aspersion的词源
英文词源
- aspersion
- aspersion: see spread
- aspersion (n.)
- mid-15c., from Latin aspersionem (nominative aspersio) "a sprinkling," noun of action from past participle stem of aspergere "to sprinkle on," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + spargere "sprinkle, strew" (see sparse). Originally in theology, the shedding of Christ's blood. Modern sense of "a bespattering with slander" first attested 1590s. To cast aspersions was in Fielding (1749).
中文词源
发音释义:[ə'spɜːʃ(ə)n] n. 中伤,诽谤;洒(圣)水
结构分析:aspersion = a(=ad,去)+sper(泼洒)+sion(名词后缀)→洒水;泼脏水→诽谤
词源解释:asper←拉丁语spargere(泼洒)
背景知识:aspersion原本是一个宗教术语,指耶稣基督之血的喷洒,常用来表示基督教中的“洒水礼”中的洒水。16世纪90年代后才衍生出“诽谤”之意。
趣味记忆:asper→谐音“我死泼”→使劲泼水→洒水,泼脏水
同源词:asperse(诽谤、洒水);sparse(稀疏的←撒开的);disperse(分散);sprinkle(撒、洒)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:aspersion 词源,aspersion 含义。