whom 的詞源
whom(pron.)
英语中who的宾格形式，古英语hwam（原始日耳曼语*hwam），hwa的与格形式（来自PIE词根*kwo-，相对代词和疑问代词的词干）。从公元1300年左右起，who被不规范地用作whom的例子被记录。
The clerk snapped at Degarmo's back like a terrier.
"One moment, please. Whom did you wish to see?"
Degarmo spun on his heel and looked at me wonderingly. "Did he say 'whom'?"
"Yeah, but don't hit him," I said. "There is such a word."
Degarmo licked his lips. "I knew there was," he said. "I often wondered where they kept it."
[Raymond Chandler, "The Lady in the Lake," 1943.]
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