pogrom

• 大量虐殺
• n. ホロコースト

もともとはロシア人によるユダヤ人の大量殺戮を指す言葉。イディッシュ語のpogromから、ロシア語のpogromu, massacre, destruction, po-, by virtue of, after, 語源的にはpost-, gromu, thunder, roar, onomatopoeiaと同じ。比喩的用法。

pogrom (n.)

1882, from Yiddish pogrom, from Russian pogromu "devastation, destruction," from po- "by, through, behind, after" (cognate with Latin post-; see post-) + gromu "thunder, roar," from PIE imitative root *ghrem- (see grim).