英文词源
- shadowy (adj.)
- late 14c., shadewy, "full of shadows," also "transitory, fleeting, unreal;" see shadow (n.) + -y (2). From 1797 as "faintly perceptible." Related: Shadowiness. Old English had sceadwig "shady."
中文词源
来源于原始印欧语skotwa,史前日耳曼语skathwo。
词根词缀： shadow荫 + -y形容词词尾
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：shadowy 词源，shadowy 含义。
