help

• vt.助ける; 容易にする; 治癒; 療法
• n. 助け；救済；助力者；役に立つもの
• vi.助け；有用性；もてなし
• n.（ヘルプ）人名；（フィン）ヘルパー

古英語のhelpan（助ける、支える）から。PIE*kelp（支える、つかむ、保持する）が語源で、helm、helveと同じ。

help

help: [OE] Today, help is essentially a Germanic word. Related forms such as German helfen, Dutch helpen, Swedish hj?lpa, and Danish hj?lpe point to a Germanic ancestor *khelp-. But there is one clue – Lithuanian shélpti ‘help, support’ – that suggests that formerly it may have been much more widespread throughout the Indo-European languages, and came from an Indo-European source *kelp-.

help (v.)

Old English helpan (class III strong verb; past tense healp, past participle holpen) "help, support, succor; benefit, do good to; cure, amend," from Proto-Germanic *helpan (cognates: Old Norse hjalpa, Old Frisian helpa, Middle Dutch and Dutch helpen, Old High German helfan, German helfen), from PIE root *kelb- "to help" (cognates: Lithuanian selpiu "to support, help").

Recorded as a cry of distress from late 14c. Sense of "serve someone with food at table" (1680s) is translated from French servir "to help, stead, avail," and led to helping "portion of food." Related: Helped (c. 1300). The Middle English past participle holpen survives in biblical and U.S. dialectal use.

help (n.)

Old English help (m.), helpe (f.) "assistance, succor;" see help (v.). Most Germanic languages also have the noun form, such as Old Norse hjalp, Swedish hj?lp, Old Frisian helpe, Dutch hulp, Old High German helfa, German Hilfe. Use of help as euphemism for "servant" is American English, 1640s, tied up in notions of class and race.

A domestic servant of American birth, and without negro blood in his or her veins ... is not a servant, but a 'help.' 'Help wanted,' is the common heading of advertisements in the North, when servants are required. [Chas. Mackay, "Life and Liberty in America," 1859].

Though help also meant "assistant, helper, supporter" in Middle English (c. 1200).

1. Ellery 's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.

エレリーの帰りは憂鬱な気持ちを吹き飛ばすことができる。

2.Daily facial exercises help her to retain the skin 's elasticity.

毎日顔の運動をすることで、肌の弾力性を保つことができます。

3.Sheila had an ulterior motive for trying to help Stan.

ヒラはスタンを助けたいと思っているのは別の図だ。

4.Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.

人々はエイズの蔓延を制御するのに役立つ性教育を望んでいる。dd>

5.Four of them had gone off to find help .

彼らのうち4人が助けを求めに行った。