inhabitant
英検準1級住民・生息動物
意味
- 住人,居住者,生息するもの
例文
The inhabitants are proud of their urban culture.
住民達は彼らの都会的な文化に誇りを持っている。
Inhabitants were not permitted to enter the area.
住民達はその地区に立ち入ることを許されなかった。
The plan met with opposition from the inhabitants.
その計画は住民の反対にあった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English inhabitantes (n. plural) and inhabitaunt (adj.), from Old French inhabitant, from Latin inhabitāns, present participle of inhabitō (“to inhabit”), from in- (“in”) + habitō (“to dwell”) (frequentative of habeō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghabh- (“to seize, take, hold, have”). By surface analysis, inhabit + -ant.