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- paradigm



[paradigm 词源字典] - paradigm: see teach
[paradigm etymology, paradigm origin, 英语词源] - paradigm (n.)




- late 15c., from Late Latin paradigma "pattern, example," especially in grammar, from Greek paradeigma "pattern, model; precedent, example," from paradeiknynai "exhibit, represent," literally "show side by side," from para- "beside" (see para- (1)) + deiknynai "to show" (cognate with Latin dicere "to show;" see diction). Related: Paradigmatic; paradigmatical.