throne

• n. 玉座; 君主; 王権
• vi. 玉座につく
• vt. 玉座につく
• n. （玉座）人の名前；（スウェーデン語）玉座；（英語）玉座

ギリシャ語のthronos「座」「玉座」から。語源はPIE*dher「固定された」「堅固な」で、語源的にはfirm「堅固な」「木」「耐え忍ぶ」と同じ。

throne (n.)

c. 1200, trone, "the seat of God or a saint in heaven;" c. 1300 as "seat occupied by a sovereign," from Old French trone (12c., Modern French tr?ne), from Latin thronus, from Greek thronos "elevated seat, chair, throne," from PIE root *dher- (2) "to hold firmly, support" (cognates: Latin firmus "firm, steadfast, strong, stable," Sanskrit dharma "statute, law;" see firm (adj.)). From late 14c. as a symbol of royal power. Colloquial meaning "toilet" is recorded from 1922. The classical -h- begins to appear in English from late 14c.

1. Edward VIII had done the unthinkable and abdicated the throne .

エドワード8世が主導的に見劣りしているのは不思議だ。

2.This boy 's father had been executed for conspiring against the throne .

この男の子の父親は君主に反対する陰謀で処刑された。

3.He renounced his claim to the French throne .

彼は正式にフランス王位の継承権を放棄した。

4.the accession of Queen Victoria to the throne

ヴィクトリア女王即位

5.her ascension to the throne