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Ruth

n. 露絲（女子名）；路得；路得記

中文詞源

ruth 憐憫，悲哀

來(lái)自 rue,后悔的，悲嘆的，-th,名詞后綴。

Ruth: fem. proper name, biblical ancestor of David, from Hebrew Ruth, probably a contraction of reuth "companion, friend, fellow woman."
ruth (n.): "sorrow for the misery of another; repentance, regret," c. 1200, ruthe, from Old Norse hrygge "ruth, sorrow," from hryggr "sorrowful, grieved" (see rue (v.)) + Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Or else formed in English from reuwen "to rue" on the model of true/truth, etc. The Old English word was rue (n.2).

1. Ruth's parents opted to educate her intensively at home.: 露絲的父母選擇了在家對(duì)她進(jìn)行集中教育。