elder

• n. 老人; 年長者; 上級者; 親
• adj.高齢者; 年配者; 有資格者
• n. （エルダー）人名; （英語、ドイツ語、フランス語、トルコ語、ポルトガル語）エルダー

OLDの比較ランクから。

elder

elder: Elder ‘older’ [OE] is not, of course, the same word as elder the tree-name [OE]. The former began life in prehistoric Germanic as *althizon, the comparative form of *althaz ‘old’. Gradually, the vowel i had an effect on the preceding vowel a, and by Old English times the word had become eldra – hence modern English elder. The regularized form older appeared in the 16th century. The derivative elderly dates from the 17th century. The tree-name comes from Old English ell?rn, a word whose origin is not known for certain (although it may perhaps be related to English alder). The intrusive d began to appear in the 14th century.
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elder (adj.)

"more old," Old English (Mercian) eldra, comparative of eald, ald (see old); only English survival of umlaut in comparison. Superseded by older since 16c. Elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of Japanese genro (plural).

elder (n.2)

type of berry tree, c. 1400, with excrescent -d- from earlier ellen, from Old English ell?n, ell?rn "elderberry tree," origin unknown, perhaps related to alder, which at any rate might be the source of the -d-. Common Germanic, cognates: Old Saxon elora, Middle Low German elre, Old High German elira, German Eller, Erle. Related: Elderberry.

elder (n.1)

"elderly person, senior citizen," c. 1200, from Old English eldra "older person, parent; ancestor; chief, prince" (used in biblical translation for Greek presbyter); see elder (adj.). Compare German Eltern, Danish for?ldre, Swedish f?r?ldrar "parents." The Old English for "grandfather" was ealdf?der.

1. She made liberal use of her elder sister 's make-up and clothes.

彼女は勝手に姉の化粧品と服を持ってきた。

2.He is now an elder of the village church.

彼は今、田舎の教会の長老です。

3.She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.

彼女は昔よく姉と仮装ゲームをしていた。

4.the elder of their two sons

彼らの2人の息子のうち、年上の方

5.an elder statesman of golf

ゴルフの元老