meantime的词源

英文词源

meantime (n.)

also mean time, mid-14c., from mean (adj.2) "middle, intermediate" + time (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb. In the mean space "meanwhile" was in use 16c.-18c.

中文词源

meantime：同时

mean,中间的，其间，time,时间。引申词义同时。

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meantime：其间，其时

词根词缀： mean中间 + time时间