stable

• n. 安定した; 納屋
• adj.安定した；確固とした；断固とした
• vi. 馬小屋で飼われる
• vt. 馬小屋に追い込む
• n. （Stable）人名；（英）Stable.

ラテン語のstare「立つ」が語源で、standと語源は同じ。

ラテン語のstabulumから、厩舎、小屋、売春宿、語源はstare, standと同じ、-bulum, 形容詞の接尾辞、語源はtable, fableと同じ。

stable

stable: English has two distinct words stable, but both come ultimately from the same source: the Indo-European base *stā- ‘stand’, ancestor also of English stand. The adjective stable [13] comes via Old French estable from Latin stabilis ‘standing firm’, which has also given English establish, stability [15], and stabilize [19]. It was formed from the base *stā-, as was Latin stabulum ‘standing-place’, hence ‘enclosure for animals’, which English acquired via Old French estable as stable [13]. The corresponding Germanic formation, also based on *stā-, is stall. A constable is etymologically an ‘officer in charge of stables’.

stable (n.)

early 13c., "building or enclosure where horses or cows are kept, building for domestic animals," from Old French stable, estable "a stable, stall" (Modern French étable), also applied to cowsheds and pigsties, from Latin stabulum "a stall, fold, aviary, beehive, lowly cottage, brothel, etc.," literally "a standing place," from PIE *ste-dhlo-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).

Meaning "collection of horses belonging to one stable" is attested from 1570s; transferred sense of "group of fighters under same management" is from 1897; that of "group of prostitutes working for the same employer" is from 1937.

For what the grete Stiede
Is stole, thanne he taketh hiede,
And makth the stable dore fast.
[John Gower, "Confessio Amantis," 1390]

stable (adj.)

mid-12c., "trustworthy, reliable;" mid-13c., "constant, steadfast; virtuous;" from Old French stable, estable "constant, steadfast, unchanging," from Latin stabilis "firm, steadfast, stable, fixed," figuratively "durable, unwavering," literally "able to stand," from PIE *ste-dhli-, from root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). From c. 1300 as "well-founded, well-established, secure" (of governments, etc.). Physical sense of "secure against falling" is recorded from late 14c.; also "of even temperament." Of nuclear isotopes, from 1904.

stable (v.)

"to put in a certain place or position," c. 1300; "to put (a horse) in a stable," early 14c., from stable (n.) or from Old French establer. Related: Stabled; stabling.

1. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.

原油価格は1992年の残りの時間で安定しています。

2.Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.

彼らの性格は完全に形成されており、2人とも非常にまじめな子だ。

3.We 'vegot stable labor，decreasing interest rates，low oil prices.

安定した労力、低下し続ける金利、および安価な石油価格を持っています。

4.As chief executive，he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.

最高経営責任者として、彼の下には優雅な有名人の名士が集まっている。

5.Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey 's stable .

コリンさんはミック?テリー養馬場から来た2頭の馬に賭けた結果、彼女が勝った。