sloth
意味
- 怠惰,ものぐさ
- ナマケモノ(熱帯アメリカに住む哺乳(ほにゅう)動物)
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English slouthe, slewthe (“laziness”), from Old English slǣwþ (“sloth, indolence, laziness, inertness, torpor”), from Proto-West Germanic *slaiwiþu, from Proto-Germanic *slaiwiþō (“slowness, lateness”), equivalent to slow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots sleuth (“sloth, slowness”).