单词背后的故事194个英语单词的起源及巧记方法4（The story behind the word the origin and clever recording of 194 English words 4）.docVIP

单词背后的故事194个英语单词的起源及巧记方法4（The story behind the word the origin and clever recording of 194 English words 4） The word letter is derived from the Latin word littera, meaning letters, and Linere (Shime) may be close relatives. With some words from the littera source, such as literal (text), namely one letter, a letters; Literature (literature); illiterate (illiteracy), that is no letter: literati, English is called a literary man or a man of letters. Littera plural is litterae, meaning letter. When you write each letter together, you are writing a letter, so letter also letters solution. 62 Capital Capitals This word comes from Latin caput, meaning head. Capital letters, in the head of the word, are therefore called capitals. In addition, a national capital, can be said to be a countrys head, the first is head, so also called capital. In the building, the column crown, the top part of the column is also called capital, because it is located in the head of the seat. Capital is also derived from caput, the same source of head and cattle (livestock, cattle). At the outset, peoples wealth, or capital, was calculated by the number of his livestock heads, that is, how many heads. 63. The origin of English add, subtract, multiply and divide English Add is called Add, from Latin Addo, ad is to, does put together that is put to, that is, plus. Subtract, English subtract, from Latin subtractus; Sub is Away; Tractus Taken. Minus is take Away (removed). Multiply is called multiply, multiplico from Latin, multus is the meaning of many, Plico, fold (times), Multiply is manifold (several times). Except is called Divide, is separate meaning, from Latin divido, di namely apart; vid, separate. The other two commonly used words plus (+), Minus (-), are also from Latin, meaning many and less respectively. 64, Quiz Test Quiz can refer to quiz and Quiz in class, which is smaller than test (test), or Intelligence test and General Knowledge Quiz in radio and television programs. London Quiz in