英単語

itの意味・使い方・発音

it

英 [ɪt] 美 [ɪt]
  • プロン?イット
  • n.(イット)人名;(ビルマ語)意味;(中国語)熱(広東語-ウィトマ)

語源


it それ

古英語のhitから。PIE*koのthis, hereが語源で、語源的にはhe, here, himと同じである。Iと比較。

英語の語源


it
it: [OE] It (or hit, as it was in Old English) comes ultimately from the same prehistoric Germanic demonstrative stem form. *khi-, as produced he. The possessive form its is a comparatively recent development, dating from the end of the 16th century; until then, his was used for ‘its’.
=> he
it (pron.)
Old English hit, neuter nominative and accusative of third person singular pronoun, from Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *khi- (cognates: Old Frisian hit, Dutch het, Gothic hita "it"), from PIE *ko- "this" (see he). Used in place of any neuter noun, hence, as gender faded in Middle English, it took on the meaning "thing or animal spoken about before."
Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it,
If the folly grow romantic, I must paint it.
[Pope, "Moral Essays," 1735]
The h- was lost due to being in an unemphasized position, as in modern speech the h- in "give it to him," "ask her," "is only heard in the careful speech of the partially educated" [Weekley]. It "the sex act" is from 1610s; meaning "sex appeal (especially in a woman)" first attested 1904 in works of Rudyard Kipling, popularized 1927 as title of a book by Elinor Glyn, and by application of It Girl to silent-film star Clara Bow (1905-1965). In children's games, meaning "the one who must tag the others" is attested from 1842.

例文


1. In " It 's a bloody miracle! ","bloody "is used as an intensive word.
It 『sabloodymiracle!』」の文で、bloodyは語気を強めるために使われる言葉です.

2." It 's "(with an apostrophe)should be used only as a contraction for " it is ".
it 's(アポストロフィ付き)はitisの短縮形としてのみ使用できます。Beauty is an attitude. It has nothing to do with age.
美は年齢に関係なく態度である。

4.English has hurt me a thousand times,but I still regard it as my first love.
英語は私を何百回も傷つけて、私は初恋のように英語を待っています。


毎日一言


5.Success is not guaranteed. It is not handed to you.Success is earned.
成功は保証できず、手に負えない。成功は自分で勝ち取らなければならない。

米ドラマ『モダン?ファミリー』より

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