vampire
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2012 2:40 am
n. A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping people.
n. A person, such as an extortionist, who preys upon others.
n. A vampire bat.
(src: American Heritage dictionary)
French, from German Vampir, of Slavic origin. French, from German Vampir, of Slavic origin.
My favorite high school English teacher despised the Anglophil prejudice that is prevalent in education and apparently reference materials in this country. Why does this have to end as Slavic origin? Don't we have resources to track this back to an Indo-European or other root.
In college, I read some of Montague Summers work on monsters and I'm sure the man had read everything on religion and the occult for the last three thousand years. I bet he would have know the root of the word. I will say that Dracula is only one of many literary and historical characters associated with this form devil.
n. A person, such as an extortionist, who preys upon others.
n. A vampire bat.
(src: American Heritage dictionary)
French, from German Vampir, of Slavic origin. French, from German Vampir, of Slavic origin.
My favorite high school English teacher despised the Anglophil prejudice that is prevalent in education and apparently reference materials in this country. Why does this have to end as Slavic origin? Don't we have resources to track this back to an Indo-European or other root.
In college, I read some of Montague Summers work on monsters and I'm sure the man had read everything on religion and the occult for the last three thousand years. I bet he would have know the root of the word. I will say that Dracula is only one of many literary and historical characters associated with this form devil.