O.E. feond "enemy,
foe," originally prp. of feogan "to hate," from P.Gmc. *fijæjan
(cf. O.Fris. fiand "enemy," O.S. fiond, M.D. viant, Du. vijand
"enemy," O.N. fjandi, O.H.G. fiant, Goth. fijands), from PIE base *pe(i)-
"to blame, revile" (cf. Goth. faian "to blame;" see passion). As spelling suggests, it was originally the opposite
of friend, but the word began to be used in O.E. for
"Satan" (as the "enemy of mankind"), which shifted its
sense to "diabolical person" (early 13c.). The old sense of the word
devolved to foe, then to the imported word enemy.
For spelling with -ie- see field.
Meaning "devotee (of whatever is indicated)," e.g. dope fiend, is
from 1865.
early 13c., from O.Fr. enemi
(12c.), earlier inimi (9c.) "enemy, adversary, foe, demon, the
Devil," from L. inimicus "hostile, unfriendly; an enemy" (cf.
It. nemico, Cat. enamic, Sp. enemigo, Port. inimigo), from in- "not"
(see in- (1)) + amicus "friend" related to amare
"to love" (see Amy). Most words for "personal enemy"
cover also "enemy in war," but certain languages have special terms
for the latter, e.g. Gk. polemioi (distinct from ekhthroi), L. hostis,
originally "stranger" (distinct from inimicus), Rus. neprijatel' (distinct
from vrag). Rus. vrag (O.C.S. vragu) is cognate with Lith. vargas
"misery" (see urge), and probably is related to P.Gmc. *wargoz,
source of O.N. vargr "outlaw," hence "wolf;" Icel. vargur
"fox," O.E. wearg "criminal, felon;" which likely were the
inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's warg "a kind of large ferocious
wolf" in "The Hobbit" (1937) and "Lord of the Rings."
Related: Enemies.
O.E. gefa "foe,
enemy, adversary in a blood feud" (the prefix denotes
"mutuality"), from fah "at feud, hostile," from P.Gmc. *fakhaz
(cf. O.H.G. fehan "to hate," Goth. faih "deception"),
probably from PIE base *peig- "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile"
(cf. Skt. pisunah "malicious," picacah "demon;" Gk. pikros
"bitter;" Lith. piktas "wicked, angry," pekti "to
blame"). Weaker sense of "adversary" is first recorded c.1600.
仇: 「かたき」『詩経・大雅』『鄭箋』。「仇敵」「仇讐」(『左伝』)(『字統』)
敵: ?は帝を祀るもの、帝の嫡系を示す。匹敵するの意味をもつ。対等・同等(『字統』)。
讐: 上部は当事者の双方から貲として提出した鳥(隹)。言は神に誓約して違背するときは自ら罰を受けるとする自己詛盟。即ち訟獄のことを争う意(『字統』)。