shady的词源

英文词源

shady (adj.)

"affording shade," 1570s; "protected by shade," 1590s; from shade (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "disreputable" (1862) probably is from earlier university slang sense of "of questionable merit, unreliable" (1848). Related: Shadily; shadiness. Old English had sceadlic "shady, 'shadely.'"

中文词源

shady：成荫的，背阴的；可疑的，靠不住的

词根词缀： shade荫(e略) + -y形容词词尾

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