al-的词源

英文词源

goal-post (n.)

1834, from goal (n.) + post (n.1). To move the goal posts as a figurative expression for "cheat by changing the objectives after the process has begun" is by 1988.

heal-all (n.)

1570s, "universal remedy," from heal + all; applied since 1814 to various plants supposed to possess healing virtues. The native word for panacea.

mal-

word-forming element meaning "bad, badly, ill, poorly, wrong, wrongly," from French mal (adv.), from Old French mal (adj., adv.) "evil, ill, wrong, wrongly" (9c.), from Latin male (adv.) "badly," or malus (adj.) "bad, evil" (fem. mala, neuter malum), of unknown origin, perhaps related to Avestan mairiia "treacherous." Most Modern English words with this prefix are 19c. coinages.

natural-born (adj.)

1580s, from natural (adj.) + born.

spiritual-minded (adj.)

1526 (Tindale), from spiritual (adj.) + minded. Related: Spiritual-mindedness.

中文词源

al-：去，往

来自ad-在字母l 前的拼写异化形式。

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