become
要点過分、なる、似合う、ふさわしい
意味
- 《become+名(形,過分)〈補〉》(…と)なる
- 〈衣類などが〉〈人〉に似合う;〈身分など〉にふさわしい
例文
If you add sugar in water, it will become sweet.
水に砂糖を入れれば、甘くなるさ。
He has become another man since getting married.
彼は結婚してから別人のようになった。
What would become of us if war should break out?
万一戦争が起こったら、我々はどうなるのだろう。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
A compound of the sources of be- + come. From Middle English becomen, bicumen, from Old English becuman (“to come (to), approach, arrive, enter, meet with, fall in with; happen, befall; befit”), from Proto-Germanic *bikwemaną (“to come around, come about, come across, come by”), equivalent to be- (“about, around”) + come. Cognate with Scots becum (“to come, arrive, reach a destination”), North Frisian bekommen, bykommen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), West Frisian bikomme (“to come by, obtain, receive”), Dutch bekomen (“to come by, obtain, receive”), German bekommen (“to get, receive, obtain”), Swedish bekomma (“to receive, concern”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman, “to come upon one, befall”).