英语词汇ogre的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

ogre. The Magyars were a fearsome Asian people who invad- ed Europe in about a.d. 900 and eventually settled in what is now Hungary. In fact, another name for them was Uigurs or Ugrians, which, with the addition over the years of an initial H, an n, and an a became Hungarians. But because these savage invaders were so feared, Uigur also became ogre, which is still the word for “a terrible man-eating monster” in many languag- es. At least so goes the apocryphal story most often told about ogre’s origin, which, unfortunately, is historically unfounded. Ogre was in fact coined by French author Charles Perrault in his Contes (1697) as the name for a race of hideous man-eating giants, Perrault possibly constructing the word from the name of Orcus, the god of Hades. Ogre has come to mean a man lik- ened to such a monster in appearance or character.

词汇	ogre
词源	ogre. The Magyars were a fearsome Asian people who invad- ed Europe in about a.d. 900 and eventually settled in what is now Hungary. In fact, another name for them was Uigurs or Ugrians, which, with the addition over the years of an initial H, an n, and an a became Hungarians. But because these savage invaders were so feared, Uigur also became ogre, which is still the word for “a terrible man-eating monster” in many languag- es. At least so goes the apocryphal story most often told about ogre’s origin, which, unfortunately, is historically unfounded. Ogre was in fact coined by French author Charles Perrault in his Contes (1697) as the name for a race of hideous man-eating giants, Perrault possibly constructing the word from the name of Orcus, the god of Hades. Ogre has come to mean a man lik- ened to such a monster in appearance or character.
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