perjure的词源

英文词源

perjure (v.)

mid-15c. "swear falsely" (implied in perjured; late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French parjurer "to break one's word, renege on a promise" (11c.), from Latin periurare "to swear falsely, break one's oath" (see perjury). Reflexive sense is from 18c.

中文词源

perjure：作伪证，发假誓

来自拉丁语periurium,伪誓，来自per-,整个的，-jur,发誓，词源同adjure,jury.即信誓旦旦，词义贬义化，引申词义作伪证，发假誓。比较perfidy.

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