toe

• つま先
• vt. つま先で歩く；つま先で触れる
• vi. つま先で動く；つま先で踊る
• n. （つま先）人の名前；（ブキット）トー；（ビルマ語）ソー；（韓国語）パイル；（日本語）トー

古英語のta, toeから。原語ゲルマン語の*taihwo, toesから省略され、PIE *deik, to point, to showに由来する。

toe

toe: [OE] Many European languages use the same word for ‘finger’ and ‘toe’ (Spanish dedo, for example, and Russian and Polish palec), and English toe may have originated in such a dualpurpose term. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor was *taikhwōn, and it has been speculated that this may be related to Latin digitus ‘finger, toe’ (source of English digit). Other descendants of the Germanic form include German zehe, Dutch tee, Swedish t?a, and Danish taa.
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toe (n.)

Old English ta "toe" (plural tan), contraction of *tahe (Mercian tah?), from Proto-Germanic *taihwo (cognates: Old Norse ta, Old Frisian tane, Middle Dutch te, Dutch teen (perhaps originally a plural), Old High German zecha, German Zehe "toe"). Perhaps originally meaning "fingers" as well (many PIE languages still use one word to mean both fingers and toes), and thus from PIE root *deik- "to show" (see diction).

To stode hii I-armed fram heued to te ton. [Robert of Gloucester, "Chronicle," c. 1300]

The old plural survived regionally into Middle English as tan, ton. To be on (one's) toes "alert, eager" is recorded from 1921. To step on (someone's) toes in the figurative sense "give offense" is from late 14c. Toe-hold "support for the toe of a boot in climbing" is from 1880.

toe (v.)

"touch or reach with the toes," 1813, from toe (n.). First recorded in expression toe the mark, which seems to be nautical in origin.

The chief mate ... marked a line on the deck, brought the two boys up to it, making them "toe the mark." [R.H. Dana, "Two Years Before the Mast," 1840]

Related: Toed; toeing.

1. He 's one of the politicians that wouldn 't toe the party line.

彼は政党路線に従わないいくつかの政治家の一人だ。

2.I kicked a dustbin very hard and broke my toe .

ゴミ箱を思い切り蹴ったところ、足の指が骨折した。

3.They were sensibly dressed from top to toe in rain gear.

彼らは頭から足まで雨具でしっかりと覆っていて、とても賢明です。

4.He was dressed in white from head to toe .

彼は頭から足まで白を着ていた。

5.Redman broke a toe in training.

レイドマンはトレーニング中に足の指を1本折った。