expiate的词源

英文词源

expiate

expiate: see pious

expiate (v.)

c. 1600 (OED 2nd ed. print entry has a typographical error in the earliest date), from Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare "to make amends, atone for" (see expiation). Related: Expiable (1560s); expiated; expiating.

中文词源

expiate：接受惩罚，赎罪

ex-, 向外，此处表强调。-pi, 虔诚，弥补，词源同pity, pious. 原指宗教上的虔诚，弥补过失， 请求神的原谅。后词义通用化。

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