PIE *pelから、打つ、叩く、押す、語源的にはfilter, impelと同じ。fustianと比較。
英語の語源
felt
felt: [OE] Etymologically, felt is a fabric that is formed by ‘beating’ (as indeed is the case, for it is made from compressed fibres). The word comes via West Germanic *feltaz or *filtiz (source also of German filz and Dutch vilt ‘felt’, and of English filter) from prehistoric Indo- European *peldos, a derivative of the same base as produced Latin pellere ‘strike, beat’ and the second syllable of English anvil. => anvil, filter
felt (n.)
unwoven fabric matted together by rolling or beating while wet, Old English felt "felt," from West Germanic *feltaz "something beaten, compressed wool" (cognates: Old Saxon filt, Middle Dutch vilt, Old High German filz, German Filz, Danish filt), from Proto-Germanic *felt- "to beat," from PIE *pel- (6) "to thrust, strike, drive" (source also of Old Church Slavonic pl?st?), with a sense of "beating" (see pulse (n.1)). Compare filter (n.). Felt-tipped pen (or -tip) is from 1953.
felt (v.1)
"to make into felt," early 14c. (implied in felted); see felt (n.).
felt (v.2)
past tense and past participle of feel (v.).
例文
1. The cold,misty air felt wonderful on his face.
霧が立ち込め、冷たい空気が彼の顔をすっきりさせた。
2.I felt a sharp pain my lower back.
後腰に激痛を感じた。
3.We felt were living life on several different planes.
私たちはみんなの生活の精神的レベルがそれぞれ違うと感じています。
4.I felt so self-conscious under Luke 's mother 's intense gaze.
ルークの母が見つめている目の下で、私は非常に気まずい思いをした。
5.Many felt that he should have resigned there and then.