cattle
要点牛
意味
- (家畜の)牛
例文
There are about 500 head of cattle on that ranch.
その牧場には牛が500頭ばかりいる。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
食糧不足のため、家畜が餓死した。
My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.
父は牧場を持っていて牛や馬を飼育している。
語源
ラテン語capitalis「頭の」から来た「財産」の意の語。昔は家畜こそが大事な財産だった「牛」。
capital(資本)と同じ語源。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English catel, from Anglo-Norman catel (“personal property”), from Old Northern French (compare French cheptel, Old French chetel, chatel, also English chattel) from Medieval Latin capitāle, from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (whence also capital, from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”)). For the sense evolution, compare pecuniary and fee. Also compare Russian поголо́вье (pogolóvʹje, “total number of livestock”) from Russian голова́ (golová, “head”). Doublet of capital and chattel.