There's a deeper joke in the etymology though.(不過，除此以外，還有個詞源學上更加隱晦的笑話。)

Now that you've read through all of that here's the much simplified etymology of the word simple.(現在你已經讀完了，下面說單詞simple的更簡化的詞源。)

Etymology: over England; from one land to another; into Ireland.(詞源學：越過英格蘭，從一個陸地到另一個陸地，愛爾蘭。)

Etymology, it appears, has the means to prove that thimbles were at one time meant for the thumb.(詞源學看起來有辦法證明頂針一詞曾經指拇指。)

The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.(諷刺的是，proclivity的詞源恰好與后面那種用法吻合。)

Like too many words that sound so delicious the etymology of ramshackle is a little unclear.(有些詞聽上去似乎一清二楚，實際上詞源卻模模糊糊。ramshackle便是其中之一。)

So the etymology of vichyssoise will come first.(那么先來看一下這個詞的詞源。)

The etymology is that moll like Molly was once an alternative for the name Mary.(它的詞源是這樣的——與Molly一樣，Moll曾經是女人名瑪麗（Mary）的替代叫法。)

Etymology: a 'zone' is an area or place.(詞源：“zone”一詞是指面積或地方。)

Etymology: a "lemon" is a citrus fruit with a tart or sour (not sweet) flavor.(詞源：一個“lemon檸檬”是一種酸味(不是甜味)的柑桔類水果。)