malinger
英 [mə'lɪŋgə]
美 [mə'lɪŋgɚ]
語源
malinger 仕事を避けるために病気を装うこと。フランス語のmalingre「病気を装う」、おそらくmal-「悪い」、ill「病気」、haingre「弱い」から。仕事を避けるために病気を装うという意味の後世の派生語。
英語の語源
- malinger (v.)
- 1820, from French malingrer "to suffer," perhaps also "pretend to be ill," from malingre "ailing, sickly" (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre "sickly, miserable" and malade "ill." Mingre is itself a blend of maigre "meager" + haingre "sick, haggard," possibly from Germanic (compare Middle High German hager "thin"). The sense evolution may be through notion of beggars with sham sores. Related: Malingered; malingering; malingerer (1785).