proxy: [15] Proxy has no etymological connection with ‘closeness’. It is a much contracted form of prōcūrātia, the medieval version of Latin prōcūrātiō ‘caring for, taking care of’. This was a noun derived from prōcūrāre, source of English procure. It originally entered English in the 13th century as procuracy, and gradually shrank via procracy and prokecye to proxy. The semantic notion underlying it is of ‘taking care of another’s interests’. => procure
proxy (n.)
early 15c., proccy, prokecye, "agency of one who acts instead of another; letter of power of attorney," contraction of Anglo-French procuracie (c. 1300), from Medieval Latin procuratia "administration," from Latin procuratio "a caring for, management," from procurare "manage" (see procure). Also compare proctor (n.). Meaning "person who acts in place of another" is from 1610s.
例文
1. Price differences are used as a proxy for differences in quality.
一銭一銭。
2.Those not attending the meeting may vote by proxy .
会議に出席していない人は、代わりに投票してもらうことができます。/
3.You can vote either in person or by proxy .
自分で投票したり代理人に頼んだりすることができます。/
4.Husbands are discouraged from voting as proxy for their wives.