might

• n. 強さ；力；パワー
• v. may; perhaps (may の過去形); ought to
• おそらく; おそらく
• n. （マイト）人名；（英）Myatt

古英語のmihtから。原語ゲルマン語の*makhti、PIE *maghに由来し、可能にする、力を与える、語源的にはmay、magicと同じ。後に、おそらくという意味で助動詞として使われる。mayと比較。

might

might: [OE] Might goes back ultimately to Indo- European *mag- ‘be able, have power’, the same base as produced the auxiliary verb may. The noun might was formed with the Germanic suffix *-tiz, which also gave German and Dutch macht ‘power’; and the verb might, the past form of may, contains the past inflectional suffix (in modern English -(e)d).
=> may

might (v.)

Old English mihte, meahte, originally the past tense of may (Old English magen "to be able"), thus "*may-ed." See may (v.). The first record of might-have-been is from 1848.

might (n.)

Old English miht, earlier m?ht "might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability," from Proto-Germanic *makhti- (cognates: Old Norse mattr, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, Dutch macht, Old High German maht, German Macht, Gothic mahts), Germanic suffixed form of PIE root *magh- (1) "be able, have power" (see may (v.)).

1. I thought you might like to read the enclosed.

封筒の中身を読みたいかもしれないと思います。

2.Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.

今、入室窃盗犯を警察に送致させているので、心配になるかもしれません。

3.Things might have been different if I 'd talked a bit more.

もっと言っておけば、結果は違っていたかもしれません。

4.I might buy one for a friend 's birthday as a giggle.

友達の誕生日プレゼントとして買って、彼を喜ばせるかもしれません。

5.I thought a phonetic spelling might aid in pronunciation.

音声スペルは発音に役立つかもしれないと思います。