future: [14] Future comes via Old French future from Latin futūrus ‘going to be, about to be’, which was used as the future participle of esse ‘be’. It was a descendant of the Indo-European base *bheu- or *bhu-, which originally denoted ‘grow’, and also produced English be, the German present first and second person singular forms bin and bist, and the Latin perfect tense of esse (fuī ‘I was’, etc). => be
future (adj.)
late 14c., "that is yet to be; pertaining to a time after the present," from Old French futur "future, to come" (13c.), from Latin futurus "going to be, yet to be," as a noun, "the future," irregular suppletive future participle of esse "to be," from PIE *bheue- (see be). In grammar, of tense, from 1520s.
future (n.)
"future events; time to come," late 14c., modeled on Latin futura, neuter plural of futurus (see future (adj.)).
例文
1. Students all over the country are facing an uncertain future .
全国各地の学生の将来性は分からない。
2.I have not faltered in my quest for a new future .
私の新しい未来への追求は揺るがなかった。
3.Both had successful careers and the future looked bright.
2人とも事業が成功し、前途は錦のようだ。
4.There are bound to be question marks over his future .
彼の未来には必ず不確定な要素がたくさん残っている。
5.Senior politicians met today to discuss the future of European economic unity.