workman
意味
- =workingman
- 《形容詞を伴って》仕事の…な人
例文
The workman, as a rule, works eight hours a day.
労働者は一般に１日に８時間働く。
It's a poor workman who blames his tools.
下手な職人は道具に難癖をつける。
A bad workman complains about his tools.
下手な職人は自分の道具の不平を言うものだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English werkman, from Old English weorcmann (“workman”), from Proto-West Germanic *werkamann, from Proto-Germanic *werkamann- (“workman”), equivalent to work + -man. Compare Dutch werkman (“workman”), German Werkmann (“labourer, workman”), Icelandic verkamaður (“workman”).