prompt

• adj.機敏な、迅速な；即時の
• vt.促す；促進する；かき立てる；（俳優を）白くする
• n. プロンプト; 支払期限; DOSコマンド: DOSシステムプロンプトのスタイルを変更する
• adv.時間通りに

中英語の prompten（便利にする、促す）から、ラテン語の promptus（前に出る、促す）から、promere（前に出る）から、-pt（過去分詞格）、pro-（進む）から、-em（連れて行く、連れてくる）、語源的には example（例）、attempt（試み）と同じ。この言葉は劇場で役者に言葉を思い出させるために使われる。

prompt

prompt: [14] Latin prōmere meant ‘bring out, show’ (it was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward, forth’ and emere ‘take’, source also of English assume [15], example, exempt, peremptory [16], redeem, and sample). Its past participle was promptus, and this was used as an adjective in which the notion of ‘shown, manifest’ evolved via ‘ready at hand, available’ to ‘quick, punctual’ – whence English prompt. In Spanish, Latin promptus became pronto, which was borrowed into English in the mid-19th century.
=> assume, example, exempt, peremptory, redeem, sample

prompt (v.)

mid-14c., prompten, from Latin promptus, past participle of promere "to bring forth," from pro- "forward" (see pro-) + emere "to take" (see exempt (adj.)). Theatrical sense of "to assist a speaker with lines" is first recorded early 15c. Related: Prompted; prompting.

prompt (n.)

early 15c., "readiness," from Latin promptus (see prompt (v.)). Meaning "hint, act of prompting" is from 1590s. Computer sense attested by 1977.

prompt (adj.)

early 15c., from Old French prompt and directly from Latin promptus "brought forth," hence "visible, apparent, evident," past participle of promere "to take or bring out or forth" (see prompt (v.)).Related: Promptly; promptitude.

1. There are many emergencies which need prompt first aid treatment.

迅速な救急処置が必要な緊急事態が多い。

2.It is not too late,but prompt action is needed.

今からでも遅くはありませんが、すぐに行動する必要があります。

3.Her blushes were saved by a prompt from one of her hosts.

気まずい顔をすることはないという司会者のアドバイスを受けてよかった。

4.How exactly did he prompt her，Mr Markham？

正確に言うと、彼はどのように彼女を提示したのですか、Markamさん？

5. Prompt action was required as the fire spread.

延焼のため、直ちに行動する必要があります。