height
要点高さ、絶頂
意味
- (物の)高さ《+of+名》
- 《時にa~》(一定の平面からの)高さ,海抜,標高
- 身長
- 《しばしば複数形で単数扱い》高い所,高台
- 《the~》絶頂,極致,まっ最中
例文
Could you please tell me your height and weight?
身長と体重を教えていただけますか？
What's the height of the Empire State Building?
エンパイアステートビルの高さはどのくらいですか。
The actor died at the height of his popularity.
その俳優は人気絶頂の時に死んだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first as a variant, by analogy with the underlying adjective. Cognates See also Saterland Frisian Höchte, Hööchte (“height”), West Frisian hichte (“height”), Dutch hoogte (“height”), Middle High German hœhede, hœhte (“height”), Old Norse hæð (“height”) (compare Swedish höjd, Norwegian høyde), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauhiþa, “height”).