promenade: [16] Promenade was borrowed from French. It was a derivative of se promener ‘go for a walk’, which came from late Latin prōmināre ‘drive forward’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and mināre ‘drive’. It was originally used in English for a ‘leisurely walk’; ‘place for walking’ followed in the mid-17th century, but it does not seem to have been applied specifically to a ‘walk-way by the sea’ until the end of the 18th century. The abbreviation prom dates from the early 20th century. The term promenade concert originated in the 1830s.
promenade (n.)
1560s, "leisurely walk," from Middle French promenade (16c.), from se promener "go for a walk," from Late Latin prominare "to drive (animals) onward," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + minare "to drive (animals) with shouts," from minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)).
Meaning "place for walking" is 1640s; specifically "walkway by the sea" late 18c.; British sense of "music hall favored by 'loose women and the simpletons who run after them'" is attested from 1863. Sense of "dance given by a school" is from 1887.
promenade (v.)
"to make a promenade," 1580s, from promenade (n.). Related: Promenaded; promenading.
例文
1. They walked along the promenade on a rainy night.
彼らはある雨の夜に海浜道を散歩した。
2.People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.
人々はよりモダンできれいな服を着て、浜辺に沿って散歩している。
3.A wide promenade allows many people to walk at the same time.
広い歩道は多くの人が同時に歩くことができます。
4.We took a promenade along the canal after Sunday dinner.
日曜日の夕食後、運河沿いを散歩しました。
5.The Easter promenade is well known as a fashion show.