slumber的词源

英文词源

slumber (n.): mid-14c., from slumber (v.). Slumber party first recorded 1942. Slumberland is from 1875.
slumber (v.): mid-14c. alteration of slumeren (mid-13c.), frequentative form of slumen "to doze," probably from Old English sluma "light sleep" (compare Middle Dutch slumen, Dutch sluimeren, German schlummern "to slumber"). Frequentative on the notion of "intermittent light sleep." For the -b-, compare number, lumber, chamber, etc. Related: Slumbered; slumbering.

来自中古英语 slumeren, 来自 slumen, 打盹，-er,表反复，来自古英语 sluma, 小睡，来自 Proto-Germanic*slum,松散的，无力的，来自 PIE*sleu,松散的，无力的，词源同 slow,sleep. 插入字母 b,比较 number,numerate.

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