tomorrow的词源
英文词源
- tomorrow
- tomorrow: [OE] Tomorrow was formed (following the model of today) from the preposition to (here in the sense ‘at, on’) and morgenne, the dative form of Old English morgen ‘morning’, which has evolved into modern English morn and morrow.
=> morning - tomorrow (adv.)
- mid-13c., to morewe, from Old English to morgenne "on (the) morrow," from to "at, on" (see to) + morgenne, dative of morgen "morning" (see morn, also morrow). As a noun from late 14c. Written as two words until 16c., then as to-morrow until early 20c.
中文词源
tomorrow 源自古英语to morgen 。to 意为at,morgen 意为morn 或morning 。按字面意义,两词合在一起就是at the next moring 的意思。嗣后,morgen 逐渐演变为morrow ,最后to 与morrow 复合成 tomorrow。today 一词的情况也大致相同,古英语原作 to daeg 'on(this) day' ,以后渐渐演变复合为today 这一形式。
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缩写自 to morrow,明天。