aye
意味
- はい,そのとおり(yes)
- 賛成,賛成投票;《複数形で》賛成者,賛成投票者
- 常に,絶えず
例文
All in favor of this proposition will please say Aye.
この提議を支持される方は賛成とおっしゃって下さい。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum. See also Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je; also Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”); also Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin aevum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn).