bigamy的词源

英文词源

bigamy (n.)

"state of having two wives or husbands at the same time," mid-13c., from Old French bigamie (13c.), from Church Latin bigamia, from Late Latin bigamus "twice married," a hybrid from bi- "double" (see bi-) + Greek gamos "marrying" (see gamete). The Greek word was digamos "twice married."

Bigamie is unkinde ðing, On engleis tale, twie-wifing. [c. 1250]

In Middle English, also of two successive marriages or marrying a widow.

中文词源

bigamy：重婚

前缀bi-, 二。词根gam, 结婚，见monogamy, 一夫一妻制。

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