smith
意味
- かじ屋;金属細工人
- 製造(製作)人
例文
I tried to call Mr Smith, but the line was busy.
スミスさんに電話しようとしましたが、話し中でした。
Mr Smith always begins his lectures with a joke.
スミス先生はいつも冗談から講義を始める。
A Mr Smith came to see you during your absence.
スミスさんとか言う人があなたの留守の間に訪ねてきました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German Schmid, schméd, schmét, schmìd (“smith”), Bavarian schmidt, schmit, sghmiid (“smith”), Cimbrian smit, smitt (“smith”), Dutch smid (“smith”), German Schmied, Schmidt (“smith”), Low German Smidd, Smitt (“smith”), Luxembourgish Schmadd (“smith”), Mòcheno schmi' (“smith”), Vilamovian śmejt (“blacksmith”), Yiddish שמיד (shmid, “blacksmith, smith”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish smed (“smith”), Elfdalian s…