- discursive (adj.)
[discursive 词源字典]
- 1590s, from Middle French discursif, from Medieval Latin discursivus, from Latin discursus "a running about" (see discourse). Related: Discursively.[discursive etymology, discursive origin, 英语词源]
- recursive (adj.)
- 1790, "periodically recurring," from Latin recurs-, stem of recurrere (see recur) + -ive. Mathematical sense is from 1934. Related: Recursively; recursiveness.