fond

• adj. 喜歡的；溫柔的；寵愛的
• n. (Fond)人名；(法)豐；(瑞典)豐德

來自古英語fon, 傻，簡單，詞源同fun. 詞義由傻引申為發狂，喜愛，溺愛等。類似詞義演變比較infatuation.

fond

fond: [14] Fond originally meant ‘foolish’, and the likeliest explanation of its rather problematic origin is that it was a derivative of the Middle English noun fon ‘fool’ (its Middle English spelling fonned suggests that it was formed with the suffix -ed, just as wretched was formed from wretch). However, where fon (probably a relative of modern English fun) comes from is another matter.

Links with Swedish fåne ‘fool’ have been suggested but never established for certain. The adjective’s modern meaning ‘having a great liking’, incidentally, developed in the 16th century via an intermediate ‘foolishly doting’. Fondle [17] is a back-formation from the now obsolete fondling ‘foolish person’, a derivative of fond.
=> fondle, fun

fond (adj.)

late 14c., "deranged, insane;" also "foolish, silly, unwise," from fonned, past participle adjective from obsolete verb fon, fonne (Middle English fonnen) "be foolish, be simple," from Middle English fonne "a fool, stupid person" (early 14c.), which is of uncertain origin but perhaps from Scandinavian. Related: Fonder; fondest.

Meaning evolved via "foolishly tender" to "having strong affections for" (by 1570s). Another sense of the verb fon was "to lose savor" (late 14c. in Middle English past participle fonnyd), which may be the original meaning of the word:

Gif þe salt be fonnyd it is not worþi [Wyclif, Matt. v:13, c. 1380]

1. He seemed fond of her in a strictly professional way.

他似乎隻是出於職業緣故而喜歡她。

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2. I'm very fond of Maurice and I'd make him a good wife.

我非常喜歡莫裏斯，我會成為他的賢內助的。

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3. She was especially fond of a little girl named Betsy.

她尤其偏愛一個名叫貝齊的小女孩。

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4. She had become so fond of him, almost against her better judgement.

雖然明知不對，她還是深深喜歡上了他。

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5. My fond hope is that we will be ready by Christmastime.

我癡想著希望我們可以在聖誕假期前準備就緒。

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