hangman的词源

英文词源

hangman (n.)

public executioner, mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), from hang (v.) + man (n.). As the name of a spelling game, by 1951. Hangestere "female executioner" is found mid-15c.

中文词源

hangman：刽子手

hang,绞刑，绞杀，man,人。引申词义刽子手。

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