Words and WordOrigins

When you arelearning languages,what do you think is the most interesting?One of the mostinteresting of all studies is the study of words and word origins.

Each languageis_________(51)of several earlier languages and the words of a language cansometimes be traced__________(52)through two or three different languages to

their origins.Againa word from one language may pass into other languages and___________(53)a newmeaning.

Theword"etiquette,"which is__________(54)French origin and originallymeant a label（标志）,or asign,passed into Spanish and kept its original meaning. So in Spanish

theword"etiquette" today is used to _________(55) the small tags（标签）which a store __________(56) to asuit,a dress or a bottle.The word"etiquette"in French,

_________(57),gradually developed a different meaning. It________(58)became the custom towrite directions on small cards, or "etiquette",as to how visitorsshould dress

themselves and actduring an important ceremony at the royal court.________(59)theword"etiquette"began to indicate a system of correct manners forpeople to follow. With

this meaning,theword passed into English.

Consider theword"breakfast"."To fast"is to go for some period of timewithout________ (60).Thus in the morning after many hours during the nightwithout

food,one_________(61)one'sfast.

Consider theeveryday English_________(62) "Goodbye".Many many years ago,peoplewould say to each _________(63)on parting "God be with you".As thiswas

________(64)over andover millions of times,it gradually became________(65)to "Goodbye"._________(58)

A.late

B.lately

C.later

D.latest