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/ˈruːtɪd/
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adjective

根付ねづいた

解説 Definition

rooted は root(根づかせる、根を張る)に由来する過去分詞で、形容詞として「根付いた」という意味です。考え方、習慣、文化などが深く定着していることを表します。

Firmly established in a particular culture, place, belief, experience, or source, as if held in the ground by roots. It often appears in the pattern be rooted in and may describe either deep social establishment or an underlying basis.

覚え方のコツ Memory Tip

rooted は root に -ed を付けた過去分詞由来の形容詞で、発音は /ˈruːtɪd/ または /ˈrʊtɪd/。木が地中に根を張る像から、思想・習慣・文化が深く定着した状態へ意味を広げます。be deeply rooted in ~「~に深く根付いている」、be rooted in ~「~に根拠・起源がある」を句で覚えましょう。

Connect rooted with the noun root and picture a tree held firmly in the ground. The adjective transfers that physical image to traditions, beliefs, confidence, or culture that have become deeply established. Root forms rooted by adding -ed, pronounced as a separate syllable: /ˈruːtɪd/ or /ˈrʊtɪd/, depending on the speaker. Learn the pattern be rooted in: a tradition is deeply rooted in a town, while confidence may be rooted in years of training. The first suggests firm establishment; the second points to the source or basis of something.

例文

The tradition is deeply rooted in the town.

その伝統は町に深く根付いています。

Her confidence is rooted in years of training.

彼女の自信は長年の訓練に根付いています。

The company has a culture rooted in teamwork.

その会社にはチームワークに根付いた文化があります。

rooted の類義語・関連語

rooted の語源・成り立ち Etymology

root は古ノルド語 rot「根」に由来し、そこに状態を表す -ed が付いた形です。もともとは「根を下ろした」という感覚で、そこから比喩的に「しっかり定着した・根付いた」という意味へ広がりました。関連語は uproot, rootless。

Root comes from Old English rōt and Old Norse rót, referring to the underground part of a plant. English extended the concrete image to origins, foundations, and deeply established conditions. Rooted is formed by adding -ed to root and originally describes something supplied with or fixed by roots. As an adjective and participle, it developed figurative uses for beliefs, customs, and qualities that are firmly established or based in a particular source.

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