forwelk

构词拆分

for-前缀

(no longer productive) Forth: prefixed to verbs to indicate a direction of 'away', 'off', 'forth'. · (no longer productive) Exhausting: prefixed to verbs with the sense of wearing or exhausting oneself.

welk词根/词干

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 forwelken

词源说明

From Middle English forwelken, equivalent to for- +‎ welk. Compare Dutch verwelken (“to wither, wilt”), German verwelken (“to fade, wilt, shrivel away”). More at for-, welk.

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

(intransitive, obsolete) To wither; decay; fade.