Cadeau

Japanese: cadeau
Cadeau

...The fact that this power was strong in the past can be seen in the existence of a word called gueredon, which means "a return gift" as opposed to the Middle French word don (derived from Latin donum), which means a gift. Because don evokes gueredon, the word présent came to be used to mean a gift in the 17th and 18th centuries (and became the Japanese word "present" through English), and furthermore, the word cadeau has come to be used in modern times. Cadeau originally meant "decorative lettering," and as can be seen from the fact that it also refers to the provision of chamber music performances during meals, it is a "casual gift" with little binding power of "a return gift."...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "cadeau" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…昔この力が強かったことは贈物をあらわす中世フランス語ドンdon(ラテン語donumに由来する)の対としてゲルドンgueredonという〈お返し〉に当たる単語があることにも見られる。donがgueredonを喚起することから,17,18世紀になって贈物をあらわすのにプレザンprésentの語が用いられるようになり(英語を介して日本語のプレゼントとなっている),さらに現代ではカドーcadeauの語が用いられるようになった。cadeauは元来〈飾り文字〉の意で,食事の折に室内楽の演奏を提供することをも指していることからわかるように,〈お返し〉の拘束力の少ない〈気軽な贈物〉である。…

※「cadeau」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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