nonce的词源

英文词源

nonce (n.)

abstracted from phrase for þe naness (c. 1200) "for a special occasion, for a particular purpose," itself a mispision (see N for other examples) of for þan anes "for the once," in reference to a particular occasion or purpose, the þan being from Middle English dative definite article þam (see the). The phrase used from early 14c. as an empty filler in metrical composition. As an adjective from 1884.

中文词源

nonce：临时造的，偶用的

错分裂词，来自中古英语then anes,那一个，来自then,即现在的the,ane-,即现在的one,-s，副词所有格，错分裂成the nanes.引申词义临时的，偶用的。

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