fathom
意味
- ひろ(6フィート;1.83メートル;おもに水深を測るのに用いる)
- …の水深を測る
- 《通例不定文で》…を十分に理解する,〈人の心など〉を見抜く
例文
I can't fathom what you said.
あなたの言ったことが、まったく分かりません。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fathome, fadom, fadme (“unit of length of about six feet; depth of six feet for nautical soundings; (loosely) cubit; ell”) [and other forms], from Old English fæþm, fæþme (“encircling or outstretched arms, bosom, embrace; envelopment; control, grasp, power; fathom (unit of measurement); cubit”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *faþm (“outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”), from Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”), from Proto-Indo-European *pet-, *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly”).