task

• vt.仕事を割り当てる
• n.仕事、割り当て、タスク

古フランス語のtasque, tax, taxから、ラテン語のtaxa, valuation, tax assessment, tax collectionに置き換えられ、taxare, assessment, estimationから、PIE*tag, contact, arrangementから、語源はtax, tangentと同じ。

task

task: see tax

task (n.)

early 14c., "a quantity of labor imposed as a duty," from Old North French tasque (12c., Old French tasche, Modern French tache) "duty, tax," from Vulgar Latin *tasca "a duty, assessment," metathesis of Medieval Latin taxa, a back-formation of Latin taxare "to evaluate, estimate, assess" (see tax (v.)). General sense of "any piece of work that has to be done" is first recorded 1590s. Phrase take one to task (1680s) preserves the sense that is closer to tax.

German tasche "pocket" is from the same Vulgar Latin source (via Old High German tasca), with presumable sense evolution from "amount of work imposed by some authority," to "payment for that work," to "wages," to "pocket into which money is put," to "any pocket."

task (v.)

1520s, "impose a task upon;" 1590s, "to burden, put a strain upon," from task (n.). Related: Tasked; tasking.

1. They have a tendency to try to sidetrack you from your task .

彼らはいつもあなたをあなたのタスクから気を散らそうとしています。

2.The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep.

最初のタスクは、羊が入らないように林を囲むことです。

3.Her critics say she has proved unequal to the task .

彼女を批判した人は、彼女がこの仕事を完成する能力を持っていないことを証明していると言った。

4.The president knows his task is to fire up the delegates.

大統領は自分の任務が代表の情熱を喚起することだと知っている。

5.Our big task for tomorrow.Wed..is to get them exit visa.

明日（水）、私たちの最も重要な任務は彼らの出国ビザを取得することです。