怎样看懂词源字典里的内容

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怎样看懂词源字典里的内容

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faction (n.) c.1500,from M.Fr.faction (14c.) and directly from L.factionem (nom.factio) "political party,class of persons," lit." a making or doing," from pp.stem of facere " to do" (see factitious).In ancient Rome," one of the companies of contractors for the chariot races in the circus." 翻译如下：faction (名词) 16世纪,源自中古法语 faction (14世纪),后者直接来自拉丁语的 factionem (主格为 factio),表示 " political party,class of persons",该词字面意思为 " a making or doing," 由动词facere " to do"的过去分词词干衍生 (见词条factitious).在古罗马该词用来表示" one of the companies of contractors for the chariot races in the circus".注意到词源字典在解释词源时,一般采用逐级追溯来源的构架,即“faction源自中古法语的faction,faction源自拉丁语的factionem,factionem来自动词facere的过去分词”.