英和和英

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 hǣlþ, from Proto-West Germanic *hailiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hailiþō (“wholeness; health”), equivalent to hole (“whole”) +‎ -the (abstract nominal suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈhɛlθ(ə)/, /ˈhɛːlθ(ə)/

名詞

helthe (uncountable)

1. soundness
2. health
3. recovery
4. remedy
5. salubriousness
6. salvation
7. prosperity, happiness
8. preservation, safety

派生した語

• English: health
  • Tok Pisin: helt
  • → Japanese: ヘルス (herusu, “prostitution without coitus”)
  • → Korean: 헬스 (helseu, “working out in a gym”)
• Scots: helth, halth

参照

• “hē̆lth(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.