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要点矢
意味
- 矢
- (用途・形などが)矢に似た物;(記号の)矢印(→)
例文
Tom likes to catch fish with a bow and arrow.
トムは弓矢で魚を捕るのが好きだ。
Native Americans fought with bow and arrow.
ネイティブ・アメリカンは弓と矢でたたかった。
The Indians fought with bows and arrows.
インディアンは弓と矢で戦った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English arwe, from Old English earh (“arrow”) (oblique form ēarw-), from Proto-West Germanic *arhu (“arrow”), from Proto-Germanic *arhwō (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”). Cognate with Faroese ørv, ørvur (“arrow”), Icelandic ör (“arrow”), örvar (“arrows”), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐍈𐌰𐌶𐌽𐌰 (arƕazna, “dart”), Asturian and Leonese arcu (“bow”), Aragonese, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish arco (“bow”), Catalan, French, and Romanian arc (“bow”), Latin arcus (“bow”). Doublet of arch, arc, arco, and arcus.