Old English wiht "living being, creature, person; something, anything," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Saxon wiht "thing, demon," Dutch wicht "a little child," Old High German wiht "thing, creature, demon," German Wicht "creature, little child," Old Norse vettr "thing, creature," Swedish v?tte "spirit of the earth, gnome," Gothic waihts "something"), from PIE *wekti- "thing, creature" (source also of Old Church Slavonic ve?ti "a thing"). Not related to the Isle of Wight, which is from Latin Vectis (c. 150), originally Celtic, possibly meaning "place of the division."
例文
1. After much cogitation,we decided to move to the Isle of Wight .
慎重に考えた結果、ホワイト島に引っ越すことにしました。
2.She sought the advice of their old friend from Isle of Wight days,John Stebbings.
彼女はホワイト島で知り合った旧友ジョン?スペンスに意見を求めた。
3.Thomas Arnold,English educationalist,was born on the Isle of Wight .
イギリスの教育家トーマス?ノルドはホワイト島で生まれた。
4.In the Isle of Wight ,if it 's not too dear.
ホワイト島では、あまり高くない限り。
5.Horses would not have been lacking in the Isle of Wight .