fend
意味
- …を避ける
- 抵抗する
例文
In the past, the boys were taught to fend for themselves while still very young.
昔は、まだたいへん年齢的に幼いうちに、少年たちは自力で進むことを教えられた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”).