wean
意味
- 〈赤ん坊・動物の子〉を離乳させる
- (楽しみ・習慣などから)〈人〉を引き離す,思い切らせる《+名〈人〉+away from+名(doing)》
例文
He tried to wean his son from his bad habit.
彼は息子に悪習を直させようと努めた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English wenen, from Old English wenian (“to accustom; habituate; train; prepare; make fit”), from Proto-West Germanic *wannjan, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną (“to make wont; accustom”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive for; wish; love”). Cognate with Dutch wennen, German gewöhnen, Danish vænne, Swedish vänja, Icelandic venja. Related via PIE to wone, wont, and wonder, and perhaps win.