ギリシャ語のdiakonos(奉仕者、教会の助祭)から。dia-, through, -con, to moveが語源で、cite, cinemaと同じ。
英語の語源
deacon (n.)
Old English deacon, diacon, from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos "servant of the church, religious official," literally "servant," from dia- "thoroughly" + PIE *kon-o-, from root *ken- (1) "to set oneself in motion."
例文
1. Deacon made no secret of his loathing of Bayldon.
ディケンズはベルトンへの憎悪を隠さなかった。
2.He had been ordained as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church.
彼はカトリックの助祭に任命された。/
3.There also exist some relationships of conversion between the formulas of Deacon and Jacobs.
Deacon 式の推定結果とJacobs式の推定結果との間にも一定の変換関係がある。
4. Deacon says the most common reason is to have a chance to travel.