exorcise的词源

英文词源

exorcise (v.)

c. 1400, "to invoke spirits," from Old French exorciser (14c.), from Late Latin exorcizare, from Greek exorkizein "banish an evil spirit; bind by oath" (see exorcism). Sense of "call up evil spirits to drive them out" became dominant 16c. Formerly also exorcize; a rare case where -ise trumps -ize on both sides of the Atlantic, perhaps due to influence of exercise. Related: Exorcised; exorcising.

中文词源

exorcise：驱魔

来自希腊语。ex-, 向外。horkos, 发誓，念咒。即念咒驱逐邪灵。比较conjure.

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