.
中文词源
来自mandate,命令。即命令的，引申词义强制的，法定的。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mandatory 词源，mandatory 含义。
词根词缀： -mand-命令 + -atory形容词词尾
