英文字根"upon"的意思

Question

有一個單字epidemic(疫情)是由字根epi(upon)+dem(people)+ic所組成的，請問當中的"upon"在這裡是什麼意思？

Answer 1

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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/dictionary?p=epidem... http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epidemic

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

Source(s): http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epidemic