kernel
意味
- (果実の)仁(じん)
- (麦・とうもろこしなどの)穀粒(grain)
- (問題の)核心,眼目
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic *kurnil, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kurną (“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn + -le. Cognate with Yiddish קערנדל (kerndl), Middle Dutch kernel, cornel, Middle High German kornel. Related also to Old Norse kjarni (“kernel”).