apostle: [OE] Apostle was an early borrowing into Old English from Latin, and like angel it originally meant ‘messenger’. Latin apostolus came from Greek apóstolos ‘messenger’, or literally ‘someone sent out’; this was a compound formed from the prefix apo- ‘away’ and the verb stéllein ‘send’ (related to English stall and local). The Old English form, apostol, was gradually replaced from the 12th century by apostle, from Old French apostle. => epistle, local, stall
apostle (n.)
Old English apostol "messenger," especially the 12 witnesses sent forth by Jesus to preach his Gospel, from Late Latin apostolus, from Greek apostolos "messenger, person sent forth," from apostellein "send away, send forth," from apo- "from" (see apo-) + stellein in its secondary sense of "to send," from PIE *stel-yo-, suffixed form of root *stel- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place (see stall (n.1)). Compare epistle.
The current form of the word, predominant since 16c., is influenced by Old French apostle (12c.), from the same Late Latin source. Figurative sense of "chief advocate of a new principle or system" is from 1810. Apostles, short for "The Acts and Epistles of the Apostles," is attested from c. 1400.
例文
1. Her mother was a dedicated apostle of healthy eating.
彼女の母親は健康的な食事の提唱者だ。
2.an apostle of free enterprise
自由企業の太鼓持ちdl>
3.Here the apostle Peter affirms his belief that the Scriptures are 'inspired '.
使徒ピーターはここで、聖書は黙認によって書かれたものだと信じていることを示した。
4.He is an apostle of temperance.
彼は禁煙の宣伝者だ。
5.As often occurs with tiresome converts,initially I became an anti-tobacco apostle .