bel-的词源

英文词源

beldam (n.)

"aged woman," 1570s; earlier "grandmother" (mid-15c.), from dame (q.v.) in the sense of "mother" + bel-, Middle English prefix expressing relationship (as in belfader, belsire "grandfather"), from Old French bel, belle "beautiful, fair, fine" (see belle). This "direct relationship" sense of bel is not found in French, where the prefix is used to form words for in-laws.

Belshazzar

last Chaldean king of Babylon (Dan. v), from Hebrew Belshatztzar, a contraction of Akkadian Bel-shar-usur, literally "Bel-protect-the-king" (see Bel).

Bolshevik (n.)

1917, from Russian bol'shiy "greater," comparative of adjective bol'shoy "big, great" (as in Bolshoi Ballet), from Old Church Slavonic boljiji "larger," from PIE root *bel- "strong" (cognates: Sanskrit balam "strength, force," Greek beltion "better," Phrygian balaios "big, fast," Old Irish odbal "strong," Welsh balch "proud;" Middle Dutch, Low German, Frisian pal "strong, firm").

It was the faction of the Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party after a split in 1903 that was either larger or more extreme (or both) than the Mensheviks (from Russian men'shij "less"); after they seized power in 1917, applied generally to Russian communists. Bolshevism is recorded from 1917.

debility (n.)

early 15c., from Middle French debilite (Modern French débilité) or directly from Latin debilitatem (nominative debilitas) "a laming, crippling, weakening," from debilis "lame, disabled, crippled," figuratively "weak, helpless," from de- "from, away" (see de-) + -bilis "strength," from PIE root *bel- (see Bolshevik).

中文词源

bel-（战争）：罗马神话中的战争女神贝罗纳　　

贝罗纳（Bellona）是罗马神话中的女战神，是战神马尔斯（Mars）的妻子，和战神一样代表了战争的残忍和血腥，相当于希腊神话中的厄倪俄，但在罗马神话中地位远远高于希腊神话中的厄倪俄，经常与战神相提并论。她的外号是“城市毁灭者”，常常与战神的两个儿子以及纷争女神一道与战神一起驰骋战场。

　　英语词根bel-就源自贝罗纳的名字Bellona，构成了众多与战争相关的词。

　　bel-：战争

　　bellicose：['belɪkəʊs] adj.好战的

　　rebel：['reb(ə)l] vi.反叛，造反adj.反叛的，造反的n.反叛者，叛徒

　　belligerent：[bə'lɪdʒ(ə)r(ə)nt] adj.交战的，交战国的，好战的n.交战国

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