Old English mygg, mycg "gnat," from Proto-Germanic *mugjon (cognates: Swedish mygga, Old Saxon muggia, Middle Dutch mugghe, Dutch mug, Old High German mucka, German Mücke "midge, gnat"). No certain cognates beyond Germanic, unless doubtful Armenian mun "gnat" and Albanian mize "gnat" are counted. But Watkins, Klein and others suggest an imitative root used for various humming insects and a relationship to Latin musca (see mosquito). Meaning "diminutive person" is from 1796.
例文
1. Midge clapped her hands,calling them back to order.
ミッキーは手をたたいて静かになるように合図した。
2.Reggie reacted with the same afflonted horror Midge had felt.
レイジの反応は、恥じらいと恐怖で、ミッキーの感覚と同じだ。
3. Midge couldn 't quite put her finger on the reason.
ミッキーはまだ原因を十分に特定できていない。
4. Midge 's forehead furrowed as she saw that several were drinking.
ミッキーは何人かの人がお酒を飲んでいるのを見て眉をひそめた。
5. "I was thinking I might do a lemon cream sauce and baked potatoes." "Splendid!「 Midge applauded.