Daemon和demon

来看牛津词典给的解释：

daemon noun

a creature in stories from ancient Greece that is half man and half god

古希腊传说中半人半神的生物

Word Origin 词源

mid 16th cent.: common spelling of demon until the 19th cent.

16 世纪中叶：19 世纪之前恶魔的常见拼写。

demon noun

an evil spirit 恶灵

Word Origin

Middle English: from medieval Latin, from Latin daemon, from Greek daimōn ‘deity, genius’; in sense (1) also from Latin daemonium ‘lesser or evil spirit’, from Greek daemonion, diminutive of daimōn.

中古英语：源自中世纪拉丁语，源自拉丁语 daemon，源自希腊语 daimōn ‘神，天才’； 在意义 (1) 中也来自拉丁语 daemonium “较小或邪恶的灵魂”，来自希腊语 daemonion，daimōn 的缩写。