soon
要点間もなく、早く、速やかに
意味
- 間もなく,近いうちに
- 早く,早目に
- 速やかに,さっさと
例文
You should eat more, or you won't get well soon.
君はもっと食べるべきだ。さもないと早く良くなれないぞ。
You should tell your mother as soon as possible.
できるだけ早く、お母さんに知らせたほうがいい。
Is Tom going to get out of prison any time soon?
トムはすぐにでも刑務所から脱出するつもりなの？
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).