英単語

anyの意味・使い方・発音

any

英 ['enɪ] 美 ['ɛni]
  • adj. どんな; すべて; わずかな
  • 代名詞: any; any one; several
  • adv.わずかに;少し
  • n.(任意の)人名;(F.R.)アニ

語源


any Any

an, one.-y, 形容詞の接尾辞。

英語の語源


any
any: [OE] Any is descended from a prehistoric Germanic compound meaning literally ‘one-y’ (a formation duplicated in unique, whose Latin source ūnicus was compounded of ūnus ‘one’ and the adjective suffix -icus). Germanic *ainigaz was formed from *ain- (source of English one) and the stem *-ig-, from which the English adjective suffix -y is ultimately derived. In Old English this had become ?nig, which diversified in Middle English to any and eny; modern English any preserves the spelling of the former and the pronunciation of the latter.
=> one
any (adj.)
Old English ?nig "any, anyone," literally "one-y," from Proto-Germanic *ainagas (cognates: Old Saxon enig, Old Norse einigr, Old Frisian enich, Dutch enig, German einig), from PIE *oi-no- "one, unique" (see one). The -y may have diminutive force here.

Emphatic form any old ______ (British variant: any bloody ______) is recorded from 1896. At any rate is recorded from 1847. Among the large family of compounds beginning with any-, anykyn "any kind" (c. 1300) did not survive, and Anywhen (1831) is rarely used, but OED calls it "common in Southern [British] dialects."

例文


1. I don 't want any more of that heavy stuff.
二度とそんな面倒なことには触れたくない。

2.Well,at any rate,let me thank you for all you did.
いいでしょう、いずれにしても、あなたのしたことに感謝しなければなりません。

3.You are welcome to visit the hospital at any time.
いつでも病院に来てください。

4.The room was quiet ; no one voluntered any further information.
部屋は静かで、より多くの情報を積極的に提供する人はいません。

5.Wash your hands thoroughly with hot soapy water before handling any food.
食べる前に、熱い石鹸の水で手をよく洗います。

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