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lovemaking (n.)
[lovemaking 词源字典]
"courtship," mid-15c., from
love
(n.) +
make
. Phrase
make love
is attested from 1570s in the sense "pay amorous attention to;" as a euphemism for "have sex," it is attested from c. 1950.
[lovemaking etymology, lovemaking origin, 英语词源]
merrymaking (n.)
also
merry-making
, 1714; see
merry
+
make
(v.). Related:
Merry-maker
(1827).
unmaking (n.)
"ruin, destruction," 1590s, verbal noun from
unmake
(v.).