rife的词源

英文词源

rife (adj.)

Old English rife "abundant, common, prevalent," from Proto-Germanic *rif- (cognates: Old Norse rifr, Swedish river, Norwegian riv, Middle Dutch riif, Middle Low German rive "abundant, generous"), said to be from PIE root *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" "The prevalence of the word in early southern texts is in favour of its being native in English, rather than an adoption from Scandinavian." [OED]

中文词源

rife：普遍的，盛行的

来自古英语 rife,大量的，普通的，盛行的，来自 Proto-Germanic*rif,可能来自 PIE*rei,撕，扯， 砍，词源同 river,rift.通常用于形容坏事的盛行。

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