gecko
意味
- ヤモリ(ヤモリ科の爬虫類)
例文
How can you distinguish between a Gecko and a Newt?
「イモリ」と「ヤモリ」って、どうやって見分けるの？
This is not a lizard, it's a gecko.
これはトカゲじゃなくてヤモリだよ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed Malay gekok, gekoq, or gekop, which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from Acehnese gèh-gòh (“busy”).