【正确答案】：
1) THE MEANING OF MANY WORDS OFTEN RELATE DIRECTLY TO THEIR ORIGINS. IN OTHER WORDS, THE HISTORY OF THE WORD EXPLAINS THE MEANING OF THE WORD.
2)THE WORD “LACONIC” MEANING ‘‘BRIEF’ OR “SHORT" IS DERIVED FROM LACONS, A TRIBE OF PEOPLE WHO WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR “BREVITY OF SPEECH" AND FOR THEIR HABIT OF NEVER USING MORE WORDS THAN NECESSARY. HENCE "A LACONIC ANSWER" IS A SHORT ANSWER.  
【题目解析】：1）许多词的意思往往直接关系到它们的起源。换句话说，这个词的历史解释了这个词的含义。 2）“简洁”一词的意思是“简明”或“简短”，来源于拉康族，拉康族是一个以“简洁的语言”而闻名的民族，他们习惯于不使用超过必要数量的词语。因此，”a laconic answer is a short answer”（简洁的答案是一个简短的答案）是词源理据。