核心畫面

A branch coming out of a trunk. The new part was not stuck on from outside — it pushed out of the thing it belongs to, and it is still joined to it, so you can put a finger on the join and follow it back. Hold that one picture and the abstract use follows without any extra work: a club, a rule, a business, a problem can all come out of something earlier in exactly the same way, still attached, still traceable.

可以想成一根從樹幹長出來的枝子。那一段不是從外面黏上去的,是從本體推出去的,而且到現在還連著,你的手指按得到接點,也更多收起可以想成一根從樹幹長出來的枝子。那一段不是從外面黏上去的,是從本體推出去的,而且到現在還連著,你的手指按得到接點,也順得回去。抓住這一個畫面,抽象的用法就自己跟上來了:一個社團、一條規定、一門生意、一個問題,都可能用同樣的方式從更早的東西長出來——還連著,也還找得到來源。

From the word’s history

From out- (outwards) plus growth, giving the plain meaning a thing that has grown outwards.

來自 out-(向外)加上 growth(生長),字面就是「向外長出來的東西」。

Wiktionary entry for outgrowth (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1337717892), etymology section supplied in the evidence packet

Two branches

真的長出來的部分

這一族就是核心畫面本身:植物和動物身上向外長出、還連著的那一塊。

noun · C1

A part that grows out from a plant, an animal, or a body — for example a branch or shoot on a plant, or a small limb, hair, or other part on an animal.

長出來的部分

從別的事情長出來的結果

把枝子從植物移到事情上:新的東西一樣是從舊的推出去的,一樣還連著。

noun · C1

Something that develops out of something else and is a natural result of it, such as a habit, an organisation, a problem, or an idea that grows from an earlier one.

衍生出來的結果