mid-15c., earlier holin (mid-12c.), shortening of Old English holegn "holly," from Proto-Germanic *hulin- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German hulis, Old Norse hulfr, Middle Dutch huls, Dutch, German hulst "holly"), cognate with Middle Irish cuilenn, Welsh celyn, Gaelic cuilionn "holly," probably all from PIE root *kel- (5) "to prick" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kolja "to prick," Russian kolos "ear of corn"), in reference to its leaves. French houx "holly" is from Frankish *huls or some other Germanic source.
例文
1. David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman 's outstretched arms.
デイヴィッドは、その女性が開いた両腕の中にホーリーを入れてくれたことに感激した。
2.She came out with two packages wrapped in holly -sprigged paper.
彼女は冬青の枝葉模様の紙で包装された2つの箱を抱いて出てきた。
3.He died at Holly Hall,his wife 's family home.
彼は妻の実家である冬青府で亡くなった。
4.a sprig of holly
モチノキ
5.The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel and holly .