livelong的词源

英文词源

livelong (adj.)

also live-long, c. 1400, lefe longe (day), from leve, lief "dear" (see lief), used here as an emotional intensive + long (adj). From late 16c. conformed in spelling to live (v.) as lief grew strange. German has cognate die liebe lange Nacht, literally "the dear long night."

中文词源

livelong：整个的

来自中古英语leve longe,长久的，leve,爱，即love,此处表强调义，longe,长，即long.后受live影响拼写俗化。

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