古英語のwerig、疲労した、惨めな、から。さらなる語源は不明。または、weary, tediousのwear, wear and tearから。
英語の語源
weary
weary: [OE] Weary is descended from a West Germanic *wōriga, whose other offspring have all died out. It was formed from the base *wōr-, which also produced Old English wōrian ‘wander, totter’ and Old Norse ?rr ‘mad’, but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain.
weary (adj.)
Old English werig "tired, exhausted; miserable, sad," related to worian "to wander, totter," from Proto-Germanic *worigaz (cognates: Old Saxon worig "weary," Old High German wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
weary (v.)
Old English wergian "to be or become tired" (intransitive), gewergian "to exhaust, to make tired" (transitive), from the source of weary (adj.). Related: Wearied; wearying.
例文
1. The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea.
歩き疲れた人たちは足を海に入れて浸して痛みを和らげる。
2.She was weary of being alone.
彼女は一人でいることに飽きた。
3.They 're getting awfully weary of this silly war.