granddaddy
おじいちゃん／（比喩）元祖
解説 Definition
おじいちゃんの親しみを込めた言い方。また、ある分野で最も古い・偉大なものの比喩にも使う。
Granddaddy can mean a grandfather in an informal or affectionate way. It can also mean the oldest, biggest, or original example of something, especially in casual speech.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
grand + daddy で、grandfather よりくだけた親しみのある呼び方。まず family 語として覚え、そのうえで「granddaddy of ...」で“その分野の元祖・大御所”に広がると押さえると残りやすい。big や great の感覚を持つ grand が入るので、単なる old ではなく「古くて格がある」感じ。人にも物にも比喩で使えるが、かなり口語的。
`Granddaddy` is built from `grand` + `daddy`, so it feels warmer and more informal than `grandfather`. Then extend that image to the expression `the granddaddy of ...`, meaning the old, important original of something. The word sounds friendly, but it is also often used in a very spoken, casual way.
例文
My granddaddy used to tell us stories about the war every Sunday evening.
おじいちゃんは毎週日曜の夕方に戦争の話を聞かせてくれた。
This oak tree is the granddaddy of all the trees in the forest, standing for over 500 years.
このオークの木は500年以上立ち続けている、森の中で最も古い木だ。
That vintage car is the granddaddy of modern sports cars.
あのクラシックカーは現代のスポーツカーの元祖だ。
granddaddy の類義語・関連語
granddaddy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
granddaddy は grand＋daddy。grand は古フランス語 grand、ラテン語 grandis「大きい」に由来し、親族名では「一世代上の」を表します。grandfather と同根で、daddy の響きが加わるため、「おじいちゃん」から転じて「元祖」の親玉感も自然に出ます。
Granddaddy is a compound of grand and daddy. Grand came through Old French from Latin grandis, meaning "large" or "great," and in family words it came to mean one generation further back, as in grandfather. Because daddy is warm and informal, granddaddy developed not only as a family word but also as a way to mean the oldest, biggest, or original example of something.
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