towel(タオル)
要点タオル
意味
- タオル,手ぬぐい,手ふき
- …をタオルでふく
例文
This towel is so soft and fluffy. It feels good!
このタオル、ふわふわで気持ちいいよ。
Mary went out into the bath wearing only a towel.
Maryさんはタオルだけでお風呂に出ている。
I dried myself with the towel that Tom handed me.
トムが取ってくれたタオルで体を拭いたよ。
語源
ゲルマン語の「洗う」に由来する布の名から。洗った手や体をふく布「タオル」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognate with Old High German dwahila (“towel”) (modern dialectal German Zwehle), Dutch dwaal (“towel”), dweil (“mop”), Low German Dweel (“towel”), Old English þwǣle (“band; ribbon; fillet”), Old English þwēan (“to wash”).