hereabouts的词源

英文词源

thereabouts (adv.)

early 15c., "in that area, around there; mid-15c., "near to that time, approximately thence," from Old English þær onbutan "about that place" + adverbial genitive -es; see there + about.

whereabouts (adv.)

"in what place," early 15c., from whereabout + adverbial genitive -s. The noun, "place where someone or something is," is recorded from 1795. Whereabout in this sense is from c. 1600.

中文词源

hereabouts：在这附近

here,这里，about,大概。

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