scare的词源

英文词源

scare (v.): 1590s, alteration of Middle English skerren (c. 1200), from Old Norse skirra "to frighten; to shrink from, shun; to prevent, avert," related to skjarr "timid, shy, afraid of," of unknown origin. In Scottish also skair, skar, and in dialectal English skeer, skear, which seems to preserve the older pronunciation. To scare up "procure, obtain" is first recorded 1846, American English, from notion of rousing game from cover. Related: Scared; scaring.
scare (n.): "something that frightens; sudden panic, sudden terror inspired by a trifling cause, false alarm," 1520s, alteration of Middle English sker "fear, dread" (c. 1400), from scare (v.). Scare tactic attested from 1948.

来源于古典拉丁语excarpere(选择，也是英语excerpt的词源)，由前缀ex-(出)和carpere(摘,采,拔,取，是英语carpet和harvest的词源)组成，excarpere的过去分词excarpsus进入盎格鲁-诺曼底语中为escars,scars，是英语scare的直接词源。

同源词：excerp, carpet, harvest

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