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meadow

/mˈɛdˌoʊ/ 標準 頻度 4423位

要点牧草地

意味

  1. 牧草地,草原

例文

語源

古英語mǣd「草地」の変化形から。刈り取る(mow)ための草地「牧草地」。

mow(草を刈る)と同じ語根。

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow. Cognates Cognate with Yola mead (“meadow”), Saterland Frisian Mäid (“meadow”), West Frisian miede (“meadow”), Dutch made (“hayland, meadow”), German Matte (“meadow”); also Cornish mysi (“to harvest; to mow”), Welsh medi (“to reap”), Latin metō (“to harvest, reap; to cut; to mow”), Ancient Greek ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”).

出典: Wiktionary「meadow」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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