2020-12-09
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – proselyte & proselytize
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง proselyte = ‘PROS-uh-lahyt’
ออกเสียง proselytize = ‘PROS-uh-li-tahyz’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did You Know?
Proselytize comes from the nounC proselyte (meaning"a new convert"),
which comes from the Late Latin noun proselytus. [British vatiant of proselytize by Marriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ]
Proselytus means "stranger" or "alien resident,"
and comes from a similar Greek word (prosēlytos).
When proselytize entered English in the 17th century,
it had a distinctly religious connotation
and meant simply "to recruit religious converts."
This meaning is still common,
but today one can also proselytizein a broader sense
- recruiting converts to one's political party or pet cause, for example.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
proselyte & proselytize
These words with different spelling have identical meaning as verbs:
“to convert,” “to cause someone to change from one religion, opinion, party, or belief to another”:
“His task was to proselyte (or proselytize) every disgruntled voter in the Democratic party.”
As a noun proselyte refers to a person who has shifted from
one belief, or sect, or whatever to another;
such a person can be called a convertor a proselyte.
Possibly because it is shorter and moreeasily pronounced
proselyte is the preferred spellingwhen the word is used as eithernoun or verb.
