ford
意味
- フォード(Henry~;1863‐1947;米国の自動車製造業者)
- (川などの)浅瀬
- 〈川〉の浅瀬を渡る
例文
A child on your back may guide you across a ford.
負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る。
Mr. Ford is what is called a self-made man.
フォード氏はいわゆる自力の成功者だ。
Mr Ford is what is called a self-made man.
フォード氏はいわゆる自力の成功者だ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fōrd, from Old English ford, from Proto-West Germanic *furdu, from Proto-Germanic *furduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of firth, fjord, and fjard, all via Old Norse; and port, distantly via Latin. Cognate with Low German Föörd, Dutch voord, German Furt, Norwegian and Danish fjord. See also forth and Persian پل (pol, “bridge”).