fore-elder
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语English
fore-elder
词源说明
From Middle English foreldre, from fore- (“fore-”) + eldre (“elder, ancestor”); equivalent to fore- + elder. Compare Old Norse foreldrar (“fore-elders”, plural), whence Danish forældre (“parents”), Swedish föräldrar (“parents”). Compare also Dutch voorouder (“ancestor”), German Voreltern (“ancestors”).
释义
名词noun
- 1chiefly ScotlandA progenitor or ancestor.