late Middle English: variant of clew. The original sense was ‘a ball of thread’; hence one used to guide a person out of a labyrinth. clue (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 17th century
後期中英語:crewの変形。原義は「糸の玉」であり、それゆえ迷宮から人を導き出すのに使われたもの。
clueの例文
The detective found a crucial clue that solved the case.TOEFL名