pap
離乳食
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pap は、乳児や病人に与えるパン・穀物などを牛乳や水で煮た柔らかい食べ物を指す古風な語です。幼児語に由来する短い語で、「かまずに食べられるどろどろの食事」という典型場面で覚えましょう。現代の日常会話では baby food や soft food の方が普通です。比喩的に「中身のない読み物」も表しますが、ここでは離乳食の語義に限定します。
Picture an old-fashioned bowl of very soft food that a baby can swallow without chewing. Pap traditionally meant a thick mixture made by soaking or cooking bread, flour, or grain in milk or water. The word arose from nursery language for food, which suits its short, simple sound and its association with feeding infants. In modern everyday English, “baby food,” “soft food,” or the name of the particular cereal is usually more natural. Pap can also have a figurative sense for material lacking substance, but keep that separate from the literal weaning-food sense here.
pap の類義語・関連語
pap の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 pappe、さらに古フランス語 pape・ラテン語 pappa に由来し、もとは幼児語の「食べもの」です。赤ん坊が口にするやわらかい物という感覚から「離乳食」になりました。関連語に papilla, papule があり、どちらも口元やふくらみの感覚と結びつきます。
Pap in the sense of soft food comes from Middle English pappe and Old French pape, ultimately related to Latin pappa, a nursery word for food. Such forms imitate the simple syllables common in speech addressed to babies. The word came to denote bread, meal, or another basic ingredient softened with milk or water for infants or invalids. Its history explains both the meaning and its now old-fashioned tone in modern English.
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