ponder

• vt. 慎重に検討する；計量する
• 検討する；熟考する
• n.（ポンデ）人名；（英）Pound.

フランス語のpondererから、重さを量る、バランスをとる、安定させる、ラテン語のponderareから、吊るす、重さを量る、熟考する、pendereから、語源的にはpendulumと同じ、物思いにふける。

ponder

ponder: [14] To ponder something is etymologically to ‘weigh’ it up. The word comes via Old French ponderer from Latin ponderāre ‘weigh’, hence ‘consider’ (source also of English preponderate [17]). This was derived from pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponderous [14]), a relative of pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English compendium [16], compensate [17], dispense, expense, pansy, pension [14], pensive [14], peseta [19], poise [15], and spend) and pendēre ‘hang’ (from which English gets pendant, pendulum, etc).

Also closely related is English pound, the unit of weight.
=> compendium, compensate, dispense, expense, pansy, pendant, pendulum, pension, pensive, peseta, poise, pound, preponderate, spend

ponder (v.)

early 14c., "to estimate the worth of, to appraise," from Old French ponderer "to weigh, poise" (14c., Modern French pondérer) and directly from Latin ponderare "ponder, consider, reflect," literally "to weigh," from pondus (genitive ponderis) "weigh" (see pound (n.1)). Meaning "to weigh a matter mentally" is attested from late 14c. Related: Pondered; pondering; ponderation.

1. The visitor can ponder over the boomerangs used by aborigines at the time of Cook.

来訪者はクック時代に先住民が使っていたダーツを吟味することができる。

2.They would do well to pause and ponder upon their new responsibilities.

人は立ち止まって、自分が負った新しい責任をよく考えたほうがいい。

3.Face west，all you plump old men，and ponder your tropic fates.

引退した老人たちよ、西を向いて、あなたたちの計り知れない禍福のために祈ってください。

4.You should pause and ponder now.

今は立ち止まってよく考えるべきだ。

5.He sits to ponder his misfortune there.

彼はそこに座って彼の不幸を考えていた。