古英語のthrael, slaveから、原ゲルマン語*thragilaz, errand boyから、PIE*tragh, to pull, drag, runから、トラック、トラクターと同じ語源。
英語の語源
thrall (n.)
late Old English tr?l "bondman, serf, slave," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tr?ll "slave, servant," figuratively "wretch, scoundrel," probably from Proto-Germanic *thrakhilaz, literally "runner," from root *threh- "to run" (cognates: Old High German dregil "servant," properly "runner;" Old English tr?gan, Gothic tragjan "to run"). Meaning "condition of servitude" is from early 14c.
例文
1. Anti- thrall leaders agitated the question of thrall for many years.
奴隷制に反対する指導者たちは奴隷制問題について長年激論してきた。
2.At the concert,I was held in thrall by the music.