founding
創立
解説 Definition
founding は found（設立する）に由来し、創立、設立という意味の名詞です。会社、学校、団体、国などが作られた時点や行為について使います。
Founding is the act or historical event of establishing an organization, institution, city, or country. It often refers to the point at which such an entity was formally created and began to exist.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
founding は動詞 found「設立する」に -ing を付けて名詞化した語で、会社・学校・都市などの「創立という行為／時点」を表します。the founding of the school の形が典型です。foundation は組織の「設立」のほか建物の「基礎」も指しますが、founding は始める出来事に焦点があります。found「見つけた」と同じ綴りでも、ここでは find の過去形ではありません。
Connect founding with the verb found, meaning “to establish,” and imagine laying the foundation on which an organization can stand. The usual pattern is the founding of a school, company, city, or country. Founding focuses on the act or historical moment of creation, whereas foundation can mean either establishment or the physical base of a building. Be careful with found: it is also the past form of find, but in the phrase the founding of the company, it belongs to the separate verb found, “to establish.”
例文
The founding of the school was celebrated in May.
その学校の創立は5月に祝われました。
This book tells the story of the city's founding.
この本はその都市の創立の物語を伝えています。
The founding of the company marked a new start for the team.
その会社の設立は、チームにとって新たな出発となりました。
founding の類義語・関連語
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founding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
founding は found「設立する」の名詞化で、中英語を経て古フランス語 fonder、さらにラテン語 fundare「土台を据える」にさかのぼる。語根 fund- は「底・基礎」を表し、foundation や founder と同系なので、「基礎を置くこと」から「創立」の意味になったと分かる。
The verb found entered English through Old French fonder from Latin fundare, meaning “to lay a base” or “establish.” Fundare is related to Latin fundus, “bottom” or “foundation.” The physical idea of setting down a firm base developed naturally into establishing an institution or community. Founding is the noun formed from found with -ing and denotes the act or occasion of putting that organizational foundation in place.
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