boss（ボス）
要点ボス
意味
- ボス,親方;社長,所長
- 《米》《軽べつして》政党の首領
- …を支配する,牛耳(ぎゅうじ)る《+around(about)名・+名+around(about)》
- 装飾的な突起,盛り上げ装飾
例文
My boss has the ability to read books very fast.
私の上司は本をとても速く読む能力を持っている。
If your boss "sacks" you, it means you're fired.
あなたの上司があなたを「ｓａｃｋ」したというのは「解雇された」ということだ。
I'm envious of you because you have a good boss.
いい上司で羨ましいですね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Borrowed from Dutch baas, from Middle Dutch baes (“master of a household, friend”), from Old Dutch *baso (“uncle, kinsman”), from Proto-West Germanic *baswō, from Proto-Germanic *baswô (“uncle”), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *ba-, *bō- (“father, older male relative”), source also of the English terms babe, boy, bub, bully. Cognate with Middle Low German bās (“supervisor, foreman”), Old Frisian bas (“master”), hence Saterland Frisian Boas (“boss”), Old High German basa (“father's sister, cousin”), hence German Base (“aunt, cousin”). Originally a term of respect used to address an older relative. Later, in New Amsterdam, it began to mean a person in charge who is not a master.