词源 |
farther adj.late 14c., "front;" variant of further (adj.). From 1510s as "additional;" 1560s as "more remote." 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. updated on October 16, 2014 |