英语派生词中“人”词根具有深厚的文化渊源,从中可以看到人类认识自我的过程以及与之息息相关的行为、习俗、礼仪、方式、角色等。“人”词根主要有五类,即泥土(hum-)、基因(gen-)、文明(civ-)、民主(dem-)、创新(cre-)。探究语言的发展规律,对了解人类文明发展史大有帮助。 The stem of “person ” in English derivations has a profound cultural origin, from which we can see the process of human cognition and the behaviors, customs, rituals, ways, and roles that are closely related to it. There are five major types of stems, namely hum-, gen-, civ-, dem-, cre-. Exploring the law of the development of language is of great help in understanding the history of the development of human civilization.