godwin
ゴドウィン
解説 Definition
Godwin は、英語圏で使われる姓または男性名です。古い英語由来の人名として扱われ、例文では人物名や名前そのものを指すときに使われます。
Godwin is an English-language surname and masculine given name derived from an Old English personal name. It is used to identify a person or to refer to the name itself, and it is normally written with an initial capital letter.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Godwin は古英語の人名 Godwine に由来し、god「神」と wine「友」を組み合わせた名前です。現代では姓にも男性名にもなるため、Godwin is the name of ... や the surname Godwin の形で覚えます。普通名詞ではなく人名なので、文中では先頭を大文字にする点にも注意しましょう。
Treat Godwin as a personal name, not as a common noun. Its two historical elements provide a reliable memory link: Old English god meant “god,” and wine meant “friend,” so the older name Godwine carried the sense “friend of God.” In modern English, Godwin can be either a surname or a masculine given name. Remember typical frames such as the surname Godwin, a man named Godwin, and Godwin is the name of a character. Because it is a proper name, capitalize the initial G even though the dictionary headword may appear in lowercase.
例文
The surname Godwin appears in the old family record.
その古い家族記録には、ゴドウィンという姓が出てきます。
She wrote Godwin clearly on the name card.
彼女は名札にゴドウィンとはっきり書きました。
In the novel, Godwin is the name of a quiet teacher.
その小説では、ゴドウィンは物静かな教師の名前です。
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godwin の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Godwinは古英語の人名 Godwine 由来で、god「神」+ wine「友・保護者」に分けられます。つまり「神の友」「良き友」という名で、まず人名として使われ、それが姓や固有名になりました。関連語に Goodwin、Godwine があります。
Godwin comes from the Old English personal name Godwine. That name combines god, meaning “god,” with wine, an Old English word meaning “friend” or “protector.” It can therefore be interpreted as “friend of God.” The name was used in medieval England and subsequently continued as both a hereditary surname and a masculine given name. Goodwin developed as a related spelling, while Godwine preserves a form closer to the Old English original.
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