原語ゲルマン語 *lutana から、身をかがめる、しゃがむ、休む、PIE *leud から、丸くなる、小さくなる、語源的には lout, little と同じ。
英語の語源
loiter (v.)
early 15c., "idle one's time, dawdle over work," from Middle Dutch loteren "be loose or erratic, shake, totter" like a loose tooth or a sail in a storm; in modern Dutch, leuteren "to delay, linger, loiter over one's work." Probably cognate with Old English lutian "lurk," and related to Old English loddere "beggar;" Old High German lotar "empty, vain," luzen "lurk;" German Lotterbube "vagabond, rascal," lauschen "eavesdrop;" Gothic luton "mislead;" Old English lyere "base, bad, wicked." Related: Loitered; loitering.
例文
1. We 'll be left behind if we loiter .
私たちがぶらぶらしていると、遅れてしまいます.
2.Unemployed young men loiter at the entrance of the factory.