exhumation(n.)
"挖掘已经埋葬的东西,尤指尸体",始于1670年代,可能源自法语 exhumation,来自中世纪拉丁语 exhumationem(主格 exhumatio),是 exhumare 的动名词,意为"挖掘"(参见 exhume)。最早的使用常在法国背景下。
In France, the exhumation of a dead body is order'd, upon proof that he was killed in a duel.—By the French laws, a parson has a right to demand the exhumation of the body of one of his parishioners, when interred out of the parish without his consent. [Chambers' "Cyclopaedia," 1741]
在法国,当有证据表明某人在决斗中被杀时,会下令进行 exhumation。——根据法国法律,牧师有权要求在未经他同意的情况下将他的一个教区居民的尸体从教区外埋葬的地方挖掘出来。[查伯斯的"百科全书",1741年]
该词起源时间:1670年代