germane

• adj. 密接に関連した; 適切な; 適切な
• n. （ドイツ語の）人名；（英語では）ドイツ語

ラテン語のgermen（子孫を残す）が語源で、語源的にはgenerateと同じ。

germane

germane: [19] Germane is an alteration of german ‘closely related’ [14], which now survives only in the rather archaic expression cousin-german. This came via Old French germain from Latin germānus, which meant ‘of the same race’ (it was a derivative of germen ‘sprout, offspring’, from which English gets germ). The use of germane for ‘relevant’ as opposed to simply ‘related’ seems to have been inspired by Hamlet’s comment that a remark of Osric’s would have been ‘more german to the matter, if we could carry cannon by our sides’. (The nationality term German [16], incidentally, is probably of Celtic origin, and has no etymological connection with germane.)
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germane (adj.)

mid-14c., "having the same parents," same as german (adj.) but directly from Latin germanus instead of via French (compare urbane/urban). Main modern sense of "closely connected, relevant" (c. 1600) derives from use in "Hamlet" Act V, Scene ii: "The phrase would bee more Germaine to the matter: If we could carry Cannon by our sides," which is a figurative use of the word in the now-obsolete loosened sense of "closely related, akin" (late 15c.) in reference to things, not persons.

1. remarks that are germane to the discusion

今回の議論に密接に関連する談話

2.He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue.

彼は論点と密接な関係がある重要な質問をした。

3.The fact is not germane to this issue.

この事実は、この問題に密接な関係はないことを意味している。

4.Fenton was a good listener，and his questions were germane .

フィントンは耳を傾けて、質問も急所に当たっている。

5.He asks questions that are Germane and central to the issue.

彼はこの問題と密接に関係する重要な質問をした。