Lists of etymologies

Lists of etymologies - Toponyms or Names derived from places. List of toponyms Chemical elements named after places Maghreb toponymy ...

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Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Some words have been derived from other languages, possibly in a changed form (the source words are called etymons). Through old texts and comparisons with other languages, etymologists try to reconstruct the history of words — when they entered a language, from what source, and how their form and meaning changed. Etymologists also try to reconstruct information about languages that are too old for any direct information (such as writing) to be known. By comparing words in relat ...

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Placename etymology - By Continent. The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra --- "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) --- for the northern part of the continent, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia. The origin of Afer may be the Phoenician afar, dust; the Afridi tribe, who dwelt in Northern Africa around the area of Carthage; Greek aphrike< ...

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Placename etymology, Placename etymology - Placename Origins, Placename etymology - By Continent, Placename etymology - By Cartographic Feature

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See List of eponyms (L-Z) An asterisk designates people who became eponyms despite their stated wishes not to. ...

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List of eponyms, List of eponyms - A, List of eponyms - B, List of eponyms - C, List of eponyms - D, List of eponyms - E, List of eponyms - F, List of eponyms - G, List of eponyms - H, List of eponyms - I - J, List of eponyms - K, List of eponyms - L - Z

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The element Pradesh appears in the names of many Indian states. It means "land" or "province" in Sanskrit. Andhra Pradesh: Land of the Andhras. Andhra also denotes "south" in Sanskrit - the equivalent of Australis in Latin. Arunachal Pradesh: In Sanskrit, aruna means "dawn-lit" and anchal "mountains" Bihar - from vihara ("Buddhist monastery"). Foreign invaders often used abandoned viharas as military cantonments; the word Bihar may have come from the large number ...

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List of subnational name etymologies, List of subnational name etymologies - Australia, List of subnational name etymologies - Austria, List of subnational name etymologies - Belgium, List of subnational name etymologies - Canada, List of subnational name etymologies - People's Republic of China, List of subnational name etymologies - Czech Republic, List of subnational name etymologies - Denmark, List of subnational name etymologies - Finland, List of subnational name etymologies - France, List of subnational name etymologies - Germany, List of subnational name etymologies - Greece, List of subnational name etymologies - India, List of subnational name etymologies - Iran, List of subnational name etymologies - Italy, List of subnational name etymologies - Korea, List of subnational name etymologies - Mexico, List of subnational name etymologies - Netherlands, List of subnational name etymologies - New Zealand, List of subnational name etymologies - Pakistan, List of subnational name etymologies - Papua New Guinea, List of subnational name etymologies - Poland, List of subnational name etymologies - Romania, List of subnational name etymologies - Russia, List of subnational name etymologies - Spain, List of subnational name etymologies - Switzerland, List of subnational name etymologies - Republic of China Taiwan, List of subnational name etymologies - Ukraine, List of subnational name etymologies - United Kingdom, List of subnational name etymologies - United States

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As a language, English is derived from the Anglo-Saxon, a dialect of West Germanic (as was Old Low German), although its current vocabulary includes words from many languages. The Anglo-Saxon roots can be seen in the similarity of numbers in English and German, particularly seven/sieben, eight/acht, nine/neun and ten/zehn. Pronouns are also cognate: I/ich; thou/Du; we/wir; she/sie. However, language change has eroded many grammatical elements, such as the noun case system, which is grea ...

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By person's name List of eponyms By category Adages Adjectives Asteroids Astronomical objects Cartoon characters Chemical elements Companies Diseases Foods Human anatomical parts Inventions Medical terms Observations Places and political entities Prizes, awards and medals Scientific constants Scientific laws Scientific phenomena Sc ...

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Eponym, Eponym - Political eponyms of time periods, Eponym - Other eponyms, Eponym - Lists of eponyms

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The search for meaningful origins for familiar or strange words is far older than the modern understanding of linguistic evolution and the relationships of languages, with its roots no deeper than the 18th century. From Antiquity through the 17th century, from Pindar to Sir Thomas Browne, etymology has been a form of witty wordplay, in which the supposed origins of words were mythologized to satisfy contemporary requirements, much as myths were formed to explain archaic rituals that were no longer comprehensible. In his Odes Pindar spins com ...

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List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - A. Adair County, Oklahoma: Adair was named for the Adair family of the Cherokee tribe. Alfalfa County, Oklahoma: Alfala was named for William Henry David "Alfalfa Bill" Murray, the ninth governor of Oklahoma. Atoka County, Oklahoma: Atoka is named for its county seat of Atoka, Oklahoma, named in turn for Atoka, a Choctaw leader. List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - B. Beaver County, Oklahoma: ...

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List of Oklahoma county name etymologies, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - Alphabetical by first letter, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - A, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - B, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - C, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - D, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - E, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - G, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - H, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - J, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - K, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - L, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - M, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - N, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - O, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - P, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - R, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - S, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - T, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - W, List of Oklahoma county name etymologies - Sources

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List of inventions named after people - A to G. Archimedes' screw – Archimedes Armstrong breech-loading gun – William George Armstrong Bakelite – Leo Baekeland Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer Biro, (ballpoint pen) – Laszlo Biro Bowie knife – Jim Bowie Braille – Louis Braille Browning firearms, including the Browning Automatic Rifle – John Browning Bunsen burner – Robert Bunsen Colt revolver – Samuel Colt ...

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List of inventions named after people, List of inventions named after people - The list, List of inventions named after people - A to G, List of inventions named after people - H to Q, List of inventions named after people - R to Z

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