Eat is ... The meanings of the word and the history of origin

Throwing, throwing, throwing, and throwing from something - this meaning of the word "cast out" is given by "Explanatory dictionary of the living great Russian language" by Vladimir Dal. However, this is not the only meaning. The same author and the same dictionary expands the meaning of this word: to erupt is to exclude, eliminate, recognizing something or someone unnecessary, unfit, unworthy. As a result, the word's semantic load acquires new shades and makes it possible to apply it in a very different context.

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Here are simple examples: the sea erupts amber, and the depths of the volcano - lava. Or: the general (public) opinion ejaculates (excludes) from society . The last example clearly demonstrates the origin of the derivative from "ejecting" the word "monster." At present, two of its meanings are common.

"Monster": meanings of the word

First: the outcast is a man cast out of society. Our ancestors such punishment for the fault before the community was quite widespread. The outcast was forced to lead a vagabond life (it is unlikely that another community accepted him) and became either a beggar or a criminal. In the recent past, at the time of tsarist Russia, artisan artel workers were expelled after a general meeting by negligent or unfit workers with fellow workers.

The second meaning of the word "monster", which took a negative meaning (probably because of the consequences that led to alienation of society) - a cruel, evil man, a villain. Thus, King Herod is a biblical monster, tormentor, ruler who became the culprit of "beating babies". His name is now a common synonym for a treacherous person who committed a heinous crime. Herod was predicted that Jesus would be born and become king of Judah. Then the king, in order to eliminate competition, orders to kill all the babies in the district and thus to protect themselves. But he still can not destroy Jesus! With this semantic load, this word (monster, the Herod) now has the greatest use.

Another value

But there is also an old-church, already forgotten meaning: a miscarriage, a premature baby. This word is borrowed from the Old Slavonic language. In Russian monuments it appears from the 14th century precisely in the sense of "outcast". The origin of it is not exactly established. There is an opinion that this is a calque from the Greek "miscarriage". But some researchers consider it more likely that the noun "monster" owes its origin to the verb "to erupt". This word also formed other nouns - "eruption" (of the same volcano), "expulsion" or "ejection" (lava volcano or ash).

In pre-revolutionary Russia

It is also possible to include here also the "igneous" eradicator, who was used in prerevolutionary Russia, a man deprived of his class, title, rank or throne, expelled from somewhere or exiled. And also the "eruption" - one who overthrows someone, for example from the throne, expels, throws (some unnecessary thing).

One root

Apparently, the root "verge" is the same for the verb "to spew", and for the noun "monster". With its help in modern language many other words are formed, close to each other in value. To reject, reject - to reject, not to take any point of view, political or social laws. To overturn - to overturn, to force to fall. Overthrow - deprive the power, throw off the throne.

Related words with the same root can also be seen in other languages of the world (the etymological dictionary of the Russian language, edited by GP Tsyganenko). For example, in Czech - vrhati (throw, throw, throw), in German - werfen (throwing, throwing), in Latin - vergo (I twist, I bow). This includes the Ukrainian "vergun" (twisted wares from flour) and "carry" (weave nonsense, talk nonsense).

But in the main in today's Russian language "eject" - this primarily means "delete, throw away, exclude anything unnecessary."