economy
英検2級経済・節約
意味
- (国家・社会などの)経済,財政;経済組織(機構)
例文
A stable economy is the aim of every government.
経済の安定はすべての政府の目指すところだ。
The world economy will not recover anytime soon.
世界経済はすぐには回復できないだろう。
This plan will bankrupt the economy of our town.
この計画はわが町の経済を破産させるであろう。
語源
eco家+nomy管理
ギリシャ語oikonomia「家の切り盛り」から。家計のやりくり国や社会のやりくり「経済」。
ecology(生態学)のecoも「家」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English yconomye, yconomy, borrowed via Old French yconomie or Medieval Latin from Latin oeconomia, from Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomía, “management of a household, administration”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “house”) + νέμω (némō, “distribute, allocate”). By surface analysis, eco- + -nomy. The first recorded sense of the word economy, found in a work possibly composed in 1440, is “the management of economic affairs”, in this case, of a monastery.