goad
意味
- (家畜を追うための)突き棒
- (人を行動などへ)駆り立てるもの,刺激
- …を突き棒で突く
- …を刺激する,責め立てる
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English gode, from Old English gād (“goad”), from Proto-Germanic *gaidō (compare Old Norse gedda (“pike (fish)”), Lombardic gaida (“spear”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (compare Old Irish gath (“spear”), Sanskrit हिन्वति (hinvati), हिनोति (hinoti, “to urge on, throw”), हेति (heti, “missile, projectile”)). Doublet of gad and yard; see also xyston.