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farther (adj.)
[farther 词源字典]
late 14c., "front;" variant of
further
(adj.). From 1510s as "additional;" 1560s as "more remote."
[farther etymology, farther origin, 英语词源]
farther (adv.)
15c. alteration of Middle English
ferther
(c. 1300), a variant of
further
(adv.). There is no historical basis for the notion that
farther
is of physical distance and
further
of degree or quality.