Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

Due to a false etymology, a popular belief is that they were most likely Finns – the obsolete name of Nenets people, Samoyed, has a similar meaning in Russian: " self-eater ".

As suggested by the etymology of the word, one of the earliest reasons for interest in geometry was surveying, and certain practical results from Euclidean geometry, such as the right-angle property of the 3-4-5 triangle, were used long before they were proved formally.

When linguists study the lexicon, they consider such things as what constitutes a word ; the word-concept relationship ; lexical access and lexical access failure ; how a word's phonology, syntax, and meaning intersect ; the morphology-word relationship ; vocabulary structure within a given language ; language use ( that is, pragmatics ); language acquisition ; the history and evolution of words ( i. e. etymology ); and the relationships between words, often studied within philosophy of language.

The name has fallen into disfavor and is now considered to be pejorative, possibly because of a folk etymology for " Galla " ( that it came from Qal la or " قال لا ," pronounced similar to Gal la, Arabic for " he said no ") that implies they refused Muhammad's offer to convert to Islam.

The etymology of " Britain " is so convincing that many authors use the P-form, going so far as to quote the Greek or Latin with P -, even though it is predominantly B -; they attribute the B-to replacement by the Romans in the time of Julius Caesar.

This etymology if correct suggests that Pytheas never visited Ireland or talked to the Irish, as they used the Q-Celtic, but Pytheas brought back the P-Celtic form.

With these ideas referring to an organized body of knowledge and " any systematically presented set of concepts, whether they are empirical, axiomatic, or philosophical, " Lehre " is associated with theory and science in the etymology of general systems, but also does not translate from the German very well ; " teaching " is the " closest equivalent ", but " sounds dogmatic and off the mark ".

" However, the Oxford English Dictionary mentions an etymology relating to a cult that modelled themselves on the Cynics and lived off of lupins that they gathered ( tiraient ).

A folk etymology derives the word from the Greek πάν pan-(" all ") and thēr (" beast of prey ") because they can hunt and kill almost everything.

In one round of the board game Derivation, players describe or fabricate a word's etymology ; players who provide a correct etymology receive one point for doing so, but their entries are then removed from play, and they lose their chance to receive multiple points by drawing multiple votes from other players.

The etymology of the term comes from the word battle ( Serbian: бој, boj ); the Boyars of Serbia were literally " men for the battle " or the warrior class, in contrast to the peasants ; they could own land but were obliged to defend it and fight for the king.

Young men celebrated their coming of age ; they cut off and dedicated their first beards to their household Lares and if citizens, wore their first toga virilis, the " manly " toga – which Ovid, perhaps by way of poetic etymology, calls a toga libera ( Liber's toga or " toga of freedom ").

An ancient etymology based on mere similarity of sounds linked pelasgos to pelargos (" stork ") and postulates that the Pelasgians were migrants like storks, possibly from Egypt, where they nest.

Cognac-producing regions should not be confused with the northeastern region of Champagne, a wine region that produces sparkling wine by that name, although they do share a common etymology – both being derivations of a French term for chalky soil.

The etymology of the term, the persons designated by it, their origin, their doctrines, the rule or rules under which they lived and the limits of their authority and privileges have all been matters of controversy.

It has been proposed that the etymology of their names may be a direct pun on the roles they take in the Genesis narrative.

Once the Russians reached the islands in the 18th century they found an etymology from Russian kurit (" курить "-" to smoke ") due to the continual fumes and steam above the islands from volcanoes.

As the adoption of the term in America coincided with a fashion among teenage girls in the early 1920s for wearing unbuckled galoshes a widespread false etymology held that they were called " flappers " because they flapped when they walked, as they wore their overshoes or galoshes unfastened, showing that they defied convention in a manner similar to the 21st century fad for untied shoelaces.

A widespread folk etymology claims that early railroad workers took red lanterns with them when they visited brothels so that their crew could find them in the event of an emergency.

Several instances of popular etymology are attested from ancient authors.

Old Norse askr literally means " ash tree " but the etymology of embla is uncertain, and two possibilities of the meaning of embla are generally proposed.

The etymology and meaning of Akkad ( written a. ga. dè < sup > KI </ sup > or URI < sup > KI </ sup >) are unknown.

Since these canids are called dholes only in English, the etymology remains unclear, but it may have come from (‘ wolf ’).

While Delphi is actually related to the word (" womb "), many etiological myths are similarly based on folk etymology ( the term " Amazon ", for example ).

Many holidays are linked to faiths and religions ( see etymology above ).

The etymology of Rus and its derivatives are debated, and other schools of thought connect the name with Slavic or Iranic roots.

These are, however, ateji characters which do not reflect actual etymology.

Many slang terms for police officers are decades or centuries old with lost etymology.

Though the language is typically Romance, some words in the language are not of Latin origin, and often are of uncertain etymology.

Words to describe sets of another number of works of art other than three are sometimes created by following the Greek etymology of " trilogy ".

There are several theories on the etymology of the word Viking.

The origin of the name and of a boar ( the scrofa semilanuta ) as a symbol of the city are fancifully accounted for in Andrea Alciato's Emblemata ( 1584 ), beneath a woodcut of the first raising of the city walls, where a boar is seen lifted from the excavation, and the etymology of Mediolanum given as " half-wool ", explained in Latin and in French.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the etymology is " uncertain and disputed ": " The word is perhaps related to the Sardinian place names Nurra, Nurri, Nurru, and to Sardinian nurra heap of stones, cavity in earth ( although these senses are difficult to reconcile ).

Though it is fairly certain that the etymology is indeed " white dish ", medieval sources are not always consistent as to the actual color of the dish.

Although the patterns are inconsistent, when English spelling rules take into account syllable structure, phonetics, etymology and accents, there are dozens of rules that are 75 % or more reliable.

The etymology of Scotti, and its Gaelic roots, are uncertain.

The names Moldavia and Moldova are derived from the name of the Moldova River ; however, the etymology is not known and there are several variants:

The etymology of the word daishō becomes apparent when the terms daitō, meaning long sword, and shōtō, meaning short sword, are used ; daitō + shōtō = daishō.

It is generally accepted that the etymology of Vauxhall is from the name of Falkes de Breauté, the head of King John's mercenaries, who owned a large house in the area which was referred to as Faulke's Hall, later Foxhall, and eventually Vauxhall.

Juris Doctor ( see etymology and abbreviations below ) is a professional doctorate and in some countries a first professional graduate degree in law, obtained, in the United States and other countries, by attending law school, and is generally a requirement for practicing law in most jurisdictions.

One etymology of the term codswallop originates from beer sold in Codd bottles, though this is generally dismissed as a folk etymology.

One etymology of the term codswallop originates from beer sold in Codd bottles, though this is generally dismissed as a folk etymology.

By later writers using the character the original etymology was generally forgotten, and a folk etymology was constructed based on the name's superficial similarity to the Italian word macigno " large stone "; in the first of the 1960s films, Maciste tells another character in the film that his name means " born of the rock ".

The etymology of the name Moskva ( originally Moskha, later when Slavic tribes conquered the city transformеd to Moscow because of the specificity of the Slavic languages ) is probably Uralic, perhaps Volga-Finnic ( Mordvinic or Merya ), more likely is the name of the city be given in honor of the Volga Bulgarian ruler with the same name ( see Cäğfär Taríxı, The Cäğfär Taríxı ( Tatar Cyrillic: Җәгъфәр тарихы, pronounced tʌrɯɪˈxɯ ; Russian: Джагфар Тарихы, in English generally Djagfar Tarikhy ).

It is generally accepted that the name Penrith is of Cumbric origin, though the exact etymology of the name has been debated.

This list follows the generally accepted identification between the names Götar ( modern Swedish ), Gautar ( Old Norse ) and Geatas ( Old English ), which is based both on tradition, literary sources and on etymology.

The table below shows the generally accepted etymology of the Romanian definite article.

Portuguese explorers used the term generally to describe tribes they encountered in southern Africa, probably having misunderstood its etymology from Muslim traders along the coast.

The etymology of the term is generally given as being an expression of surprise – " ha ha " or " ah!

The etymology of the word is not generally agreed upon.

The Macedonian names of about half or more of the months of the ancient Macedonian calendar have a clear and generally accepted Greek etymology ( e. g. Dios, Apellaios, Artemisios, Loos, Daisios ), though some of the remaining ones have sometimes been considered to be Greek but showing a particular Macedonian phonology ( e. g. Audunaios has been connected to " Haides " * A-wid and Gorpiaios / Garpiaios to " karpos " fruit ).

Surnames in Irish are generally patronymic in etymology, although they are no longer literal patronyms, as Icelandic names are.