- perjury
[perjury 词源字典]
- perjury: see just
[perjury etymology, perjury origin, 英语词源] - perjury (n.)
- late 14c., "act of swearing to a statement known to be false," via Anglo-French perjurie (late 13c.) and Old French parjurée "perjury, false witness," both from Latin periurium "a false oath," from periurare "swear falsely," from per- "away, entirely" (see per) + iurare "to swear" (see jury (n.)). Related: Perjurious.