settle

• vi. 沈殿する；沈殿する；沈む
• vt.落ち着かせる；整理する；...を...落ち着かせる
• n. 背もたれのあるベンチ
• n.(Settle)人名;(Eng.)セトル

古英語のsetl, seatから、原ゲルマン語*setra, seatから、PIE*sed, to sitから、語源的にはsit, seatと同じ。 長い木のベンチ、背もたれの高いベンチに由来する。

古英語のsetlan「座らせる」から、語源的にはsit, set, seatから。その後、主にアレンジする、落ち着かせる、扱うなどの比喩的な意味で使われる。

settle

settle: [OE] Although now far less common, the noun settle ‘bench’ is older than the verb, and indeed was the source of it. It evolved (along with German sessel) from a prehistoric Germanic *setlaz, which was derived from the same base that produced English sit. (Saddle comes from a variant of the same base.) In Old English times it was setl, and still meant simply ‘seat’. This formed the basis of a verb setlan ‘put in a position of repose’, ancestor of modern English settle.
=> saddle, sit

settle (v.)

"come to rest," Old English setlan "cause to sit, place, put," from setl "a seat" (see settle (n.)). Related: Settling. Compare German siedeln "to settle, colonize."

From c. 1300 of birds, etc., "to alight." From early 14c. as "sink down, descend; cave in." Early 15c. in reference to suspended particles in a liquid. Sense of "establish a permanent residence" first recorded 1620s; that of "decide" is 1620s. Meaning "secure title to by deed" is from 1660s.

Meaning "reconcile" (a quarrel, differences, etc.) perhaps is influenced by Middle English sahtlen "to reconcile," from Old English saht "reconciliation," from Old Norse satt "reconciliation." To settle down "become content" is from 1853; transitive sense from 1520s; as what married couples do in establishing domesticity, from 1718. To settle for "content oneself with" is from 1943.

settle (n.)

"long bench," 1550s, from Middle English setle "a seat," from Old English setl "a seat, stall; position, abode; setting of a heavenly body," related to sittan "to sit," from Proto-Germanic *setla- (cognates: Middle Low German, Middle Dutch setel, Dutch zetel, German Sessel, Gothic sitls), from PIE *sedla- (cognates: Latin sella "seat, chair," Old Church Slavonic sedlo "saddle," Old English sadol "saddle"), from root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).

1. England will have to settle for third or fourth place.

イングランドは3位か4位の順位を受け入れるしかないだろう。

2.The duo set up a scam to settle their respective debts.

そのパートナーはそれぞれの債務を解消するための計を立てた。

3.The man let his eyes settle upon Cross 's face.

その男の目はクロスの顔に落ちた。

4.They agreed to try to settle their dispute by negotiation.

彼らは交渉を通じて紛争の解決に努力することに同意した。

5.He took a long time to settle in to big-time football.

彼はトップリーグで足を踏み入れるのに長い時間を費やした。