waistとは

語源

From Middle English waste, wast (“stature, waist”), from 古期英語 *wǣst, *wǣxt, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-s- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic �������������� (wahstus, “growth”). Related to 古期英語 weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.

発音

• IPA^(key): /weɪst/
• 韻: -eɪst
• 異形同音異義語: waste

名詞

waist (複数形 waists)

1. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
2. A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
3. The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants かつ wasps).
4. The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
5. (nautical) That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 18

     There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.

6. (obsolete) The middle part of anything.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

派生語

Further reading

• Waist in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Waist on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Swati, Waits, waits