corsair
英 [kɔː'seə; 'kɔːseə]
美 [kɔr'sɛr]
英語の語源
- corsair
- corsair: [15] Etymologically, a corsair is someone who goes on a ‘course’. Latin cursus (source of English course) was a derivative of Latin currere ‘run’, and meant originally a ‘run’. From this it developed to ‘journey’ and ‘expedition’ to ‘hostile or predatory expedition’, and eventually to the proceeds of such a raid, the ‘plunder’ or ‘booty’. In medieval Latin the term cursārius was derived from it to denote someone who took part in such raids, and this passed into English via Old Italian corsaro, Proven?al corsari, and Old French corsaire.
=> course, hussar - corsair (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French corsaire (15c.), from Proven?al cursar, Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius "pirate," from Latin cursus "course, a running," from currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning of the Medieval Latin verb evolved from "course" to "journey" to "expedition" to an expedition specifically for plunder.
例文
- 1. Xebecs have a history of being corsair ships and they were often seen in the Mediterranean.歴史的に海賊船として頻繁に活動し、地中海一帯で頻繁に活動してきた。
＜dl>＜dt＞2.It is said that 14000 copies of The
Corsair were sold in a day.
『海賊』は1日で1万4000部売れたという。