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1、英语单词词源100讲(第11-20讲)（The100etymologyofEnglishwords(Part11-20)）The100etymologyofEnglishwords(Part11-20)Eleventhspeaktherootword"cedere"Student:howcanthetwowords"succeed"and"decease"havethesameroot?Aretheynotexactlytheopposite?Icanhardlyimaginethemeaningofthi
2、sroot.Teacher:actually,ifyouknewthemeaningoftheroot,youwouldn'tbesurprised.TherootofthetwowordisLatincedere.Variantsofthesamerootalsoincludecess-,cede,andceed-.ManyEnglishwordsarederivedfromtheseroots.AssucceediscomposedbySucceed."Suc=sub"means"following",
3、"succeeding","succeed"canbeinterpretedas"undertheauthorityof(butreplaced)"and"therighttoinherit"twomeanings.Deceaseismadebyde(leaving)Andcease(go),thereisasoul,leavingthebody,thatis,themeaningofdeath.Student:speakingof"going",letmethinkoftheword"access".It
4、consistsofAC(front)andcess(go),andhasthemeansofapproaching.Theword"resession"associatedwiththe"economicscene"canalsobeinterpretedfromtheimageof"gone".Necessaryseemstohavecomefromrootcedere,too,butIcan'tfigureitout.Teacher:itseemsthatyouaregettingusedtocatc
5、hingtheimageryoftheroot.Necessaryne(not)Cederewhichmeansnotto.Humansshouldstillhavetohuntbefore2500,butifthere'sastorm,there'snoneedtogo.So,necessarymeanstomakealiving,althoughit'snecessarytohunt,youcansurviveevenifyoudon'tgo.Inthissense,thedegreeofnecessi
6、tyofnecessaryisweakerthanthatofessential(necessaryandindispensable).ThesameRelatedwordsAccede:consent,assent,succession(kingship,etc)constituteAC=ad(=to(facing)+L.cedere(==)=goforwardAntecede:than...Takeprecedenceover...Ante(=before(front)L.cedere(go)=firs
7、tConcede:tolerance,concessionscon(=together(common)L.cedere(go)=go,mutualconcessionsExceed:beyondtheex(=out(outward)L.cedere(go)=morethanothertwelfthforwardstressesthatthe"hidden"rootcedereStudent:Recently,apersonwhohasacellphonecanbeseeneverywhereonhisway
8、out.Tobehonest,Idon'thaveacellphoneyet.Ifyoudothis,I'llbeoutoffashion.Bytheway,mobilephonesarecalledcellularphoneinEnglish.Whatexactlydoes"cellular"heremean?Teacher:therootistheLatinword"celare"(hidden,make,i
