by-

前缀
中文释义

英文释义

前缀
  1. Town or city. morpheme
    — bylaw
  2. Near or roundabout. morpheme
    — bystander, bypass
  3. Secondary, incidental, or parallel to. morpheme
    — by-product, byform, by-path, by-book

词形变化

bye- alternative bye- alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English by (“town”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse býr (“dwelling, town”), from Proto-Germanic *būwiz (“dwelling”). Cognate with Danish by (“town”). More at bower.
词源 2
Partly from a combining form of by (“by, near, around”), and partly continuing Middle English bi-, by-, from Old English bī- (“by, near, around”), from Proto-Germanic *bi-, whence also be-. Cognate with Dutch bij-, German bei-.
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