baleful的词源

英文词源

baleful (adj.): Old English bealu-full "dire, wicked, cruel," with -ful + bealu "harm, injury, ruin, evil, mischief, wickedness, a noxious thing," from Proto-Germanic *balwom (cognates: Old Saxon balu, Old Frisian balu "evil," Old High German balo "destruction," Old Norse bol, Gothic balwjan "to torment"), from PIE root *bhelu- "to harm." During Anglo-Saxon times, the noun was in poetic use only (in compounds such as bealubenn "mortal wound," bealuðonc "evil thought"), and for long baleful has belonged exclusively to poets. Related: Balefully.

发音释义：['beɪlfʊl; -f(ə)l] adj 恶意的；有害的

结构分析：baleful = bale（灾祸）+ful（形容词后缀）→带来灾祸的、暗藏祸心的→恶意的、有害的

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bale, 伤害，词源可能同kill. -ful, 形容词后缀。