- bewilder
[bewilder 词源字典]
- bewilder: see wild
[bewilder etymology, bewilder origin, 英语词源] - bewilder (v.)
- 1680s, from be- "thoroughly" + archaic wilder "lead astray, lure into the wilds," probably a back-formation of wilderness. An earlier word with the same sense was bewhape (early 14c.). Related: Bewildered; bewildering; bewilderingly.