| 词汇 | elder, eldest |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： O.E. (Mercian) eldra, eldrost, comp. and superl. of eald, ald "old;" only English survival of umlaut in comparison. Superseded by older, oldest since 16c. Elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of Japanese genro. As a noun, elder was used in biblical translation for Gk. presbyter. The O.E. for "grandfather" was ealdfæder. |
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