killer的词源

英文词源

killer (n.)

late 15c., agent noun from kill (v.). But a surname, Ric[hard] Le Kyller is attested from 1288. Figurative use from 1550s. Meaning "impressive person or thing" is by 1900 (as an adjective, 1979); reduplicated form killer-diller attested by 1938. Killer whale is from 1725; killer instinct is attested from 1931, originally in boxing.

中文词源

killer：杀人犯，杀手；屠杀者

词根词缀： kill杀死 + -er人

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