rapture 04.10.2011 04:43 unknown

Интересно, откуда в английском языке произошло слово rapture? Произношение у него смыслу совсем не соответствует.

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1. johan 04.10.2011 04:44 Dům

rapture Look up rapture at Dictionary.com
c.1600, "act of carrying off," from M.Fr. rapture, from M.L. raptura "seizure, rape, kidnapping," from L. raptus "a carrying off" (see rapt). Originally of women and cognate with rape (v.). Sense of "spiritual ecstasy" first recorded 1620s.

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2. rapture → johan /1 04.10.2011 04:45 unknown

RAPE????

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