shadowy的词源

英文词源

shadowy (adj.)

late 14c., shadewy, "full of shadows," also "transitory, fleeting, unreal;" see shadow (n.) + -y (2). From 1797 as "faintly perceptible." Related: Shadowiness. Old English had sceadwig "shady."

中文词源

shadowy：有阴影的，多荫的

来源于原始印欧语skotwa,史前日耳曼语skathwo。

词根词缀： shadow荫 + -y形容词词尾

该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：shadowy 词源，shadowy 含义。