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語源 1

From 中期英語 embre, eymbre, aymer, eymere, emeri, from 古期英語 ǣmyrġe, from Proto-West Germanic *aimuʀjā, from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, a compound of *aimaz +‎ *uzjǭ. The latter is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”). The b is intrusive and was added in English for ease of pronunciation when the vowel of the second syllable (y) disappeared.

See also Old High German eimuria (“pyre”), Danish emmer, Swedish mörja (“embers”).

名詞

ember (plural embers)

1. A piece of coal or wood glowing by heat; a hot coal.
2. Smoldering ash.

派生語

参考

語源 2

From 中期英語 embryne (“running around, circuit”), from 古期英語 ymbryne (“course; circuit”). Spelling changed through folk etymology. By surface analysis, umb- +‎ run.

形容詞

ember (not comparable)

1. (religion) Making a circuit of the year or the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year, as certain religious days set apart for fasting and prayer.

   ember fasts

   ember days

   ember weeks

派生語

参照

• “ember”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• EBMer, berme, breme