Old English discipul (fem. discipula), Biblical borrowing from Latin discipulus "pupil, student, follower," said to be from discere "to learn" [OED, Watkins], from a reduplicated form of PIE root *dek- "to take, accept" (see decent). But according to Barnhart and Klein, from a lost compound *discipere "to grasp intellectually, analyze thoroughly," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + capere "to take, take hold of" (see capable). Compare Latin capulus "handle" from capere. Sometimes glossed in Old English by tegn (see thane).
例文
1. a disciple of the economist John Maynard Keynes
エコノミストのジョン?メナード?ケインズの信者
2.Your disciple failed to welcome you.
あなたの弟子はあなたを迎えることができませんでした.
3.He was an ardent disciple of Gandhi.
彼はガンジーの忠実な信者だ。
4.In the exuberance of his mirth,the unfortunate disciple had swallowed two biscuits at once.
この不幸なイエスの弟子は、一時嬉しさのあまりクッキーを2枚飲み込んだ。
5.Her seat was next to her friend Dr Roux,who had been Pasteur 's most devoted disciple .