bewitch的词源

英文词源

bewitch (v.)

c. 1200, biwicchen, from be- + Old English wiccian "to enchant, to practice witchcraft" (see witch). Literal at first, figurative sense of "to fascinate" is from 1520s. *Bewiccian may well have existed in Old English, but it is not attested. Related: Bewitched; bewitching; bewitchingly.

中文词源

bewitch：着迷

前缀be-, 强调。witch, 女巫，巫术。

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