水與身分
這一組最貼近核心：水本身，以及走出水面之後你屬於哪裡。兩個意思看的是同一場儀式的兩個面向。
verb · B2
To carry out the Christian ceremony of baptism on someone: water is poured on their head, or they are put under water for a moment, as a sign of a new start.
施洗
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a person goes down into water and comes back up. In the older picture they are lowered all the way under; in many churches today it is a small pour over the head, but the shape is the same. Something ends in the water and something starts. Everything the word does afterwards — belonging to a church, receiving a name, even naming a boat — hangs on that one moment of going in and coming out changed.
可以想成一個人整個沉進水裡，然後再起來。比較古老的畫面是整個浸下去；今天很多教會只是把水倒在頭上，但形狀是一樣的。有…更多收起
可以想成一個人整個沉進水裡，然後再起來。比較古老的畫面是整個浸下去；今天很多教會只是把水倒在頭上，但形狀是一樣的。有一件事在水裡結束，另一件事在水裡開始。這個字後來的各種用法——屬於哪個教會、得到一個名字，甚至為一艘船取名——都掛在「下去再上來，身分就不同了」這一刻上。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces baptize through Middle English baptisen and Old French baptiser to Late Latin baptizare, from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō) 'to immerse, plunge, baptize'. The oldest meaning is simply putting something right under water, which is exactly the picture the modern senses still lean on.
來源字典把這個字從中古英文 baptisen、古法文 baptiser 一路接到晚期拉丁文 baptizare，再到古希臘文 βαπτίζω（baptízō），意思是「浸入、把東西壓進水裡」。最早的意思就只是把東西整個壓到水面下。今天的各種用法，靠的還是這個畫面。
Wiktionary 'baptize' etymology in the supplied packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4): 'from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, to immerse, plunge, baptize).'
Two branches
在儀式裡得到名字
從水裡起來的人需要一個稱呼，於是同一場儀式也成了名字被講出來的時刻。這一組的共同線索是：baptized 後面直接接一個名字，中間什麼都不加。
verb · B2
To give a child their name during the baptism ceremony.
受洗時取名