libel的词源
英文词源
- libel
- libel: see library
- libel (n.)
- c. 1300, "formal written statement," especially, in civil law, "plaintiff's statement of charges" (mid-14c.); from Old French libelle (fem.) "small book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber "book" (see library). Broader sense of "any published or written statement likely to harm a person's reputation" is first attested 1630s.
- libel (v.)
- mid-15c., "make an initial statement setting out a plaintiff's case" (modern sense from 1560s), from libel (n.), q.v. for sense development. Related: Libeled; libelled; libeling; libelling.
中文词源
libel（文字诽谤）：利用传单和小册子进行诽谤
在英语中，“诽谤”分为“文字诽谤”和“口头诽谤”，libel是“文字诽谤”，slander是“口头诽谤“。英语单词libel来自拉丁语词根liber（书），原意是“小书、小册子”。由于古代没有广播电视等通讯手段，权贵要人们相互攻击时只能通过散发传单、小册子等方式。大家通过小册子相互揭短，因此libel一词衍生出“控告、控诉书”之意，在法律领域表示原告的起诉书。由于这种小册子里所写的内容免不了夸大其词，甚至无中生有，因此libel一词又产生了“中伤、诽谤”之意，在法律领域中表示“诽谤罪”。
libel：n.诽谤罪，诋毁，毁坏名誉的东西，控诉书vt.中伤，诽谤，控告vi.进行文字诽谤
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：libel 词源，libel 含义。
来自拉丁语liber,书，来自PIE*leup,剥下，削皮，词源同leaf,library,-el,小词后缀。即小书，引申词义小册子，诽谤书。
