mendicant的词源

英文词源

mendicant (adj.): late 14c., from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans) present participle of mendicare "to beg, ask alms," from mendicus "beggar," originally "cripple" (connection via cripples who must beg), from menda "fault, physical defect" (see mendacious). As an adjective from 1540s. Also in Middle English was mendinant (mid-14c.), from Old French mendinant, present participle of mendiner "to beg," from the same Latin source.
mendicant (n.): "a beggar," mid-15c., from mendicant (adj.) or from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans), noun use of present participle of mendicare.

来自拉丁语mendicare,乞讨，讨要，来自menda,缺陷，身体残疾，来自PIE*mend,缺陷，残疾，词源同amend.因乞讨者多为身体残疾者。引申词义行乞者，化缘者。

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