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词根词缀:marathon-; and related entries ending in -athon, -thon

【来源及含义】Greek: derived from an ancient villiage in Greece, northeast of Athens; as a result of an important Greek victory over the Persians in 490 B.C.

【同源单词】hackathon, Marathon, marathon, marathon, marathon, marathoner

词根词缀:psepho-, pseph-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: pebble/pebbles, stone/stones; election; vote

【相关描述】To cast one's vote with a pebble, to count, reckon; from small stone, pebble [used in counting or voting]. Pebbles were used in ancient Greece for casting votes, and so psephos came to metaphorically mean, "vote".

【同源单词】isopsephic, psephism, psephite, psephocracy, psephocrat, psephograph