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parricide的意思
parricide
英 ['pærɪsaɪd]
美 ['pærɪsaɪd]
- n. 杀父母（罪）；杀尊亲；叛逆
中文词源
parricide 杀父母者，叛逆罪
parri-,词义不详，通常认为来自拉丁语pater,父亲，-cid,杀，词源herbicide,patricide.
英文词源
- parricide (n.)
- 1. "person who kills a parent or near relative" (1550s), also 2. "act of killing parent or near relative" (1560s), both from Middle French parricide (13c. in sense 1, 16c. in sense 2), from 1. Latin parricida, 2. Latin parricidium, probably from parus "relative" (of uncertain origin, but compare Greek paos, peos "relation," Sanskrit purushah "man") + 1. cida "killer," 2. cidium "killing," both from caedere (see -cide). Old English had fæderslaga.