orphan

• adj.孤児；親のいない
• n. 孤児
• vt.孤児にする

ラテン語のorphanus、孤児、ギリシャ語のorphos、両親を失った、PIE*orbh、剥奪、損失から、ロボットと語源は同じである。

orphan (v.)

1814, from orphan (n.). Related: Orphaned; orphaning.

orphan (n.)

c. 1300, from Late Latin orphanus "parentless child" (source of Old French orfeno, Italian orfano), from Greek orphanos "orphaned, without parents, fatherless," literally "deprived," from orphos "bereft," from PIE *orbho- "bereft of father," also "deprived of free status," from root *orbh- "to change allegiance, to pass from one status to another" (cognates: Hittite harb- "change allegiance," Latin orbus "bereft," Sanskrit arbhah "weak, child," Armenian orb "orphan," Old Irish orbe "heir," Old Church Slavonic rabu "slave," rabota "servitude" (see robot), Gothic arbja, German erbe, Old English ierfa "heir," Old High German arabeit, German Arbeit "work," Old Frisian arbed, Old English earfoe "hardship, suffering, trouble"). As an adjective from late 15c.

1. I 'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.

私は孤児で、自分で育ったのではありません。

2.He was an orphan and lived with his uncle.

彼は孤児で、おじさんと一緒に暮らしています。

3.When his parents were killed in an accident,he became an orphan .

両親が事故で亡くなった後、孤児になった。

4.He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.

孤児を育て、自分の医術を伝えた。

5.The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.

この孤児は修道院で何人かの親切な修道女に育てられた。