英语词汇improvement的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	improvement
词源	improvement [LME] The early spelling was emprowement used to mean ‘profitable management, profit’. It derives from Anglo-Norman French, based on Old French prou ‘profit’, ultimately from Latin prodest ‘is of advantage’.
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