also
要点もまた
意味
- …もまた(too),やはり
- そしてその上,それから
例文
The weather was not only cold, it was also damp.
天気は寒いだけでなく雨であった。
I wrote to Tom, and my sister also wrote to him.
私はトムに手紙を書いたが妹もまた彼に手紙を書いた。
Her husband also wanted custody of the children.
旦那も子供の引き取り権を望んでいた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as.