educational 的词源

1650年代，这个词的意思是“由于教育”；1830年，它被用来表示“与教育相关”。这个词来源于 education（教育）加上 -al（形容词后缀，表示“……的”）。到1935年，它被用来表示“旨在或用于教育”。相关词汇有 Educationally（教育上）。

We do not, therefore, consider it any especial merit of a new dictionary, that it contains a large number of words which have not been in its predecessors. Whether those words are merely local or personal, as " equaled," introduced by Dr. Webster, on the usage of his own writing-desk, or such barbarisms as " conversationism" and " educational," tolerated by Dr. Worcester on the very poor authority of the Eclectic Review, they are only to be harbored as a sort of Japanese sailors, or of Kanackas, whom we send away from us as soon as we can. [review of Joseph E. Worcester's "Dictionary of the English Language," Christian Examiner, May 1860]

因此，我们并不认为一本新词典的特别优点在于它收录了许多前一本词典没有的词汇。那些词汇可能只是地方性或个人化的，比如 Dr. Webster 在自己书桌上使用的 “ equaled”（等于），或者像 “ conversationism”（会话主义）和 “ educational”（教育的）这样的野蛮词汇，这些词汇是 Dr. Worcester 在《博采审评》的极其薄弱的权威支持下所容忍的。它们就像日本水手或 Kanackas（南太平洋岛民），我们会尽快把他们送走。[摘自《基督教观察者》对 Joseph E. Worcester 的《英语词典》的评论，1860年5月]