impale的词源

英文词源

impale (v.)

1520s, "to enclose with stakes, fence in," from Middle French empaler and directly from Medieval Latin impalare "to push onto a stake," from assimilated form of in- "into, in" (see in- (2)) + Latin palus "a stake, prop, stay; wooden post, pole," from PIE *pak-slo-, from root *pag-/*pak- "to fasten" (see pact). Sense of "pierce with a pointed stake" (as torture or punishment) first recorded 1610s. Related: Impaled; impaling.

中文词源

impale：刺穿

im-,进入，使，-pal,柱子，木桩，词源同pale,pole.即用木桩穿过去，引申词义刺穿。

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