amok 的词源

在run amok这个短语中，它的起源可以追溯到1670年代，源自马来语（南岛语系）amuk，意为“疯狂攻击”。最初，这个词被用作名词或形容词，指代“狂暴的马来人”，最早以葡萄牙语形式出现，如amouco或amuco。

There are some of them [Javanese] who ... go out into the streets, and kill as many persons as they meet. ... These are called Amuco. ["The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants," c. 1516, English translation]

有些爪哇人会…走上街头，杀死他们遇到的所有人……这些人被称为Amuco。[摘自《杜阿尔特·巴尔博萨的书：关于印度洋沿岸国家及其居民的记述》，约1516年，英文翻译]

可以与amuck进行比较。