maniac的词源

英文词源

maniac (adj.)

c. 1600, "pertaining to mania; insane," from French maniaque (14c.), from Late Latin maniacus, from Greek maniakos, from mania (see mania). Borrowed at first in French form; Latinized in English from 1727. The noun is attested from 1763, from the adjective.

中文词源

maniac：发狂的人

来自mania的形容词形式，后用做名词，指发狂的人。

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