path
要点小道、通り道
意味
- (自然にできた)小道,細道;庭内の道
- (人・物の)通り道,通路,進路,軌道《+of+名》
- (行動の方針としての)(の)道《+of+名》への道程《+to+名》
例文
The steep path is the sole access to the border.
険しいその道を行く以外に、国境へ辿り着く方法はない。
Take particular care when walking on icy paths.
凍った道は特に注意して歩きなさい。
The path is already completely covered with snow.
その小道はもう雪で真っ白です。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English path, peth, from Old English pæþ (“path, track”), from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). The Proto-Germanic term is possibly borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pántaHs, from Proto-Indo-European *póntoh₁s, from the root *pent- (“to pass”), but this is disputed. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Paad, Pad (“path”), West Frisian paad (“path”), Dutch pad (“path”), German Pfad (“path”), German Low German Padd (“path”), Luxembourgish Pad (“path”). Indo-Iranian cognates could be Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊, “way”), Old Persian 𐎱𐎰 (p-θ /paθi/), Hindi पथ (path), Sanskrit पन्था (panthā, “path”).
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