For much the same reason that so many of our words have Latin roots, the word "mile" was used for a unit of distance in many languages throughout Europe.

我们许多英语单词都扎根于拉丁语，同样，mile也曾是欧洲许多语言中的一个长度单位。

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Thee Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought, which took roots in Europe long before people realized how diverse languages could be.

译文：希腊人认为，语言结构与思维能力过程之间存在着某种联系。这一观点在人们尚未认识到语言的千差万别以前就早已在欧洲扎下了根。

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