語源 www.etymonline.com 1300, "relation by marriage" (as opposed to consanguinity), from Old French afinite "relationship, kinship; neighborhood, vicinity" (12c., Modern French affinité), from Latin affinitatem (nominative affinitas) "rela…

語源 1620s, "to slacken (rope) by pulling in the opposite direction to that in which it is drawn," from over- + haul (v.); originally nautical. The extended sense "examine thoroughly with a view to repairs" (by 1705) is via the notion of "…

語源 late 14c., "clearly revealed to the eye or the understanding, open to view or comprehension," from Old French manifest "evident, palpable," (12c.), or directly from Latin manifestus "plainly apprehensible, clear, apparent, evident;" o…

語源 www.etymonline.com "a stop, a halting," 1590s, from French halte (16c.) or Italian alto, ultimately from German Halt, imperative from Old High German halten "to hold" (see hold (v.)). A German military command borrowed into the Romani…