prairie: [18] Prairie comes ultimately from Latin prātum ‘meadow’ (source also of French pré ‘meadow’). From it was derived Vulgar Latin *prātāria, which passed into English via French prairie. The word was from the start almost exclusively used with reference to the plains of North America.
prairie (n.)
tract of level or undulating grassland in North America, by 1773, from French prairie "meadow, grassland," from Old French praerie "meadow, pastureland" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin pratum "meadow," originally "a hollow." The word existed in Middle English as prayere, but was lost and reborrowed to describe the American plains. Prairie dog is attested from 1774; prairie schooner "immigrant's wagon" is from 1841. Illinois has been the Prairie State since at least 1861. In Latin, Neptunia prata was poetic for "the sea."
例文
1. Andrew traversed the prairie on horseback.
アンドリューは馬に乗って大草原を通り抜けた。
2.He farmed 2500 acres of Nebraska prairie .
彼は2500エーカーのネブラスカ州の大草原を耕した。
3.A single spark can start a prairie fire.
星の火は、燎原を焼くことができる。dd>
4.To assemble a prairie takes time--even if you have all the pieces.
大配列を統合する（ prairie ）すべてのセグメントを手に入れても時間がかかります。
5.The pictures depicting the life of the prairie people are simple but touching.