abet
英 [ə'bet]***美 [ə'bɛt]
- vt. 煽动，教唆；支持
- n. (Abet)人名；(意)阿贝特；(匈)奥拜特
中文词源
来自古法语，来自 a-（同 ad-，去，往）+ bet-（咬，词源同 bite）→ 其字面意思就是“唆使狗去咬...”，故引申为“唆使、教唆、煽动”，这种把戏曾经流行于英国的一种残忍的“纵狗斗熊”游戏。同源词：bait（诱饵、引诱），bite（咬）。
中文词源
- abet
- abet: see bait
- abet (v.)
- late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter "to bait, to harass with dogs," literally "to cause to bite," from a- "to" (see ad-) + beter "to bait," from Frankish or some other Germanic source, perhaps Low Franconian betan "incite," or Old Norse beita "cause to bite," from Proto-Germanic *baitjan, from PIE root *bheid- "to split" (see fissure). Related: Abetted; abetting.
