出典:Wiktionary
From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from 古期英語 tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).
From Middle English *teveren, from 古期英語 tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red または purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.
![]()