penitent的词源
英文词源
- penitent (adj.)




- mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective.
中文词源
来自拉丁语paenitere,感到遗憾,感到歉意,可能来自poena,惩罚,处罚,补偿,弥补,词源同pain,penal,punish.引申词义悔罪,忏悔。
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