donとは

語源 1

From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Spanish don and Italian don; from domus (“house”). Compare dominie.

名詞

don (複数形 dons)

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. A mafia boss.

派生語

• donnish

語源 2

A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.

動詞

don (三人称単数 現在形 dons, 現在分詞 donning, 過去形および過去分詞形 donned)

1. (transitive, clothing) To put on, to dress in.

   To don one's clothes.

反意語

• (put on clothes): doff

派生語

• donner

参考

• put on
• wear

アナグラム

• NOD, ODN, nod

語源

From Proto-Germanic *dōną (“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to make, do, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā (West Frisian dwaan), Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon (Dutch doen), Old High German tuon (German tun); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти (děti).

発音

• IPA^(key): /doːn/

動詞

dōn

1. to do
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Iċ dyde swā iċ mihte.

     I did what I could.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 17:12

     Hīe dydon swā hwæt swā hīe woldon.

     They did whatever they wanted.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 41:55

     Gangaþ tō Iosepe and dōþ swā hwæt swā hē ēow seċġe.

     Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.

2. refers back to an earlier verb, as with modern English do
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Ǣte þū tōdæġ? Iċ dyde.

     Did you eat today? I did.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"

     Þæt ċild wēox swā swā ōðer ċildru dōþ.

     The child grew as other children do.

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 3:8

     Þā behȳdde Adam hine, and his wīf ēac swā dyde, fram Godes ġesihte.

     Then Adam hid himself from God's sight, and his wife did so too.

3. to make, cause
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"

     Þū dydest mīnne brōðor his god forlǣtan.

     You made my brother forsake his god.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 3:3

     Ġeġearwiaþ Dryhtnes weġ, dōþ his sīðas rihte.

     Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 4:19

     Folgiaþ mē, and iċ dō þæt ġit bēoþ manna fisċeras.

     Follow me, and I'll make you fishers of people.

4. to put
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:52

     Þā cwæþ se Hǣlend tō him, "Dō þīn sweord eft on his sċēaðe."

     Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its sheath."

   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:33

     Hē dyde his fingras on his ēaran.

     He put his fingers in his ears.

Conjugation

派生語

派生した語

• Middle English: don, donne, doyn, do, doon
  • Scots: dae
  • English: do

参照

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

アナグラム

• NOD, ODN, nod