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一、former是什么意思

1、former 先前的

2、来自古英语forma的比较级，来自pie*pre-mo, 最早的，*pre-, 在先，词源同far, *mo, 最高级后缀，词源同intimate, ultimate. 该词实际上是最高级的比较级。比较foremost.

二、former的用法

1、former

2、former: [12] former is a comparative form based on middle english forme ‘first (in time or order)’, on the analogy of the superlative foremost [16] (which was originally formost [12]; the modern spelling came about through association with fore and most). forme itself goes back to old english forma, which was a descendant of a prehistoric germanic superlative from derived from *fora ‘before’ (whence also english first, for, and fore). so untangling the suffixal accretions of centuries, former means etymologically ‘more most before’.=> first, for, fore, primary

3、former (adj.)

4、"earlier in time," mid-12c., comparative of forme "first, earliest in time or order," from old english forma "first," from proto-germanic *fruma-, *furma-, from pie *pre-mo-, suffixed (superlative) form of root *per- (1) "forward, through; before; first" (see per). probably patterned on formest (see foremost); it is an unusual case of a comparative formed from a superlative (the old english -m is a superlative suffix). as "first of two," 1580s.

5、former (n.)

6、"one who gives form," mid-14c., agent noun from form (v.). the latin agent noun was formator.

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