bigot的词源
英文词源
- bigot
- bigot: [16] According to the 12th-century Anglo- Norman chronicler Wace, bigot was a contemptuous term applied by the French to the Normans, but it is far from clear where this came from, whether it is the same word as present-day bigot, and, if it is, how it came to mean ‘narrowminded person’. All that can be said for certain is that the word first turned up in its modern form in the 15th century as French bigot, from which English borrowed it.
- bigot (n.)
- 1590s, "sanctimonious person, religious hypocrite," from French bigot (12c.), which is of unknown origin. Earliest French use of the word is as the name of a people apparently in southern Gaul, which led to the now-doubtful, on phonetic grounds, theory that the word comes from Visigothus. The typical use in Old French seems to have been as a derogatory nickname for Normans, the old theory (not universally accepted) being that it springs from their frequent use of the Germanic oath bi God. But OED dismisses in a three-exclamation-mark fury one fanciful version of the "by god" theory as "absurdly incongruous with facts." At the end, not much is left standing except Spanish bigote "mustache," which also has been proposed but not explained, and the chief virtue of which as a source seems to be there is no evidence for or against it.
In support of the "by God" theory, as a surname Bigott, Bygott are attested in Normandy and in England from the 11c., and French name etymology sources (such as Dauzat) explain it as a derogatory name applied by the French to the Normans and representing "by god." The English were known as goddamns 200 years later in Joan of Arc's France, and during World War I Americans serving in France were said to be known as les sommobiches (see also son of a bitch). But the sense development in bigot is difficult to explain. According to Donkin, the modern use first appears in French 16c. This and the earliest English sense, "religious hypocrite," especially a female one, might have been influenced by beguine and the words that cluster around it. Sense extended 1680s to other than religious opinions.
中文词源
发音释义：['bɪgət] n.心胸狭隘的人，不能容忍不同信仰、观念的人；偏执者
bigot一词的来源尚无定论，有一种说法是，它来自法国人对诺曼人的蔑称。当时的诺曼人坚持自己的宗教信仰，喜欢使用bi god（上帝作证，相当于by god）这个词。传说第一位诺曼底公爵罗洛拒绝亲吻法国皇帝查理三世的脚时就说了bi god。因此法国人就将其作为诺曼人的绰号，拼写逐渐演变为bigot。
2012年，根据韦氏词典在线网站搜索统计，bigot一词成为年度十大热词之一，排在第三位。该词在2012年总统选举期间有关同性婚姻的新闻和论战中屡屡出现。
助记窍门：bigot→be got→被（偏见）抓住→心胸狭隘、偏执
衍生词：bigotry（偏执、顽固）
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：bigot 词源，bigot 含义。
来自口语by god , 形容某些常常以神之名拿神说事的人。
bigot（偏执者）：坚持自己宗教信仰的诺曼人
bigot一词的来源尚无定论，有一种说法是，它来自法国人对诺曼人的蔑称。当时的诺曼人坚持自己的宗教信仰，喜欢使用bi god（上帝作证，相当于by god）这个词。传说第一位诺曼底公爵罗洛拒绝亲吻法国皇帝查理三世的脚时就曾说过 “bi god”。因此法国人就将bigod作为诺曼人的绰号，拼写逐渐演变为bigot。现在，bigot常常被用来表示心胸狭隘、不能容忍不同信仰或观念的人。
bigot：['bɪgət] n.心胸狭隘的人，不能容忍不同信仰、观念的人；偏执者
