almighty的词源

英文词源

almighty (adj.)

Old English ælmihtig "all-powerful," also a by-name of God; compound of æl (see all) + mihtig (see mighty); common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon alomahtig, Old High German alamahtic, German allmächtig, Old Norse almattigr), perhaps an early Germanic loan-translation of Latin omnipotens (see omnipotent).

The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land." [Washington Irving, 1836]

Related: Almightily.

中文词源

almighty：全能的

组合词。al同all, 全部的。might, 能力，同may(原指能力，后指也许）。

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