olive: [13] The word olive probably originated in a pre-Indo-European language of the Mediterranean area. Greek took it over as elaíā, and passed it on to English via Latin olīva and Old French olive. The olive’s chief economic role is as a source of oil (indeed the very word oil comes from a Greek derivative of elaíā), and before the word olive arrived in English, it was called eleberge, literally ‘oil-berry’. => oil
olive (n.)
c. 1200, "olive tree," from Old French olive "olive, olive tree" (13c.) or directly from Latin oliva "olive, olive tree," from Greek elaia "olive tree, olive," probably from the same Aegean language (perhaps Cretan) as Armenian ewi "oil." Applied to the fruit or berry of the tree in English from late 14c. As a color from 17c. Olive branch as a token of peace is from early 13c.
例文
1. He had a strong Greek nose and olive -black eyes.
彼は背の高いギリシャ式の鼻と墨オリーブグリーンの目を持っている。
2.Soon we left the coolness of the olive groves.
すぐに涼しいオリーブの森を離れました。
3.I found the scene in which Percy proposed to Olive tremendously poignant.
パーシーがオリーヴにプロポーズするシーンはあまりにも心が痛むと思います。
4.Automation revolutionized the olive industry in the early 1970 s.
自動化技術は1970年代初頭にオリーブオイル産業に革命をもたらした。
5.Combine the beans，choped mint and olive oil in a large bowl.