javelin
意味
- (武器としての)投げやり
- (競技用)投げやり
- 《the javelin》(競技種目の)やり投げ
例文
The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.
コインの表には槍投げ選手が描かれている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English chafeveleyn, gavelong, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot, diminutive of *javel, from Vulgar Latin *gabalus, from Gaulish gabulum (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gablā (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. The Old French term was also borrowed into Middle Low German as gaveline, and into Middle High German as gabilot. Cognate with gavelock, gaffle.