oat

• n. オート麦; オートミール、オートミール粥
• n.(オート)人名;(英)Oat.

古英語のate、オート麦の穀物、野生のオート麦から。

oat (n.)

Old English ate (plural atan) "grain of the oat plant, wild oats," of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Norse eitill "nodule," denoting a single grain, of unknown origin. The English word has cognates in Frisian and some Dutch dialects. Famously defined by Johnson as, "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people."

The usual Germanic name is derived from Proto-Germanic *khabran (cognates: Old Norse hafri, Dutch haver, source of haversack). Wild oats, "crop that one will regret sowing," is first attested 1560s, in reference to the folly of sowing these instead of good grain.

That wilfull and vnruly age, which lacketh rypenes and discretion, and (as wee saye) hath not sowed all theyr wyeld Oates. [Thomas Newton, "Lemnie's Touchstone of complexions," 1576]

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Fred: I still want to sow some wild oats!
Lamont: At your age, you don't have no wild oats, you got shredded wheat.
["Sanford and Son"]

Hence, to feel (one's) oats "be lively," 1831, originally American English.

1. Oat bran became the darling of health freaks last year.

オートミールは昨年、保健マニアのお気に入りとなった。

2.Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat .

地中海地方のオートムギは、現代のオートムギ栽培の祖先と考えられている。

3.Many people experienced a drop in their cholestrol levels when they consumed oat bran.

多くの人がオートミールを食べてコレステロールレベルが低下した。