above

• 前置詞......の上に、......の上に、......の上に
• adv.
• adj.上に
• n.の上に

古英語のonbufan、-upのufから。

above

above: [OE] As in the case of about, the a- in above represents on and the -b- element represents by; above (Old English abufan) is a compound based on Old English ufan. This meant both ‘on top’ and ‘down from above’; it is related to over, and is probably descended from a hypothetical West Germanic ancestor *ufana, whose uf- element eventually became modern English up. So in a sense, above means ‘on by up’ or ‘on by over’.
=> by, on, up

above (adv.)

Old English abufan, earlier onbufan, from on (see on; also see a- (1)) + bufan "over," compound of be "by" (see by) + ufan "over/high," from Proto-Germanic *ufan- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German oban, German oben), from PIE root *upo (see up (adv.)). Meaning "in addition" first corded 1590s.

1. That big high-rise above us is where Brian lives.

私たちの上にある摩天楼はブライアンが住んでいる場所です。

2.Then there was a woman 's voice,rising shrilly above the barking.

次に、女性の甲高い声が犬の吠え声を覆った。

3.He had to have one leg amputated above the knee.

彼の足は膝以上から切断せざるを得なかった。

4.There was a drift of smoke above the trees.

樹林の上空に煙が漂っている。

5.The hills rise green and sheer above the broad river.

これらの小山は青々として険しく、この広い川の上にそびえ立っている。