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thickness

/θˈɪknəs/ やや難 頻度 9600位

意味

  1. 厚さ,太さ,濃さ,密集,繁茂
  2. 層,重ね(layer)

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English thikkenesse, thiknesse, from Old English þicnes (“thickness, viscosity, density, hardness; obscurity, cloud, darkness; thicket; depth, a thick body, anything thick or heavy”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwīnassī (“thickness”), equivalent to thick + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian tsjokkens (“thickness”), Old High German dickinessī, dikkinissi, diknissi (“thickness, density”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English crassitude (“thickness”) from Latin crassitūdō (“thickness”).

出典: Wiktionary「thickness」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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