古英語のtruht, salmon, troutから、ラテン語のtructa, salmon, troutから、おそらくギリシャ語のtroktes, a sea fishから、Trogein, to nibble, to bite, to digから、PIE*ter, to turn, to scrape, to grindから、語源的にはturn, troglodyteから。
英語の語源
trout (n.)
Old English truht "trout," in part from Old French truite, both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Greek troktes "a kind of sea fish," literally "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE *tro-, from root *tere- (1) (see throw (v.)). In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend."
例文
1. Shall we have trout for dinner?
私たちはマスを食事にしませんか。
2.Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollation.
何千何万ものサケとマスの稚魚が汚染により死亡した。
3.It is no use fishing for trout in this river,there are none left.
この川ではサケはとれず、1匹もいなくなった。
4.He is interested in the cultivation of trout in ponds.