lightning的词源

英文词源

lightning

lightning: [14] Etymologically, lightning is simply something that illuminates, or ‘lightens’, the sky. The word is a contraction of an earlier lightening, a derivative of lighten ‘make light’. The Old English word for ‘lightning’ was lēget, which is related to light. In Middle English it became leit, and later leiting, but in the 14th century lightning took over as the main form.
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lightning (n.)

late 13c., present participle of lightnen "make bright," extended form of Old English lihting, from leht (see light (n.)). Meaning "cheap, raw whiskey" is attested from 1781, also sometimes "gin." Lightning bug is attested from 1778. Lightning rod from 1790.

中文词源

lightning：闪电

来自light,发光，照明，插入鼻音字母n,引申词义闪电。

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lightning：闪电

词根词缀： light照亮 + -en(e略)动词词尾 + -ing