Because anthropology developed from so many different enterprises ( see History of Anthropology ), including but not limited to fossil-hunting, exploring, documentary film-making, paleontology, primatology, antiquity dealings and curatorship, philology, etymology, genetics, regional analysis, ethnology, history, philosophy, and religious studies, it is difficult to characterize the entire field in a brief article, although attempts to write histories of the entire field have been made.

The etymology of Apollo is uncertain.

Paeοn is probably connected with the Mycenean Pa-ja-wo, but the etymology is the only evidence.

The etymology is obscure.

The etymology is uncertain, but a strong candidate has long been some word related to the Biblical פוך ( pūk ), " paint " ( if not that word itself ), a cosmetic eye-shadow used by the ancient Egyptians and other inhabitants of the eastern Mediterranean.

A possible etymology is a derivation from the Greek word – aiges = " waves " ( Hesychius of Alexandria ; metaphorical use of ( aix ) " goat "), hence " wavy sea ", cf.

The traditional etymology is from the Latin aperire, " to open ," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to " open ," which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ἁνοιξις ( anoixis ) ( opening ) for spring.

While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass (" Jew-hatred "),

abate ), as commonly used in the Catholic Church on the European continent, is the equivalent of the English " Father " ( parallel etymology ), being loosely applied to all who have received the tonsure.

The etymology of Greek is unknown.

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.

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 ).

If this etymology is combined with the tradition reported by Geoffrey of Monmouth stating that Ambrosius Aurelianus ordered the building of Stonehenge – which is located within the parish of Amesbury ( and where Ambrosius was supposedly buried ) – and with the presence of an Iron Age hill fort also in that parish, then it may be tempting to connect Ambrosius with Amesbury.

An etymology for this name is presented by ' B.

The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή ( arē ), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά ( ara ), " bane, ruin, curse, imprecation ".

Its connection with Ares, perhaps based on a false etymology, is purely etiological myth.

Art is an autonomous entity for philosophy, because art deals with the senses ( i. e. the etymology of aesthetics ) and art is as such free of any moral or political purpose.

Afghan ( Pashto / Persian: افغان ; see etymology ) is used to indicate a citizen of Afghanistan.

Albinism ( from Latin albus, " white "; see extended etymology, also called achromia, achromasia, or achromatosis ) is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin.

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 ".

Adams ( 1997 ) have also proposed an etymology based on the connection with the Indo-European dawn goddess, from " very " and " to shine ".

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

The name has been explained as derived from a Celtic term for " far islands ", but in popular etymology it has long been understood as based on Old Norse fár " livestock ", thus fær-øer " sheep islands ".

This is an etymology based on priatos " ransomed "; the actual etymology of the name is probably not Greek, but perhaps Lydian or Luwian in origin.

Spelling evolved slowly in the 18th century and was largely based on etymology.

There was a folk etymology that supported a derivation based on the legendary figure of Mrs. ( Frau ) Perchta, Berchta, a woman ( Holle < Holda ‘ well disposed, dear ’) with good and bad changing features, who was venerated on Perchtertag (= Three Kings Day ) and at Shrovetide was sworn to during the Perchta procession.

According to the local legend, based on folk etymology, Berchtold V, Duke of Zähringen, the founder of the city of Bern, vowed to name the city after the first animal he met on the hunt, and this turned out to be a bear.

Philo describes him as a great magician in the Life of Moses ; elsewhere he speaks of " the sophist Balaam, being ," i. e. symbolizing " a vain crowd of contrary and warring opinions " and again as " a vain people " — both phrases being based on a mistaken etymology of the name Balaam.

The legend is probably a back-formation or folk etymology used to explain the Salian Franks ' origin as a sea coast dwelling people and was based on the name itself.

The etymology of the word is based on Roman law.

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.

Servius says that Inuus is an epithet of Faunus ( Greek Pan ), named from his habit of intercourse with animals, based on the etymology of ineundum, " a going in, penetration ," from inire, " to enter " in the sexual sense.

The process of folk etymology usually took over, whereby a false meaning was extracted from a name based on its structure or sounds.

The interpretation of Janus as the god of beginnings and transitions is based on a third etymology indicated by Cicero, Ovid and

The etymology that most reference works provide today is based on an influential survey of the word's early history in print: a series of six articles by Allen Walker Read in the journal American Speech in 1963 and 1964 .< sup > dead links </ sup > He tracked the spread and evolution of the word in American newspapers and other written documents, and later throughout the rest of the world.

Some of them are thought to fall into the category of folk etymology and are proposed based merely on apparent similarity between " okay " and one or another phrase in a foreign language with a similar meaning and sound.

A traditional etymology of the term " guru " is based on the interplay between darkness and light.

The most commonly cited etymology for this is that it comes from the notion common among nineteenth-century antiquarians, but based on only a single 1500 manuscript, that it was used to fill empty space at the foot of stained-glass windows in medieval churches.

This definition of loyalty based upon the word's etymology is echoed by Vandekerckhove, when he relates loyalty and whistleblowing ( more on which below ).

He was given an official Chinese name, Pang Ding-hong (), a name with an etymology based on the words " stability " and " health ".

Yoshimoto Kogyo, a large entertainment conglomerate based in Osaka, introduced Osaka-style manzai to Tokyo audiences, and coined the term " 漫才 " ( one of several ways of writing the word manzai in Japanese ; see " etymology " below ) in 1933.

In his saga Ior Bock employs a distinct etymology, based on the letters of the Scandinavian alphabets ( Swedish and Finnish language ).