古英語のhulu, pod, shellから、原語ゲルマン語の*hulus, to cover, to hideから、PIE*kel, to cover, to hideから、語源的にはhall, cellと同じ。hullの意味も同じ語源から来ている可能性があり、ポッドのような形から名付けられた。
英語の語源
hull
hull: [OE] The notion underlying the word hull is of ‘covering’ or ‘concealing’. It originally meant ‘peapod’ – etymologically, the ‘covering’ of peas – and comes ultimately from the same Indo- European source as produced English cell, clandestine, conceal, hall, hell, and possibly colour and holster. It is generally assumed that hull ‘main body of a ship’, which first appeared in the 15th century, is the same word (a ship’s hull resembling an open peapod), although some etymologists have suggested that it may be connected with hollow. => cell, clandestine, conceal, hall, hell, occult
hull (n.1)
"seed covering," from Old English hulu "husk, pod," from Proto-Germanic *hulus "to cover" (cognates: Old High German hulla, hulsa; German Hülle, Hülse, Dutch huls). Figurative use by 1831.
hull (n.2)
"body of a ship," 1550s, perhaps from hull (n.1) on fancied resemblance of ship keels to open peapods (compare Latin carina "keel of a ship," originally "shell of a nut;" Greek phaselus "light passenger ship, yacht," literally "bean pod;" French coque "hull of a ship; shell of a walnut or egg"). Alternative etymology is from Middle English hoole "ship's keel" (mid-15c.), from the same source as hold (n.).
hull (v.)
"to remove the husk of," early 15c., from hull (n.1). Related: Hulled, which can mean both "having a particular kind of hull" and "stripped of the hull."
例文
1. We could hear the swish and gurgle of water against the hull .
水が船体をたたくときのザーザーという音が聞こえます。
2.The yacht has sprung a leak in the hull .
帆船の船体に亀裂が発生した。
3.He went to Hull University,where he studied History and Economics.