Study word roots.

学习词根。

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This is where the word roots emerged in ancient Greek.

这个词根这样出现在古希腊语里。

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But the roots of the word run back through Anglo Saxon and into Indo-European and the earliest meanings of the most ancient of these word roots—something that sounded like gwen—was simply “woman.”

其实，把时间往前倒推的话，这个单词的词根先是通过了盎格鲁-撒克逊的影响，然后到达了印欧语系。 对于这些最古老单词的词根——听上去与gwen类似——而言，它们最初的意思就是“女人（woman）”。

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The word cherry has roots in the Greek word kerasos, and is also associated with the Turkish city of Cerasus (now Giresun), where the first exports of cherries to Europe originated.

NPR: Cherries on Top

Not for nothing does the word credit have its roots in the Latin word credere, to believe.

ECONOMIST: Repent at leisure | The

To distinguish Popchips from the hundreds of other foods in the snack aisle, Mr. Belling focused on word-of-mouth and grass-roots marketing.

WSJ: How I Built It: Popchip Makes Its Way Into the Snack Aisle