fatherland
意味
- 祖国,父祖の地
例文
The flag of his fatherland brought tears to his eyes.
祖国の旗を見ると彼は目に涙が浮かんだ。
The workers do not have a fatherland.
労働者は祖国をもたない。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”). Does not continue Middle English fæderland, from Old English fæderland. First attested in the 1620s.