- belligerent
[belligerent 词源字典]
- belligerent: see rebel
[belligerent etymology, belligerent origin, 英语词源] - belligerent (adj.)
- 1570s, from Latin belligerantem (nominative belligerans), past participle of belligerare "to wage war," from bellum "war" (see bellicose) + gerere "to bear, to carry" (see gest). The noun meaning "party or nation at war" is from 1811. Related: Belligerently.