riches
要点富
意味
- 富,財産,豊かさ
例文
For all his riches, he is not quite contented.
彼は金持ちであるにも関わらず全く満足していない。
Riches amount to little without happiness.
幸福でなければ富にはほとんど価値はない。
Despite his riches, he's not contented.
富があっても、彼は満足していない。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.