traitor: [13] Traitor and tradition [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin trādere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns- ‘across’ and dare ‘give’ (source of English data, date, etc). It originally meant ‘hand over, deliver’, and it is this sense that (via the derivative trāditiō) has given English tradition – etymologically something ‘handed over’ to succeeding generations. But it was also used metaphorically for ‘betray’, and this meaning has passed through into English in betray, traitor, and treason. => betray, tradition, traitor, treason
traitor (n.)
c. 1200, "one who betrays a trust or duty," from Old French traitor, traitre "traitor, villain, deceiver" (11c., Modern French tra?tre), from Latin traditor "betrayer," literally "one who delivers," agent noun from stem of tradere "deliver, surrender" (see tradition). Originally usually with a suggestion of Judas Iscariot; especially of one false to his allegiance to a sovereign, government, or cause from late 15c.
例文
1. They called hima traitor to his Africaner people.
彼らは彼が自分の民族である南アフリカの白人を裏切ったと言った。
2. " Traitor !" she screamed. "Betrayer of England!「
「裏切り者！」と彼女は叫んだ。「イングランドの裏切り者！」
3.He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor .
彼は他国に反逆をそそのかしたとして召喚された。
4.He was seen as a traitor to the socialist cause.
彼は社会主義事業の裏切り者と見なされている。
5.The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.