proverb: [14] Latin prōverbium meant literally ‘set of words put forth’ – that is, ‘commonly uttered’. It was a compound formed from the prefix prō- ‘forth’ and verbum ‘word’ (source of English verb, verbal, etc). English acquired it via Old French proverbe. => adverb, verb, verbal, word
proverb (n.)
c. 1300, in boke of Prouerbyys, the Old Testament work, from Old French proverbe (12c.) and directly from Latin proverbium "a common saying, old adage, maxim," literally "words put forward," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + verbum "word" (see verb). Used generally from late 14c. The Book of Proverbs in Old English was cwidboc, from cwide "speech, saying, proverb, homily," related to cwiddian "to talk, speak, say, discuss;" cwiddung "speech, saying, report."
例文
1. If you want to go fast，go alone.If you want to go far，go together.--African Proverb
は歩くのが速いので、一人で歩きます。遠くまで行くには、一緒に行きましょう。--アフリカのことわざ
毎日一言
2.As the proverb goes，time is money.
俗語では、時間はお金である。
3. " Practice makes perfect. 「is a proverb .
「上手になれば上手になる」は諺です。
4。His ignorance is a proverb .
彼の知らないことが笑いものになっている。
5.An old Arab proverb says，"The enemy of my enemy is my friend ".