1690s, "large room or apartment in a palace or great house," from French salon "reception room" (17c.), from Italian salone "large hall," from sala "hall," from a Germanic source (compare Old English sele, Old Norse salr "hall," Old High German sal "hall, house," German Saal), from Proto-Germanic *salaz, from PIE *sel- (1) "human settlement" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic selo "courtyard, village," obsolete Polish siolo, Russian selo "village," Lithuanian sala "village").
Sense of "reception room of a Parisian lady" is from 1810; meaning "gathering of fashionable people" first recorded 1888 (the woman who hosts one is a salonnière). Meaning "annual exhibition of contemporary paintings and sculpture in Paris" is from its originally being held in one of the salons of the Louvre. Meaning "establishment for hairdressing and beauty care" is from 1913.
例文
1. The glitterati of Hollywood are flocking to Janet Vaughan 's nail salon .
多くのハリウッドセレブがジャネット?ヴォーンのネイルアートショップを訪れている。
2.His apartment was the most famous literary salon in Russia.
彼のアパートはロシアで最も有名な文学サロン会所だ。
3.A boutique and beauty salon are conveniently located within the grounds.