beacon
意味
- (合図の)かがり火,のろし
- 標識塔;信号塔,灯台
- 航空無線標識(radio beacon)
- 《英》=Belisha beacon
- 指導(警告)するもの(人)
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of buoy. Compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”).