speaking
意味
- 話をする,談話の
- 物を言いそうな,表情たっぷりの
- 話すこと;談話;演説
例文
Frankly speaking, I don't want to work with him.
率直に言って、私は彼と一緒に働きたくない。
Speaking of Japan, I have gone there many times.
日本なら、何度も行ったことあるよ。
Speaking medically, I advise you to lose weight.
医学的に言うと、私はあなたに減量するようすすめます。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English spekinge, spekynge, spekinde, spekende, spekande, spekand, from Old English specende, sprecende (“speaking”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekandz (“speaking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”). Equivalent to speak + -ing. Cognate with Scots speikand, speikin (“speaking”), Saterland Frisian spreekend (“speaking”), West Frisian sprekkend (“speaking”), Dutch sprekend (“speaking”), German Low German sprekend (“speaking”), German sprechend (“speaking”).