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[supplement 词源字典] - supplement: see supply
[supplement etymology, supplement origin, 英语词源] - supplement (n.)
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- late 14c., from Latin supplementum "that which fills up, that with which anything is made full or whole, something added to supply a deficiency," from supplere "to fill up" (see supply (v.)).
- supplement (v.)
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- 1829, from supplement (n.). Compare Spanish suplementar. Related: Supplemented; supplementing.