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otherwise (adv.)
[otherwise 词源字典]
contracted from Old English phrase
on oðre wisan
"in the other manner" (see
other
+
wise
(n.)), which in Middle English became
oþre wise
, and mid-14c.
oþerwise
. As an adjective from c. 1400.
[otherwise etymology, otherwise origin, 英语词源]