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harry

/hˈɛri/ 標準 頻度 4572位

意味

  1. …を繰り返し攻撃する
  2. (…のことで)〈人〉を苦しめる,悩ます《+名〈人〉+for+名》

例文

語源

古英語hergian「軍隊で荒らす」から(here「軍隊」)。軍が略奪を繰り返す「繰り返し攻撃する・悩ます」。

人名Harryとは別の語。

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English herien, harien, from Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną, from *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker- (“army”). Cognates See also Walloon hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).

出典: Wiktionary「harry」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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