eftsoons
adv.
[古语] 不久 即刻，随即
[废语]经常，常常，屡
[废语]又，再，亦
英文词源
- eftsoons (adv.)
- obsolete or archaic way of saying "soon afterward," from Old English eftsona "a second time, repeatedly, soon after, again," from eft "afterward, again, a second time" (from Proto-Germanic *aftiz, from PIE root *apo- "off, away;" see apo-) + sona "immediately" (see soon). With adverbial genitive. Not in living use since 17c.
