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southerly
[southerly 词源字典]
1550s (adj.); 1570s (adv.); from
southern
+
-ly
. Related:
Southerliness
.
[southerly etymology, southerly origin, 英语词源]
southern
Old English
suðerne
, from
suð
"south" (see
south
) +
-erne
, suffix denoting direction. A common Germanic compound (Old Frisian
suthern
, Old Norse
suðroenn
, Old High German
sundroni
). The constellation
Southern Cross
so called in English by 1756.
southerner (n.)
1817, American English, from
southern
. Contrasted with
Yankee
by 1828.
southernmost (adj.)
1725, from
southern
+
-most
.