warlock的词源
英文词源
- warlock
- warlock: [OE] Etymologically, a warlock is a ‘liar on oath’, and hence a ‘traitor’ or ‘deceiver’. Indeed, the word originally meant ‘traitor’ in English. It soon broadened out into a general term of abuse, and it was also used as an epithet for the ‘Devil’, but the modern sense ‘evil sorcerer’ did not emerge until the 14th century. It started life as a compound noun formed from wǣr ‘faith, pledge’ (a relative of English very and German wahr ‘true’) and -loga ‘liar’ (a derivative of lēogan, the ancestor of modern English lie).
=> lie, very - warlock (n.)
- Old English wærloga "traitor, liar, enemy, devil," from wær "faith, fidelity; a compact, agreement, covenant," from Proto-Germanic *wera- (cognates: Old High German wara "truth," Old Norse varar "solemn promise, vow"), from PIE *were-o- "true, trustworthy" (see very, also Varangian). Second element is an agent noun related to leogan "to lie" (see lie (v.1); and compare Old English wordloga "deceiver, liar").
Original primary sense seems to have been "oath-breaker;" given special application to the devil (c. 1000), but also used of giants and cannibals. Meaning "one in league with the devil" is recorded from c. 1300. Ending in -ck (1680s) and meaning "male equivalent of a witch" (1560s) are from Scottish. Related: Warlockery.
中文词源
来自古英语waerloga,撒谎者，背叛者，魔鬼，来自waer-,真实，协议，契约，词源同verify,-loga,撒谎，词源同lie。其字面意思即背叛契约者，引申义魔鬼，男巫，术士。
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：warlock 词源，warlock 含义。
war-部分和战争无关，而是表示真实可靠，与拉丁词根ver-,var-同源（如verify v.查实）。-lock部分也不是“锁”，而是lie撒谎的施事者，合在一起，warlock字面意就是“说谎的人”。女巫是魔鬼（说谎者）的情人，那warlock后来的词义有了男巫（魔鬼的同伙）了。
来自古英语 waerloga,撒谎者，背叛者，魔鬼，来自 waer-,真实，协议，契约，词源同 verify,-loga, 撒谎，词源同 lie.其字面意思即背叛契约者，引申词义魔鬼，男巫，术士。
