英语词汇substance的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	substance
词源	substance [ME] This word was first used to refer to the essential nature of something. It comes from Old French, from Latin substantia ‘being, essence’, from the verb substare ‘stand firm’. The use to refer to a ‘solid thing’ is about 50 years later.
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