英语词汇diploma的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	diploma
词源	diploma; diplomat. Diplomas were originally official docu- ments that were folded in two and sealed, taking their name from the Greek diploma, “a letter folded double.” Though mainly a document given to graduates today, they were at first government documents and the government officials who car- ried these diplomas were called diplomats.
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