mayhem的词源

英文词源

mayhem

mayhem: see maim

mayhem (n.)

late 15c., from Anglo-French maihem (13c.), from Old French mahaigne "injury, wrong, a hurt, harm, damage;" related to mahaignier "to injure, wound, mutilate, cripple" (see maim). Originally, in law, the crime of maiming a person "to make him less able to defend himself or annoy his adversary" [OED].

中文词源

mayhem：骚乱，混乱

来自古法语mayhem,来自PIE*mai,砍，劈，词源同maim,mangle.引申词义伤害，损伤，骚乱，混乱。

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