rift的词源

英文词源

rift (n.)

early 14c., "a split, act of splitting," from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish and Norwegian rift "a cleft," Old Icelandic ript (pronounced "rift") "breach;" related to Old Norse ripa "to break a contract" (see riven). Figurative use from 1620s. Geological sense from 1921. As a verb, c. 1300.

中文词源

rift：分裂，分歧，裂缝

来自北欧某语言，比较挪威语 rift,裂缝，来自 Proto-Germanic*rifana,刮，抢，来自 PIE*rei, 撕，砍，抓，词源同 rive,rifle.引申词义分裂，分歧。

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