chief
要点長、最高位の、最も重要な
意味
- (組織・集団の)長;長官,局(部,課)長;(部族の)長
- 最高位の,長である
- 最も重要な,おもな(most important; main)
例文
The chief massed his warriors to attack the fort.
酋長はとりでを攻撃するために戦士を集結させた。
Our chief concern should be the aging of society.
私たちの主たる関心は社会の老齢化にあるべきだ。
Nobody can put anything over on the bureau chief.
誰も部長をごまかせません。
語源
ラテン語caput「頭」から。集団の頭(かしら)「長・最も重要な」。
capital(首都)、captain(長)と同じ仲間。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English chef, borrowed from Old French chief, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic *kaput, from Proto-Indo-European *káput, from *kap-, possibly from *kap-, possibly borrowed from a substrate language. Doublet of cape (“point of land”), capo, caput, and chef through Latin (possibly also related to cape (“sleeveless garment”) and cap (“head covering”) from Latin cappa); doublet of head and Howth through Proto-Indo-European.