英语词汇tradition的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	tradition
词源	tradition [LME] A tradition is something passed on and comes from Latin from tradere ‘deliver’ formed from trans- ‘across’ and dare ‘give’. The abbreviation trad dates from the 1950s, usually in the context of jazz. Traitor [ME], someone who hands over things to the enemy, and treason [ME] the act of handing over, are from the same root.
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