border: [14] English acquired border from Old French bordure. This came from the common Romance verb *bordāre ‘border’, which was based on *bordus ‘edge’, a word of Germanic origin whose source, *borthaz, was the same as that of English board in the sense ‘side of a ship’. => board
border (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French bordure "seam, edge of a shield, border," from Frankish *bord or a similar Germanic source (compare Old English bord "side;" see board (n.2)). The geopolitical sense first attested 1530s, in Scottish (replacing earlier march), from The Borders, name of the district adjoining the boundary between England and Scotland.
border (v.)
c. 1400, "to put a border on;" 1640s as "to lie on the border of," from border (n.). Related: Bordered; bordering.
例文
1. The stock market is convinced more cross- border deals will take place.
株式市場は国境を越えた取引がますます増えると信じている。
2.This very careful attitude to money can sometimes border on meanness.
というお金に対する慎重すぎる態度は、ケチに近いことがあります。
3.He was never able to get past the border guards.
彼は国境警備員の検査に合格できなかった。
4.Currency-conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross- border trade.
通貨換算コストは依然としてクロスボーダー貿易の最大の障害の1つである。
5.Hungary 's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.