词汇 | choice |
词源 | choice [ME] Choice and choose [OE] are good illustrations of the basic mixture of French and Germanic origins of English, for although the Anglo-Saxons brought choose with them from their Germanic homelands, choice, although it comes from the same root, entered English by way of Old French chois and replaced its Old English equivalent. |
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