grotto

• n. 洞窟、洞窟; 人工の部屋

語源的にはcrypt（隠れる）と同じ。

grotto

grotto: [17] Grotto and crypt are ultimately the same word. The source of both was Greek krúptē, originally ‘hidden place’, hence ‘vault’. English acquired crypt directly from krúptē’s Latin descendant, crypta, but grotto came via a more circuitous route. Crypta became *crupta or *grupta in Vulgar Latin, and this produced Italian grotta, later grotto. French borrowed it as grotte, and the earliest English form, the now obsolete grot [16], came from French, but in the 17th century the Italian version of the word established itself.
=> crypt, grotesque

grotto (n.)

"picturesque cavern or cave," 1610s, from Italian grotta, earlier cropta, a corruption of Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."

1. We reached a beautiful grotto ，whose entrance was almost hiden by the vine.

私たちは美しい洞窟に到着して、穴の入り口はほとんどフジツルに隠されている。

2.Water trickles through an underground grotto .

水は地下洞窟に沿って流れている。

3.The people of hope to visiting grotto come from Africa.

洞窟を見学したい人たちはアフリカ出身です。

4. He smiled, and introduced them instantly into this " grotto . 「

彼は少し笑って、すぐに彼女たちを「石洞」に連れて行った。

5.At last, after renewed hesitation, Dant è s entered the second grotto .

ついに、少しためらった後、ドナタスは2つ目の洞窟に入った。