英単語

factotumの意味・使い方・発音

factotum

英 [fæk'təʊtəm] 美 [fæk'totəm]
  • n. 家政婦長; 便利屋; ハンディマン

語源


factotum、事務の長。

totum、合計、合計から。 事務の責任者に使われる。

英語の語源


factotum
factotum: [16] A factotum is literally someone who ‘does everything’. It was coined from fac, the imperative form of the Latin verb facere ‘do’, and tōtum ‘all’ (source of English total). Originally it was used virtually as a name, in phrases such as ‘Master Factotum’, and it does not seem to have been until the late 18th century that it settled into its current role as an ordinary noun.
=> fact, total
factotum (n.)
"one who does all kinds of work for another," 1560s, from Medieval Latin factotum "do everything," from fac, imperative of facere "to make, do" (see factitious) + totum "all" (see total (adj.)).

例文


1. We need a factotum to take care of the workshop.
職場のことを担当するために雑役が必要です。

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