英文字根"upon"的意思

Question

有一個單字epidemic(疫情)是由字根epi(upon)+dem(peopl...

Answer 1

epi- 是什麼意思？

epi- 的意思是 "among, upon (在...中)"
epidemic : from epi- "among, upon (在...中)" + demos "people, district" (大眾 demotic). http://hk.dictionary.yahoo.com/dictionar... http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/e...

Answer 2

http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/aa-tsai / 英文識字班（二）：DEM
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2010-09-06 17:49:16 補充：
(staying in one place,) among the people