英语词汇pravity的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	pravity
词源	pravity n. "depravity, evil or corrupt state, wickedness," 1540s, from Latin pravitas "crookedness, distortion, deformity; impropriety, perverseness," from pravus "wrong, bad," literally "crooked," a word of unknown etymology. Entries linking to pravity depravity n. "state of being depraved, corruption, degeneracy," 1640s; see deprave + -ity. Earlier in same sense was pravity. In theology, "hereditary tendency of humanity to commit sin" (1757). updated on October 04, 2020
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pravity n.