iron

• n. 鉄; 焼き印; 強い
• vt.アイロンをかける；鉄で鋳造する
• adj.鉄；残酷な；強い
• vi.
• n. （鉄）人の名前；（英）Iain.

古英語のisaern、鉄、鉄細工、鉄の武器、PIE*eis、硬い、強いから。さらにPIE*h1esh2rのblood、sanguineのblood-redに由来すると推測する語源学者もいる。bloodからblood-red、ferruginous、ironという語源が派生した。同時に、古代の概念における血の神聖な意味から、神聖な、強い感情を意味する語源は、ire、estrus、hieraticなどから派生した。cf.血、出血。

iron

iron: [OE] Iron is probably a Celtic contribution to English, but the borrowing took place in the prehistoric period, before the Germanic dialects separated, and so English shares the word with German (eisen), Dutch (ijzen), Swedish (j?rn), etc. The prehistoric Celtic form from which these all ultimately came was *īsarnon, which some have linked with Latin aes ‘bronze’ and Sanskrit isira- ‘strong’. The ancient Indo- European peoples had already split up into groups speaking mutually unintelligible tongues by the time iron came into general use, so there was never any common Indo-European term for it.

iron (n.)

Old English is?rn (with Middle English rhotacism of -s-) "the metal iron; an iron weapon," from Proto-Germanic *isarnan (cognates: Old Saxon isarn, Old Norse isarn, Middle Dutch iser, Old High German isarn, German Eisen) "holy metal" or "strong metal" (in contrast to softer bronze) probably an early borrowing of Celtic *isarnon (compare Old Irish iarn, Welsh haiarn), from PIE *is-(e)ro- "powerful, holy," from PIE *eis "strong" (cognates: Sanskrit isirah "vigorous, strong," Greek ieros "strong").

Right so as whil that Iren is hoot men sholden smyte. [Chaucer, c. 1386]

Chemical symbol Fe is from the Latin word for the metal, ferrum (see ferro-). Meaning "metal device used to press or smooth clothes" is from 1610s. The adjective is Old English iren, isern. To have (too) many irons in the fire "to be doing too much at once" is from 1540s. Iron lung "artificial respiration tank" is from 1932.

iron (v.)

c. 1400, irenen, "to make of iron," from iron (n.). Meaning "press clothes" (with a heated flat-iron) is recorded from 1670s. Related: Ironed; ironing.

1. The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought- iron fence.

大きくない教会の墓地の周辺には錆びた鉄の柵が囲まれている。

2.They would have to offer cast- iron guarantees to invest in long-term projects.

長期プロジェクトに投資するには、絶対的に信頼できる保証を提供する必要があります。

3. The rattan and wrought- iron chair pictured here costs ￡125.

この画像の鉄芸籐椅子は125ポンドです。

4.Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

工場のあちこちに鉄柱が立って屋根を支えている。

5.He went to prison for receiving stolen scrap iron .

盗んだスクラップを買収して投獄された。