spend
要点使う、過ごす
意味
- (…に)〈金〉を使う《+名〈金〉+on(for)+名》
- 〈時〉を過ごす
- 《文》〈力など〉を使い果たす,〈自分〉の力を使い果たす
- 金(財産など)を使う;浪費する
例文
She spends many hours at the gym to lose weight.
彼女は体重を減らそうと、ジムで何時間も過ごしている。
How will you spend the coming three-day holiday?
今度の3連休には何をしますか。
Where do you suppose you'll spend your vacation?
休暇をどこで過ごそうと思っていますか。
語源
ラテン語expendere「はかりで量って払い出す」から。お金を払い出す「使う」、時間を使う「過ごす」。
expend、expense(費用)、expensiveも同じ語源。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English spenden, from Old English spendan (attested especially in compounds āspendan (“to spend”), forspendan (“to use up, consume”)), from Proto-West Germanic *spendōn (“to spend”), borrowed from Latin expendere (“to weigh out”). Doublet of expend. Cognate with Old High German spentōn (“to consume, use, spend”) (whence German spenden (“to donate, provide”)), Middle Dutch spenden (“to spend, dedicate”), Old Icelandic spenna (“to spend”).