Encyclopedia - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Etymology
Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Etymology: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Etymology
etymology: The science of the origin of words and their development. The history of a word. See: Nirukta Vedanga, Sanskrit. (See als...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology - History Of Etymology
The search for meaningful origins for familiar or strange words is far older than the modern understanding of linguistic evolution and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crap: Encyclopedia Ii - Crap - Etymology
Contrary to popular belief, crap is not derived from Thomas Crapper's name. It is, in fact, much older. It is one of a group of nouns app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Copt: Encyclopedia Ii - Copt - Etymology
The English word Copt is from New Latin Coptus, which is derived from Arabic qubṭi قبطي (pl: qubṭ قبط and aqbāṭ أقباط)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India: Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India
India is a nation with three main names in official and popular use, and with historical and cultural importance. All three names were or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The: Encyclopedia Ii - The - Etymology
The existence of a definite article is not believed by linguists to be shared by the common ancestor of the Indo-European languages (Prot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indosuchus: Encyclopedia Ii - Indosuchus - Etymology
"Indos", Greek for India; "soukhos", Greek for crocodile. "raptorius": raptorial. ... See also:Indosuchus, Indosuchus - Etymology, Ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abnoba: Encyclopedia Ii - Abnoba - Etymology
The two main etymologies of the word segment it as either Ab-noba or Abn-oba. The first is by far the strongest. Contemporary compilation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesta: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesta - Etymology
The word comes from Latin animalia mixta ("mixed animals"), beasts without a known owner. The reunion of beast to attribute them became a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexualism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexualism - Etymology
The term sexualism is a neologism created to have a parallel construction with words like racism and sexism. Therefore, a "sexualist" wou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zalmoxis: Encyclopedia Ii - Zalmoxis - Etymology
A number of etymologies have been given for the name. Diogenes Laertius (3rd century-4th century ad) claimed that Zalmoxis meant "bear sk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scavenger: Encyclopedia Ii - Scavenger - Etymology
Scavenger is an alteration of scavager, from Middle English skawager meaning "customs collector," from skawage meaning "customs," from Ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zakho: Encyclopedia Ii - Zakho - Etymology
Zakho is Kurdish and comes from za, the past stem of the verb zan (to be born) and xo [kho], a dialectic version of the pronoun xwe [khwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambeson: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambeson - Etymology
The term gambeson is a loan from Old French gambeson, gambaison, originally wambais, formed after the Middle High German term wambeis "do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Severians: Encyclopedia Ii - Severians - Etymology
The Etymology of the name of Severians is controversial. Though it is similar to the Russian word for "north" (sěver), the severians nev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Croissant: Encyclopedia Ii - Croissant - Etymology
Fanciful stories of how the pastry was created are modern culinary legends. These include tales that it was invented in Vienna in 1683 to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kumaon: Encyclopedia Ii - Kumaon - Etymology
The word Kumaon can be traced back to the 5th century BC. The Kassite Assyrians left their homeland 'Kummah', on the banks of river Euphr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Onogur: Encyclopedia Ii - Onogur - Etymology
Variations of the name include: Onoghuria, Onoguri, Onoghuri, Onghur, Ongur, Onghuri, Onguri, Onghuria, Onguria, Onogundur, Unogundur, Un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dankiyo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dankiyo - Etymology
< Ancient Greek To ankiyo, angion(άγγείον) "skin, bagpipe" Image:Touloumbits.JPG ... See also:Dankiyo, Dankiyo - Definition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Changi: Encyclopedia Ii - Changi - Etymology
The early Malay place name to Changi was Tanjong Rusa which is found in the 1604 E.G. de Eredia's map of Singapore. The native place name...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kippah: Encyclopedia Ii - Kippah - Etymology
In Hebrew, the word kippah means dome, but the etymology of yarmulke is not clear. Some linguists (e.g. Max Vasmer) maintain that the Yid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Giresun: Encyclopedia Ii - Giresun - Etymology
Giresun < Kerason < Kerasounta < Kerasus "horn" (for peninsula) in Greek + ounta "Greek toponomical suffix" Source: Özhan Özt�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Latium: Encyclopedia Ii - Latium - Etymology
The name of the region also survives in the tribal designation of the ancient population of Latins, from whom the Romans originated. In R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gay: Encyclopedia Ii - Gay - Etymology
The word started to acquire sexual connotations in the late 17th century, being used with meaning "addicted to pleasures and dissipations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geylang: Encyclopedia Ii - Geylang - Etymology
The word Geylang is found early in Singapore's history. On Franklin and Jackson's plan, reproduced in John Crawfurd's 1828 book, Geylang ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rumspringa: Encyclopedia Ii - Rumspringa - Etymology
The word, literally meaning "running around" in Pennsylvania German, is a contraction of rum, an adverb meaning "around" (also used as a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Smorgasbord: Encyclopedia Ii - Smorgasbord - Etymology
The Swedish word "smörgåsbord" comes from smörgås = sandwich and bord = table. "Smörgås" (sandwich) in turn comes from smör = (lit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pita: Encyclopedia Ii - Pita - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first mention of the word in English was in 1951, with references to Balkan, Greek, and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westhoughton: Encyclopedia Ii - Westhoughton - Etymology
Originally, Westhoughton was called Westhalcton in 1240, and Westhalghton in 1327. Westhoughton is known locally as keaw yed city, a term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aljunied: Encyclopedia Ii - Aljunied - Etymology
Aljunied Road was officially named in 1926 after either Syed Omar bin Ali Al Junied (died 1852) or his family members. Syed Omar was not ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bloody: Encyclopedia Ii - Bloody - Etymology
Some say it may be derived from the phrase "by Our Lady", a sacrilegious invocation of the Virgin Mary. The abbreviated form "By'r Lady" ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cowardice: Encyclopedia Ii - Cowardice - Etymology
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word "coward" comes from an Old French word coart, a combination of the word for "tail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ecclesiology: Encyclopedia Ii - Ecclesiology - Etymology
Ecclesiology comes from the Greek ekklesia (ἐκκλησία). While the term today is closely tied to the Christian church, its roots a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mammon: Encyclopedia Ii - Mammon - Etymology
Mammon is a word of Aramaic origin, means "riches", but has an unclear etymology; scholars have suggested connections with a word meaning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cappadocia: Encyclopedia Ii - Cappadocia - Etymology
Herodotus tells us that the name of the Cappadocians (Katpatouka) was applied to them by the Persians, while they were termed by the Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duck: Encyclopedia Ii - Duck - Etymology
The word duck meaning the bird, came from the verb "to duck" meaning to bend down as if to get under something, because of the way many s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fylfot: Encyclopedia Ii - Fylfot - Etymology
The most commonly cited etymology for this is that it comes from the notion common among nineteenth-century antiquarians, but based on on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melange: Encyclopedia Ii - Melange - Etymology
In Modern French, mélange is a masculine noun referring to a mixture or blend—especially of chemicals and such potables as wine and co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horchata: Encyclopedia Ii - Horchata - Etymology
The name comes from Valencian orxata, probably from ordiata, made from ordi (barley) (Latin *hordeata < hordeum). The French and Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemistry - Etymology
Main article: Etymology of chemistry The Etymology of the word chemistry goes back to the old French alkemie; or the Arabic al-kimia: the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wienerschnitzel: Encyclopedia Ii - Wienerschnitzel - Etymology
"Der Wienerschnitzel" is a famous example of incorrect use of German (and, by extension, other languages in general) by native English sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Warlock - Etymology
The normal etymology derives warlock from the Scottish wærloga meaning "oathbreaker"[1]. However, one source suggests that the word may ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seletar: Encyclopedia Ii - Seletar - Etymology
Seletar is probably one of the older local place names. The Malay word seletar refers to the aboriginal coastal dwellers (orang laut) cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warlock: Encyclopedia Ii - Warlock - Etymology
The normal etymology derives warlock from the Old English wærloga meaning deceiver, or "oathbreaker"[1]. However, one source suggests th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Strawberry: Encyclopedia Ii - Strawberry - Etymology
The name is derived from Old English streawberige which is a compound of streaw meaning "straw" and berige meaning "berry". The reason fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hotdish: Encyclopedia Ii - Hotdish - Etymology
Minnesota has a lot of Scandinavian heritage; hotdish may be a calque of the Norwegian varmrett, which is a compound word that translates...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hello: Encyclopedia Ii - Hello - Etymology
There are many different theories to the orgins of the word. It may be a contraction of archaic English "whole be thou". <Bryson, Bill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzaltenango: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzaltenango - Etymology
The original Nahuatl name was quetzaltenänco, quetzal-tenäm-co, of which a likely etymology is: [erected]-[wall]-[place where exists] ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemistry: Encyclopedia Ii - Chemistry - Etymology
Main article: Etymology of chemistry The Etymology of the word chemistry goes back to the old French alkemie; or the Arabic al-kimia: the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lepton: Encyclopedia Ii - Lepton - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the name "lepton" (from Greek leptos) was first used by physicist Léon Rosenfeld in 1948: F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volcae: Encyclopedia Ii - Volcae - Etymology
Some believe that the name Volcae is related in some manner to the English word "folk", derived from Proto-Germanic *fulka "people" or "h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voivod: Encyclopedia Ii - Voivod - Etymology
The term stems itself from the Slavic roots voi (warrior) and ved'- meaning to lead. Because of evolution of the Slavic languages, in mod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elohim: Encyclopedia Ii - Elohim - Etymology
The etymology of the word Elohim is prehistoric, and therefore unknown. There are many theories, however, including the following: Some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malakas: Encyclopedia Ii - Malakas - Etymology
According to www.malakas.org malakas derives from the ancient Greek word "malthakos (μαλθακός)", which meaning "soft" or "spoilt,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leprechaun: Encyclopedia Ii - Leprechaun - Etymology
There are a number of possible etymologies of the name "leprechaun". One of the most widely accepted theories is that the name comes from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jurisprudence: Encyclopedia Ii - Jurisprudence - Etymology
Per the American Heritage Dictionary, jurisprudence is the English for jurisprudentia. This is the Late Latin form of a compound word, or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucas: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucas - Etymology
Lucas is probably a contraction of Latin Lucanus, lit. "of Lucania". Lucania itself took its name from the Lucani who came to dominate th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Knyaz: Encyclopedia Ii - Knyaz - Etymology
The etymology is directly related to the English King, the German König, and the Scandinavian konung. It was probably borrowed early fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fuck: Encyclopedia Ii - Fuck - Etymology
The etymology of fuck has given rise to a great deal of speculation, which should be regarded skeptically. The authoritative Oxford Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fuck: Encyclopedia Ii - Fuck - Etymology
The etymology of fuck has given rise to a great deal of speculation, which should be regarded skeptically. The authoritative Oxford Engli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zanskar: Encyclopedia Ii - Zanskar - Etymology
Zanskar is also often written “Zangskar” in sociological studies or “Zaskar” in older geographers' reports or maps of the Himalay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luggage: Encyclopedia Ii - Luggage - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word luggage enters printed English in 1596. The word dervied from the verb "lug," as in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pilotage: Encyclopedia Ii - Pilotage - Etymology
Pilotage is derived from the word 'pilot' which probably comes from the word "pyl-lood". It has been rather well established that the mod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luggage: Encyclopedia Ii - Luggage - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word luggage enters printed English in 1596. The word derived from the verb "lug," as in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mulatto: Encyclopedia Ii - Mulatto - Etymology
The origin of the term is often said to derive from "mula", the Portuguese and Spanish word for mule, once a generic designation name for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samhain: Encyclopedia Ii - Samhain - Etymology
Irish samhain is from Old Irish samain, samuin, samfuin, referring to 1 November (lathe na samna, "samhain day"), and the festival and ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trivia: Encyclopedia Ii - Trivia - Etymology
A number of theories have been put forward as to the etymology of the word "trivia". One variation dates to early Latin, from the prefix ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cholula: Encyclopedia Ii - Cholula - Etymology
The original Nahuatl name was cholöllan, chol-öl-tlan, of which two possible etymologies are: [flee]-[öl(mëcatl)]-[place where happe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edutainment: Encyclopedia Ii - Edutainment - Etymology
The noun edutainment is a neologistic portmanteau coined by Bob Heyman while producing documentaries for the National Geographic Society....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jealousy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jealousy - Etymology
The word stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), and from the Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scandinavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Scandinavia - Etymology
The etymology for the names Scandinavia and Skåne (Scania) is considered to be the same. The name is most probably derived from the Germ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scandinavia: Encyclopedia Ii - Scandinavia - Etymology
The etymology for the names Scandinavia and Skåne (Scania) is considered to be the same. The name is most probably derived from the Germ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chuts: Encyclopedia Ii - Chuts - Etymology
The origin of the name Chuts is uncertain. A popular assumption is that it derives from the Dutch word for "good" and is imitative of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia Ii - Shit - Etymology
Scholars trace the word back to Old Norse origin (skīta), and it is virtually certain that it was used in some form by preliterate Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trematoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Trematoda - Etymology
Trematodes are commonly referred to as flukes. This term can be traced back to the Saxon name for Flounder, and refers to the flattened, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damnation: Encyclopedia Ii - Damnation - Etymology
Its Indo-European origin is usually said to be a root dap-, which appears in Latin and Greek words meaning "feast" and "expense". (The co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celery: Encyclopedia Ii - Celery - Etymology
There is a widespread myth that the word celery ("The Fast Vegetable") derives from the Latin word, celer, meaning fast or swift. This is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pasha: Encyclopedia Ii - Pasha - Etymology
Etymologists variously derive the word pasha from the Persian padshah, Turkish padishah, equivalent to "king" or "emperor", and from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tauren: Encyclopedia Ii - Tauren - Etymology
"Tauren" comes from the Latin word Taurus meaning "bull." Tauren are also based on the Minotaur creature from Greek mythology. The refere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Æsir: Encyclopedia Ii - Æsir - Etymology
The word áss, Proto-Germanic *ansuz is believed to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *ansu- 'breath, god' related to Sanskrit asura an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kallang: Encyclopedia Ii - Kallang - Etymology
Kallang is an old Malay reference to the orang laut (sea gypsies), called orang biduanda kallang, who lived in the vicinity of the Kallan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tauren: Encyclopedia Ii - Tauren - Etymology
"Tauren" comes from the Latin word Taurus meaning "bull." Tauren are also based on the Minotaur creature from Greek mythology. The refere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Teleprompter: Encyclopedia Ii - Teleprompter - Etymology
The word TelePrompTer, with internal capitalization, originated as a trade name used by the TelePrompTer Company, who first developed the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sembawang: Encyclopedia Ii - Sembawang - Etymology
The earliest reference to Sembawang is found in Franklin and Jackson's 1830 Map of Singapore, which refers to the River Tambuwang. The pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wallonia: Encyclopedia Ii - Wallonia - Etymology
There are theories about the derivation of the name 'Wallonia'. It may have come from the Gaulish vellaunos meaning "valorous". Its root ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redneck: Encyclopedia Ii - Redneck - Etymology
Redneck - Possible Scots-Irish Etymology. The word redneck was first cited in Scotland. In Scotland, the National Covenant and The Sole...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology - English Etymology
As a language, English is derived from the Anglo-Saxon, a dialect of West Germanic (as was Old Low German), although its current vocabula...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vipassana: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology
Vipassanā is a Pali word from the Sanskrit prefix "vi-" and verbal root √drś. It is often translated as "insight" or "clear-seeing," ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Information: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest historical meaning of the word information in English was the act of informing, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lists Of Etymologies: Encyclopedia Ii - Lists Of Etymologies - Placename Etymology Or Toponymy
Lists of etymologies - Toponyms or Names derived from places. List of toponyms Chemical elements named after places Maghreb toponymy ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Folk Etymology: Encyclopedia Ii - Folk Etymology - Instances Of Word Change By Folk Etymology
In linguistic change caused by folk etymology, the form of a word changes so that it better matches its popular rationalisation. For exam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - False Etymology: Encyclopedia Ii - False Etymology - Examples
False etymology - Eponyms. Here are some words which are commonly thought to be eponyms, but are not: Asphalt – Leopold von Asphalt ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Placename Etymology: Encyclopedia Ii - Placename Etymology - Placename Origins
Placename etymology - By Continent. The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra --- "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of The Word Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of The Word Arab - Semitic Etymology
Any historical linguistic analysis, including the etymology of the word Arab, out of necessity has to be based on - learned or political ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of India - Aryavarta
Aryavarta is yet another name which refers to India. This is probably the oldest one but not much in common use these days. In ancient te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of India - Hindustan
To the Western world, Bhārat has always been known under the name of Hindu or its variants. In Vedic Sanskrit, the word Sindhu meant the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of India: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of India - Bhārat
Bhāratavarsha (Bhārat or Bharatvarsha) is the name in Sanskrit, Hindi and the languages of India for the World, but properly the Indian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of The Word Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of The Word Arab - In Hebrew
In Hebrew the words `arav and `aravah literally mean "desert" or "steppe". In the Hebrew Bible the latter feminine form is used exclusive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Etymology Of The Word Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Etymology Of The Word Arab - In Assyrian
Although the term mâtu arbâi describing Gindibu in Assyrians texts is conventionally translated of Arab land, nothing is known with cer...   » Read the article