massacre的词源

英文词源

massacre (v.)

1580s, from Middle French massacrer "to slaughter" (16c.), from massacre (n.) "wholesale slaughter, carnage" (see massacre (n.)). Related: Massacred; massacring.

massacre (n.)

1580s, from Middle French massacre "wholesale slaughter, carnage," from Old French macacre, macecle "slaughterhouse, butchery," of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin macellum "provisions store, butcher shop."

中文词源

massacre：屠杀

来自古法语macacre,屠宰屋，肉屠宰场，来自Proto-Germanic*maitana,砍，劈，来自PIE*mai,砍，劈，词源同maim,mangle,smith.后用于指对人的屠杀，大屠杀。

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massacre：大屠杀，残杀；(牲畜)成批屠杀  

来源于法语,进一步的词源不详。