manifold的词源

英文词源

manifold

manifold: see many

manifold (adj.)

Old English monigfald (Anglian), manigfeald (West Saxon), "various, varied in appearance, complicated; numerous, abundant," from manig (see many) + -feald (see -fold). A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian manichfald, Middle Dutch menichvout, German mannigfalt, Swedish mångfalt, Gothic managfalþs), perhaps a loan-translation of Latin multiplex (see multiply). Retains the original pronunciation of many. Old English also had a verbal form, manigfealdian "to multiply, abound, increase, extend."

manifold (adv.)

Old English manigfealdlic "in various ways, manifoldly," from the source of manifold (adj.).

manifold (n.)

in mechanical sense, first as "pipe or chamber with several outlets," 1884, see manifold (adj.); originally as manifold pipe (1857), with reference to a type of musical instrument mentioned in the Old Testament.

中文词源

manifold：许多倍

来自古英语manigfeald,即many fold,许多倍。

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