riddance
意味
- (やっかいなものを)免れること,(…の)除去《+of+名》
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Apparently an alteration of earlier Middle English riddeings, ryddyngs, reddyngs (“clearings, clearances”), plural of riddyng, riddynge, rudyng (“clearing away, removal”), partially continuing Old English hryding (“a clearing, cleared land”), by surface analysis, rid + -ance.