return: [14] The origins of return are in Vulgar Latin. There, Latin tornāre (source of English turn), which originally meant ‘turn on a lathe’, was combined with the prefix re- ‘back’ to produce *retornāre ‘turn back’, which passed via Old French retorner into English as return. => turn
return (v.)
early 14c., "to come back, come or go back to a former position" (intransitive), from Old French retorner "turn back, turn round, return" (Modern French retourner), from re- "back" (see re-) + torner "to turn" (see turn (v.)). Transitive sense of "report officially" is early 15c.; "to send back" is mid-15c.; that of "to turn back" is from c. 1500. Meaning "to give in repayment" is 1590s; that of "give back, restore" c. 1600. Related: Returned; returning.
return (n.)
late 14c., "act of coming back," also "official report of election results," from Anglo-French retorn, Old French retorne, verbal noun from retorner (see return (v.)). In ball games from 1833; specifically in tennis from 1886. Meaning "a yield, a profit" is recorded from 1620s. Meaning "a thing sent back" is from 1875. Many happy returns of the day was used by Addison (1716). Mailing return address attested from 1884.
例文
1. I will return ，find you，love you，marry you and live without shame.
私は帰って、あなたを見つけて、愛して、あなたと結婚して、生きている堂々としています。『贖罪』
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2.Ellery 's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.
エレリーの帰りは憂鬱な気持ちを吹き飛ばすことができる。
3. Return the enclosed Donation Form today in the prepaid envelope provided.
本日、同封の寄付フォームを提供された郵便料金前払いの封筒で返送してください。
4.Ford never desisted from trying to persuade him to return to America.
フォードは、米国に戻るよう説得したことがない。
5.They called for the return of internment without trial for terrorists.