word origin - spokesman

word origin - spokesman

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送交者: 006 于 2008-02-29, 21:01:33:

this word seems not making a lot sense, spoke may be the past participle of speak, but why the s then?

大概是约定俗成吧，像 salesman, statesman, craftsman, marksman... (无内容) - gadfly (0 bytes) 2008-02-29, 22:25:51 (209302)
- 这些例子中都用的相关名词，spoke作为名词似乎意思无关。 (无内容) - 006 (0 bytes) 2008-03-01, 07:58:04 (209326)