several

• adj.
• pron. several

sever、cut、-al、形容詞接尾辞。すなわち、切り刻む、いくつかの、いくつかの、いくつかのに切断派生。

several

several: [15] Etymologically, several means ‘separate’. It comes via Anglo-Norman several from medieval Latin sēparālis, a derivative of Latin sēpar ‘separate’. This in turn was formed from sēparāre ‘separate’ (source of English separate), whose Vulgar Latin descendant *sēperāre passed into English via Anglo- Norman severer as sever [14]. Several’s original sense ‘separate, individual’ survives in legal terminology, but it has been superseded in the general language by ‘many’, which emerged in the 16th and 17th centuries via ‘different, various’.
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several (adj.)

early 15c., "existing apart," from Anglo-French several, from Middle French seperalis "separate," from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ "separate, different," back-formation from separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)). Meaning "various, diverse, different" is attested from c. 1500; that of "more than one" is from 1530s, originally in legal use.

Here we are all, by day; by night we're hurled
By dreams, each one into a several world
[Herrick, 1648]

Related: Severalty. Jocular ordinal form severalth attested from 1902 in American English dialect (see -th (2)).

1. Several proposals are under consideration by the state assembly.

いくつかの提案州議会が検討している。

2.He entered for many competititions,winning several gold medals.

彼は何度も試合に参加し、金メダルを獲得した。

3. Several hundred workers struck in sympathy with their colleagues.

数百人の労働者が同僚を応援するためにストライキを行った。

4.She travels con-stantly,moving among her several residences around the world.

彼女は世界各地の多くの場所を旅している。

5.We felt we were living life on several different planes.

私たちはみんなの生活の精神的レベルがそれぞれ違うと感じています。