sterling

• adj. 純粋な；英国通貨の；スターリングシルバー製
• n. 英国通貨；標準スターリングシルバー
• n.（スターリング）人名；（ドイツ語）スターリング；（英語、スペイン語、スウェーデン語）スターリング

古英語のstaerlinc, staer, starlingから、原ゲルマン語*staraz, starlingから、PIE*stern, starlingから。-ling、小単語接尾辞。

中英語のsterre（銀貨）、silver penny（銀貨）、文字通りstar、語源はstar、starと同じ、-lingは小語接尾辞。 かつてノルマン人が鋳造した硬貨に星のようなデザインがあったことから名付けられた可能性がある。後にイギリスの通貨の代理として使われ、ポンド銀貨のポンド?スターリングから略された。

sterling

sterling: [13] Sterling ‘British money’ originated as a term for an English silver penny from the 13th to the 15th centuries. The first ones struck had the design of a small star on them – hence the name sterling (and its now defunct variant starling), literally ‘little star’. Two hundred and forty of such coins formed a unit of weight, known as a pound of sterlings. The earliest use of sterling as a general term for ‘English currency’ dates from the mid 16th century.
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sterling (n.)

c. 1300, "silver penny," probably from Middle English sterre (see star (n.)), according to OED "presumably" from the stars that appeared in the design of certain Norman coins, + diminutive suffix -ling. But starred coins were not especially common among Anglo-Saxon currency, and the stars on them tended to be small. The other theory [Kluge] is that it derives from Old French estedre "stater" (see stater). Sense broadened by 1560s to "money having the quality of the sterling," and c. 1600 to "English money in general." As an adjective from early 15c. From 1640s in general sense of "capable of standing a test" (as a sound coin would). A pound sterling was originally "a pound weight of sterlings," equal to about 240 of them.

1. He said the over-valuation of sterling was throttling industry.

彼はポンドの価値が高すぎると工業発展を阻害すると考えている。

2.The Chancellor is boxed in by infration targets and sterling .

財務相はインフレ目標とポンドに手をこまねいている。

3.The stamps had to be paid for in sterling .

これらの切手はポンドで購入しなければなりません。

4.Those are sterling qualities to be admired in anyone.

それらは誰にとっても敬服すべき優れた品質である。

5.Travel agents charge 1 per cent commission on sterling cheques.

旅行会社はポンド小切手に1%のサービス料を徴収している。