PIE *wel, bend, turn, archから、語源的にはwalk, vaultと同じ。派生して腫れた部分、赤み、傷跡。
英語の語源
weal (n.1)
"well-being," Old English wela "wealth," in late Old English also "welfare, well-being," from West Germanic *welon-, from PIE root *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Related to well (adv.).
weal (n.2)
"raised mark on skin," 1821, alteration of wale (q.v.).
例文
1. The press is a guardian of the public weal .
新聞は公共福祉の保護者である。
2.They maintain the closest relations with the masses and share their weal and woe.
彼らは大衆の血肉とつながり、悲しみを共にする。
3.He was faithful to me in weal and woe.
順境であれ逆境であれ、彼は私に忠誠を尽くしてきた。
4.A man is weal or woe as he thinks himself so.
一人の運命の良し悪しは、自分がどう思うかにかかっている。
5.We treat each other with all sincerity，and share weal and woe.