farewell
要点さらば、別れの言葉
意味
- さらば,ごきげんよう(good-by)
- 別れの言葉
- (…との)別れ,いとまごい《+to+名》
- 別れの
例文
We are giving a farewell party for him tonight.
今晩彼の送別会をするんだよ。
A farewell party was held in honor of Mr Smith.
スミスさんのために送別会が開かれた。
A farewell meeting was held in honor of Mr Jones.
ジョーンズ氏のために送別会が開かれた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English farewel, from fare wel! (and the variants with the personal pronoun "fare ye well" and "fare you well" used in the Renaissance), an imperative expression, possibly further derived from Old English *far wel!, equivalent to fare (“to fare, travel, journey”) + well. Compare Scots farewele, fairweill (“farewell”), Saterland Frisian Foarwäil (“farewell”), West Frisian farwol (“farewell”), German Fahrwol, Fahrwohl, East Frisian forwal, Dutch vaarwel (“farewell (sadly)”), Danish farvel (“farewell”), Norwegian farvel (“farewell”), Swedish farväl (“farewell”), Faroese farvæl (“goodbye”), Icelandic far vel (“farewell”).