英语词汇insult的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	insult
词源	insult. The Latin insultatre, to jump or trample upon, yielded the English word insult, to disrespect, dishonor, desecrate, in the mid-16th century. It is said that the Latin word originally meant to contemptuously leap on the body of a foe killed or felled in battle.
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