fawn
意味
- (1歳以下の)子ジカ,(特に)黄ジカの1歳児
- 淡黄茶色
- 淡黄茶色の
- 〈犬が〉(…に)じゃれつく
- 〈人が〉(…に)こびへつらう,おもねる
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fawne, fowne, foun, from Old French faon, foon, feon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, young”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”). Displaced native Old English hindċealf (literally “deer calf”). Doublet of fetus.