英语词汇infidel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	infidel
词源	infidel [LME] An infidel is a person who is ‘not faithful’. The word goes back to Latin infidelis (the source, too, of infidelity [LME]), from fides *faith, and originally referred to a person of a religion other than your own. To a Christian an infidel was usually a Muslim, who would consider a Christian an infidel in return, and to a Jew an infidel would be a Gentile.
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