You can think of frequent as things packed close together with little gap between them. The Latin root frequens actually meant 'crowded, packed', so something frequent keeps coming round again and again, the moments crowding in on each other.
From the word’s history
From Latin frequens 'crowded, packed, populous'. Both English senses grow from that crowding: events crowded together in time (happening often), and a place you keep filling with your presence (going there often).
源自拉丁文 frequens「擁擠、塞滿、人多」。兩個英文意思都從「擠」長出來：一種是事情在時間上擠在一起（常常發生），一種是你一次次把某個地方塞滿你的身影（常去那裡）。
etymonline.com/word/frequent; Wiktionary 'frequens'
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
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frequentadj詞源 1/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/
- 1
Done or occurring often; common.
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- 2
Occurring at short intervals.
- Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]
- 3
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- [E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.
- 4
obsoleteFull; crowded; thronged.
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
- 5
obsoleteOften or commonly reported.
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
frequentverb詞源 2/fɹɪˈkwɛnt/
- 1
To visit often.
- I used to frequent that restaurant.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。