re-,再,重新,反复,-cre,心,词源同 heart,credo,miscreant.-ant,人。即反复改变信仰的人, 见风驶舵的人,引申词义懦夫,叛徒,后用于指胆小的,怯懦的。
Non sufficit ... nisi dicat illud verbum odiosum, quod recreantus sit. [Bracton, c. 1260]Meaning "cowardly" in English is from late 14c. Meaning "unfaithful to duty" is from 1640s.
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