secret: [14] Etymologically, something that is secret is ‘separated’ from others, hence put out of the way, hidden. The word comes via Old French secret from Latin sēcrētus, an adjectival use of the past participle of sēcernere ‘separate’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sē- ‘apart’ and cernere ‘separate’ (source also of English certain, discern, excrement, etc).
From the 16th to the 18th centuries, secret was used as a verb, meaning ‘hide’, but it was then altered to secrete, on the model of Latin sēcrētus. (The other verb secrete, ‘produce fluids or other substances’ [18], is a back-formation from secretion [17], which goes back to Latin sēcrētiō ‘separation’, a derivative of sēcernere.) A secretary is etymologically a ‘secret’ or confidential helper. => certain, decree, discern, excrement, secretary
secret (v.)
"to keep secret" (described in OED as "obsolete"), 1590s, from secret (n.). Related: Secreted; secreting.
secret (n.)
late 14c., from Latin secretus "set apart, withdrawn; hidden, concealed, private," past participle of secernere "to set apart, part, divide; exclude," from se- "without, apart," properly "on one's own" (see se-) + cernere "separate" (see crisis).
As an adjective from late 14c., from French secret, adjective use of noun. Open secret is from 1828. Secret agent first recorded 1715; secret service is from 1737; secret weapon is from 1936.
例文
1. The word "secretary "comes from the same Latin root as the word " secret ".
単語secretaryと secret には同じラテン語の語根があります。
2.It 's an open secret that the security service bugged telephones.
セキュリティ部門が電話を盗聴するのは誰もが知っている秘密です。
3.The nature of the polymer is currently a trade secret .
というポリマーの性質は現在、商業機密である。
4.He 's accused of misusing$17.5 million from a secret government slush fund.
秘密の政府贈賄基金を悪用したと告発され、金額は1750万ドルに達した。
5.The exact locations are being kept secret for reasons of security.