古英語 thaer, there から、原ゲルマン語*thaer, there から、PIE*tar, there から、PIE*to, 指示代名詞から、語源的には the, that, -r, 所有接尾辞と同じ。
英語の語源
there
there: [OE] There was formed in prehistoric Germanic from the demonstrative base *tha- (which also underlies English that and then) and the suffix -r used in making adverbs of place (it occurs also in English here and where). Its Germanic relatives include German da, Dutch daar, and Swedish and Danish der. => here, the, then, where
there (adv., conj.)
Old English t?r "in or at that place, so far as, provided that, in that respect," from Proto-Germanic *th?r (cognates: Old Saxon thar, Old Frisian ther, Middle Low German dar, Middle Dutch daer, Dutch daar, Old High German dar, German da, Gothic tar, Old Norse tar), from PIE *tar- "there" (cognates: Sanskrit tar-hi "then"), from root *to- (see the) + adverbial suffix -r.
Interjectional use is recorded from 1530s, used variously to emphasize certainty, encouragement, or consolation. To have been there "had previous experience of some activity" is recorded from 1877.
例文
1. There is ( but ) little hope.
何の希望もない.(比較: There is alittlehope.もう一つ希望がある.)
2.No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there 's always something new to learn about.After all,life is full of surprises.