against的词源

英文词源

against (adv.)

early 12c., agenes "in opposition to," a southern variant of agen "again" (see again), with adverbial genitive. The parasitic -t turned up mid-14c. and was standard by early 16c., perhaps from influence of superlatives.

中文词源

against：对着的

again的副词所有格。-s, 副词后缀，向。-t被当做最高级后缀-est 寄生于该单词。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：against 词源，against 含义。

against：相反，反对，逆着，靠着，倚着

在古英语中拼写为ongegen, ongean,在中古英语中拼写为ayeynst, ageinest, againest