whole: [OE] Whole is at the centre of a tightlyknit family of English words descended from prehistoric Germanic *khailaz ‘undamaged’ (the other members – hail ‘salute’, hale, hallow, heal, health, and holy – have have branched off in different semantic directions, but whole has stayed fairly close to its source). The Germanic form, which also produced German heil, Dutch heel, and Swedish and Danish hel, went back to an Indo-European *qoilos, source also of Russian celyj ‘whole’ and Welsh coel ‘good omen’. Hale [13] originated as a northern variant of whole (whose wh- spelling emerged in the 16th century).
The compound wholesome was probably formed in Old English, but it is not recorded until the 12th century. => hail, hale, hallow, heal, health, holy
whole (adj.)
Old English hal "entire, whole; unhurt, uninjured, safe; healthy, sound; genuine, straightforward," from Proto-Germanic *haila- "undamaged" (cognates: Old Saxon hel, Old Norse heill, Old Frisian hal, Middle Dutch hiel, Dutch heel, Old High German, German heil "salvation, welfare"), from PIE *kailo- "whole, uninjured, of good omen" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic celu "whole, complete;" see health).
The spelling with wh- developed early 15c. The sense in whole number is from early 14c. Whole milk is from 1782. On the whole "considering all facts or circumstances" is from 1690s. For phrase whole hog, see hog (n.).
whole (n.)
"entire body or company; the full amount," late 14c., from whole (adj.).
例文
1. She probably sensed that I wasn 'ttelling her the whole story.
彼女は私が彼女にすべてをさらけ出していないことに気づいたかもしれない。
2."Take That "are the best group in the whole world.So there.
「キャッチ」バンドは世界最高の組み合わせで、それです。
3.A violent explosion seemed to jolt the whole ground.
激しい爆発が地面全体を巻き上げようとしているようだ。
4.I gradually got rather disillusioned with the whole setup of the university.
だんだん、大学の体制全体に失望してきました。
5.The Government is anxious to keep the whole case out of court.