forum

• n.フォーラム、セミナー、法廷、公開討論の場

PIE*dhwer「扉」が語源で、語源的にはdoor「外国」と同じ。 もともとは古代ローマの門の外側の広場を指し、市場、集会、裁判、演説などさまざまな用途に使われた。

forum

forum: [15] Originally Latin forum denoted an ‘out-of-doors place’ – it was related to forīs ‘outof- doors, outside’ and to forēs ‘door’, a distant cousin of English door. It came to be used for any outdoor open space or public place, and in particular for a market place (the most famous of which was the one in Rome, where public assemblies, tribunals, etc were held). Other English words from the same source are foreign, forest, and forensic ‘of legal proceedings’ [17] (from Latin forēnsis ‘of a forum as a place of public discussion’).
=> door, foreign, forensic, forest

forum (n.)

mid-15c., "place of assembly in ancient Rome," from Latin forum "marketplace, open space, public place," apparently akin to foris, foras "out of doors, outside," from PIE root *dhwer- "door, doorway" (see door). Sense of "assembly, place for public discussion" first recorded 1680s.

1. The forum is now open to all budding entrepreneurs.

このフォーラムは現在、すべての企業家の新人に門戸を開いている。

2.This is the only forum where East and West can get together.

東西が一堂に会する唯一のフォーラムです。

3.Television is now an important forum for political debate.

テレビは政治討論の重要なリングになっている。

4.They 're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.

彼らは歴史教育討論会を行っている。

5.Yesterday we visited the forum of ancient Romans.

昨日、古代ローマの公共集会広場を見学しました。