welfare
英検2級・TOEFL・大学受験福祉・幸福、福祉・幸福（social ~）
意味
- 幸福,繁栄
- 福祉[事業],厚生[事業]
- (米政府の)生活保護
例文
His policy puts the accent on national welfare.
彼の政策は国民の福祉に重点を置く。
I'm living on welfare, without a car or anything.
車も何もなく、生活保護で生きてます。
We did everything for the welfare of our children.
私たちは子供の幸福のためにあらゆることをした。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English welefare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Dutch welvare (“welfare”), Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Middle High German wolvar, wolfar (“welfare”)). Equivalent to well + fare. Compare also West Frisian wolfeart, Dutch welvaart, German Wohlfahrt, Old Norse velferð (whence Swedish välfärd (“welfare”)). The first recorded use in the sense of "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is from 1904 and in the sense of "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" from 1918.