Smithとは 意味・読み方・使い方

接尾辞

-smith

1. Used to form nouns relating to occupations involving the manufacture of certain items
2. Used to form occupational surnames mostly derived from the above

派生語

語源 1

From Middle English smyth, smith, from 古期英語 smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, Swedish/Norwegian smed.

名詞

smith (複数形 smiths)

1. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
   • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 13:

     The smiths themselves were a grand lot of fellows, full of a robust, and sometimes Rabelaisian sense of humour, and between "heats," they could be most entertaining.

2. (by extension) One who makes anything; wright.
3. (archaic) An artist.

同意語

• metalsmith

派生語

関連する語

• smiddy
• smithery
• smithy

語源 2

From Middle English smythen (“to work metal, forge, beat into, torment, refine (of God - to refine his chosen); to create, work as a blacksmith”), from 古期英語 smiþian (“to forge, fabricate”), from Proto-Germanic *smiþōną. Compare Dutch smeden, German schmieden.

動詞

smith (三人称単数 現在形 smiths, 現在分詞 smithing, 過去形および過去分詞形 smithed)

1. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.

参照

• (2 archaic) William Anderson (1863). The Scottish Nation. A. Fullerton & Co.: Edinburgh. Page 479. Accessed 2008-03-04.