virtual
大学受験事実上の・仮想の
意味
- (名目上・表面上はそうではないが)事実上の,実際上の
例文
I couldn't find my non-virtual address book until only a few minutes ago.
非ヴァーチャルアドレス帳を数分前に見つけたところです。
語源
ラテン語virtus「力・美徳」から。形はなくても力として働いている「事実上の」現実に近い働きをする「仮想の」。
virtue（美徳）と同じ語源。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
PIE word *wiHrós The adjective is derived from Middle English vertual, virtual [and other forms], from Old French vertüal, vertüelle (modern French virtuel), or from their etymon Medieval Latin virtuālis (“of or pertaining to potency or power; having power to produce an effect, potent; morally virtuous”), from Latin virtūs (“goodness, virtue; manliness, virility”) (from vir (“adult male, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”), possibly from *weyh₁- (“to chase, hunt, pursue”)) + -tūs (suffix forming collective or abstract nouns)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship), modelled after virtuōsus (“good, virtuous”).