原帖由 抽刀斷水 於 2008-7-21 00:41 發表 
'Godspeedis a nominalization of the phrase God speed (you), understanding whichdepends on two things: speed in this sense means 'to prosper; succeed',which is now archaic, but which is the original ...
Exactly.
The trouble to understand this word is that "speed" has an old meaning of success or prosper, which is hardy known nowadays. |