mellow的词源

英文词源

mellow: mellow: see meal
mellow (adj.): mid-15c., melwe "soft, sweet, juicy" (of ripe fruit), perhaps related to melowe, variant of mele "ground grain" (see meal (2)), influenced by Middle English merow "soft, tender," from Old English mearu. Meaning "slightly drunk" is from 1680s. Mellow yellow "banana peel smoked in an effort to get high" is from 1967. Related: Mellowly; mellowness.
mellow (v.): 1570s, from mellow (adj.). Related: Mellowed; mellowing.

可能来自古英语melu,粉，来自PIE*mel,软的，词源同melt.后用于形容水果成熟的，松软的，醇香的，并引申词义甘美的。

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