woo
意味
- 《英では古》〈女性〉に求愛する,求婚する;
- 〈人〉に頼み込む,せがむ
- 〈名誉・富など〉を求める
- 求愛する,求婚する
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English wowen, woȝen, from Old English wōgian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English wōg, wōh (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanhō (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *wā- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).
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