pheasant: [13] Etymologically, the pheasant is a bird from the ‘Phasis’. This was a river in the Caucusus, where the pheasant is supposed according to legend to have originated. The Greeks therefore called it phāsiānós, the ‘Phasian bird’, and the word passed into English via Latin phāsiānus and Anglo-Norman fesaunt.
pheasant (n.)
late 13c. (mid-12c. as a surname), from Anglo-French fesaunt, Old French faisan (13c.) "pheasant," from Latin phasianus, from Greek phasianos "a pheasant," literally "Phasian bird," from Phasis, river flowing into the Black Sea in Colchis, where the birds were said to have been numerous. The ph- was restored in English late 14c. (see ph). The excrescent -t is due to confusion with -ant suffix of nouns formed from present participle of verbs in first Latin conjugation (peasant, tyrant, etc.).
例文
1. The pheaant is a close relative of the Guinea hen.
キジは真珠鶏と近い親縁関係にある。
2.A pheasant is a delicacy we seldom can enjoy.
キジは私たちがめったに味わうことのできないおいしさです。
3.We had roasted pheasant for dinner.
私たちは晩ご飯に野鶏の丸焼きを食べます。
4.The sauce is good with other roasted game birds，too，not just pheasant .
このソースは野鶏だけでなく、他の焼き鳥にもいいです。
5.A pheasant is a rare delicacy we seldom can enjoy.