英语词汇bastard的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bastard; bantling. Provençal mule drivers on the road in the Middle Ages used packsaddles called basts for beds whenever they checked into an inn or stretched out under a tree. Atop his bast (from the Latin bastum, “packsaddle”) the typical muleteer must have fathered many an illegitimate child, for the expres- sion fils de bast, “son of a packsaddle” (a child begotten on a packsaddle bed as opposed to a marriage bed) became an epi- thet for a natural child and the basis for the Old French word bastard. Many other attempts have been made to explain the word—even a happy one tracing it to the Old English word besteaerd, “the best disposition”—but “packsaddle child” is clearly right. Bantling has a similar derivation, coming from the German bank, “bench,” and conveying the idea of a child begotten on a bench instead of in the marriage bed. “Born on the wrong side of the blanket” is a euphemism for bastard and indicates prudery at work—implying that sex in marriage should be performed in the dark, under the covers.

词汇	bastard
词源	bastard; bantling. Provençal mule drivers on the road in the Middle Ages used packsaddles called basts for beds whenever they checked into an inn or stretched out under a tree. Atop his bast (from the Latin bastum, “packsaddle”) the typical muleteer must have fathered many an illegitimate child, for the expres- sion fils de bast, “son of a packsaddle” (a child begotten on a packsaddle bed as opposed to a marriage bed) became an epi- thet for a natural child and the basis for the Old French word bastard. Many other attempts have been made to explain the word—even a happy one tracing it to the Old English word besteaerd, “the best disposition”—but “packsaddle child” is clearly right. Bantling has a similar derivation, coming from the German bank, “bench,” and conveying the idea of a child begotten on a bench instead of in the marriage bed. “Born on the wrong side of the blanket” is a euphemism for bastard and indicates prudery at work—implying that sex in marriage should be performed in the dark, under the covers.
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