angel
要点天使
意味
- 天使
- (美しさ・親切さなどで)天使のような人
- 守護神,守り神
例文
"Are you an angel?" "Yes," the angel responded.
「天使なの?」「そうよ」と、天使は答えました。
Speak of angels, and you will hear their wings.
天使の話をするとその羽ばたきが聞こえるであろう。
It is no exaggeration to say that she is an angel.
彼女は天使だといっても過言ではない。
語源
ギリシャ語angelos「使者」から。神の言葉を伝える使い「天使」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Two Baroque angels from southern Germany, from the mid-18th century Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos)bor. Latin angelusbor. Proto-West Germanic *angil Old English enġel ▲ Latin angelusbor. Old English anġel Middle English aungel English angel From Middle English aungel, angel, from Old English anġel, either a modification of enġel after its etymon Latin angelus (through the intermediate of Proto-West Germanic *angil) or a reborrowing from the Latin, which is in turn from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman angele, angel, from the same Latin source.