1510s, from Late Latin gerundium (also gerundivus modus), from Latin gerundum "to be carried out," gerundive of gerere "to bear, carry" (see gest). In Latin, a verbal noun used for all cases of the infinitive but the nominative; applied in English to verbal nouns in -ing. "So called because according to the old grammarians, the gerund prop[erly] expressed the doing or the necessity of doing something" [Century Dictionary]. Gerund-grinder "instructor in Latin grammar," also "pedant," is from 1710.
例文
1. In English grammar，the gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle.
英語文法では、動詞は現在の分詞と全く同じ形式を持っている。
2. Gerund is used partly as a noun，partly as a verb.
動名詞部分を名詞、部分を動詞とする。dd>
3.The word "worth "can be construed with a gerund in active voice.
「worth」という言葉は、能動的な言語の動名語と連用することができる.
4.You 've got mixed up by the use of participle and gerund .
現在の分詞と動名詞の使い方を混同しています.
5.The only country where won 't hear such a gerund is Britain.