godspeed的词源

英文词源

godspeed (interj.)

also God speed, by late 14c., "(I wish that) God (may) grant you success," from God + speed (v.) in its old sense of "prosper, grow rich, succeed." Specifically as a salutation by mid-15c. Also in Middle English as an adverb, "quickly, speedily" (early 14c.); the then-identically spelled God and good seem to be mixed up in this word. From late 13c. as a surname. He may bidde god me spede is found in a text from c. 1300.

中文词源

godspeed：祝成功，幸运平安，一路平安

这里的speed是其古意，表成功或繁荣。godspeed=May God speed (you)，特别是被祝福之人要开始一段旅行或开拓事业时。因成功之人多充实且忙碌，所以speed后来也有了快速之意。

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