The Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the only source that I found that points further back than Latin in its etymology.

在我所能找到的资料里，只有《未删节版韦氏词典》能指出该单词在拉丁语之前的词源。

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The Oxford English Dictionarystill says this is an erroneous use but Merriam-Webster accepts the false-singular as a word as early as 1926.

牛津英语辞典仍然称这是一种错误的用法，但是韦氏辞典却自1926年开始接受这种错误的单数形式为一个新单词。

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Perhaps it's because even Webster's Dictionary defines a hobby as "a pursuit outside one's regular occupation" (Merriam-Webster Online).

可能是因为，即使在韦氏词典上，对业余爱好的定义也是“在正规工作之外的追求”。

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Merriam-Webster defines "austerity" as "enforced or extreme economy."

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