elderdom
构词拆解
词源链
- 古英语Old English约 450–1150 年
ealdordōm‘greatness, power, authority, lordship, eldership, rule, dominion, magistracy, principality, superiority, preeminence, primacy, government, any official position involving command of others, beginning’
继承
- 英语English
elderdom
词源说明
From Middle English *elderdom, alderdom, from Old English ealdordōm (“greatness, power, authority, lordship, eldership, rule, dominion, magistracy, principality, superiority, preeminence, primacy, government, any official position involving command of others, beginning”), equivalent to elder + -dom. Cognate with West Frisian âlderdom (“eld, old age, antiquity”), German Altertum (“antiquity”), Swedish ålderdom (“eld, age”).
释义
名词noun
- 1Authority; dominion.
- 2Preeminence; superiority.
- 3The authority, rule, or office of an elder.
- 4The state of being an elder, or of being older; elderhood.
- 5The role or influence of an elder or elders.