farther的词源

英文词源

farther (adj.)

late 14c., "front;" variant of further (adj.). From 1510s as "additional;" 1560s as "more remote."

farther (adv.)

15c. alteration of Middle English ferther (c. 1300), a variant of further (adv.). There is no historical basis for the notion that farther is of physical distance and further of degree or quality.

中文词源

farther：更远

用做far的比较级。一种说法是forth的比较级，-er, 比较级后缀。另一种说法是far的比较级，-ther, 比较级后缀，词源同other, interior. 与further的词义区别主要来自人为的影响。

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