holocaust
意味
- (特に火による)大虐殺
全燔(はん)祭の供物(ユダヤ教で獣を丸焼きにしていけにえとする)
全焼死
[the H-] (第二次大戦中のナチスによる)ユダヤ人の大量虐殺
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The noun is derived from Middle English holocaust (“burnt offering”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman holocauste, Old French holocauste, olocauste (modern French holocaust), from Late Latin holocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον (holókauston), the neuter form of ὁλόκαυστος (holókaustos, “wholly burnt”), from ὅλος (hólos, “entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”)) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) (from καίω (kaíō, “to burn, burn up”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-). By surface analysis, holo- + -caust. The verb is derived from the noun.