famine

• n.飢饉、飢餓、欠乏

ラテン語のfames（飢え、飢饉）から。

famine

famine: [14] Both famine and famish [14] come ultimately from Latin famēs ‘hunger’. Its Vulgar Latin derivative *faminis produced Old French famine, source of English famine. Famish has come via a more circuitous route: another Vulgar Latin derivative of famēs was *affamāre, a compound verb formed with the prefix ad- ‘towards’; in Old French this became afamer, which was borrowed into Middle English, with loss of its first syllable, as fame ‘starve’; and before long this had the suffix -ish added to it, on the model of other verbs such as abolish and diminish.
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famine (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French famine "famine, starvation" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *famina, from Latin fames "hunger, starvation, famine," which is of unknown origin.

1. The civil war is obstructing distribution of famine relief by aid agencies.

内戦は、救援機関による飢饉救済物資の配給を阻害している。

2.If there is a danger of famine ，we should help.

飢饉の可能性があれば、私たちは助けを提供しなければならない。

3.The famine turned the normal modulation of climate into disaster.

正常な気候変動は飢饉によって災難となった。

4.The proceeds from the concert will go towards famine relief.

コンサートの収入は飢饉救済に使われる。

5.This is not another appeal for famine relief.

飢饉救済のための再びの募金ではない。