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 "),

The term " adiabatic " literally means impassable, coming from the Greek roots ἀ-(" not "), διὰ-(" through "), and βαῖνειν (" to pass "); this etymology corresponds here to an absence of heat transfer.

This etymology has remained the standard derivation of the term.

* The etymology of the term " blade runner " is revealed to come from the German phrase bleib ruhig, meaning " remain calm.

The exact etymology of the term " boxing " is unclear.

The term derives its etymology from the Daedalus Labyrinth or " complicated maze ".

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 ".

A false etymology ( pseudoetymology, paraetymology or paretymology ), sometimes called folk etymology although this is also a technical term in linguistics, is a popularly held but false belief about the origins of specific words, often originating in " common-sense " assumptions.

Another etymology links it directly to the Irish term Geab ar ais ( pron.

Although the term is not documented until 1900, a conjectural etymology for the term is that it originated in 17th century Ireland for Protestant supporters of King William III during the Williamite War.

" However, few sources give " love of wisdom " as a possible meaning of the term, and others say the etymology is " not much help ".

The etymology of the Greek term is often given as oros " mountain " + the verb ganousthai " delight in ", but the Oxford English Dictionary notes it is quite likely a loanword from an unknown North African language.

The terminology stems from the Latin lac meaning " milk " ( as in ' lactation '), ovum meaning " egg ", and the English term vegetarian ( see Etymology of vegetarianism for the etymology of " vegetarian "), so as giving the definition of a vegetarian diet containing milk and eggs.

A common and certainly apocryphal folk etymology is that the term originated from the historical poker games in the colonial west of America, where if a player bet everything he possessed, he would place the nuts of his wagon wheels on the table to ensure that, should he lose, he would be unable to flee and would have to make good on the bet.

The term dao 道 is analyzable in terms of Chinese characters, alternate dào " way " or dǎo " guide " pronunciations and meanings, a possible Proto-Indo-European etymology, and loanwords such as English Dao or dao.

Its etymology derives from the Old French term, conté or cunté and could denote a jurisdiction in mainland Europe, under the sovereignty of a count ( earl ) or a viscount.

The name of the kingdom is preserved in the etymology of the Dalradian geological series, a term coined by Archibald Geikie because its outcrop has a similar geographical extent to that of the former Dál Riata.

A popular etymology would derive the term from 九能一 ( 能 " nō ": talent ) with Japanese numbers " ku " ( 九 ) for " nine ", the particle " no " ( の ) for " and " and " ichi " ( 一 ) for " one ", literally translated to " Nine and One ".

While he assembled the accounts of many Western travelers, the author failed to explain the etymology of the term Assassin.

While this was probably just folk etymology made popular by Pliny the Elder, it was well known by the time the term came into common use.

The etymology of the Proto-Germanic term is disputed.

An alternative, Proto-Indo-European etymology comes through Potnia and Despoina ; where Des-represents a derivative of PIE * dem ( house, dome ), and Demeter is " mother of the house " ( from PIE * dems-méh₂tēr ).

This statement was likely picked up by the author of the Estoire Merlin, or Vulgate Merlin, where the author ( who was fond of fanciful folk etymologies ) asserts that Escalibor " is a Hebrew name which means in French ' cuts iron, steel, and wood '" (" c ' est non Ebrieu qui dist en franchois trenche fer & achier et fust "; note that the word for " steel " here, achier, also means " blade " or " sword " and comes from medieval Latin aciarium, a derivative of acies " sharp ", so there is no direct connection with Latin chalybs in this etymology ).

Apart from the mythical derivation of Lazio given by the ancients as the place where Jupiter " lay hid " from his father seeking to kill him, a major modern etymology is that Lazio comes from the Latin word " latus ", meaning " wide ", expressing the idea of " flat land " meaning the Roman Campagna.

The etymology of the word comes from the Greek words pan ( a prefix meaning " whole ", " encompassing ") and genesis (" birth ") or genos (" origin ").

The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum " the nightshade plant ", but the further etymology of that word is unclear.

The etymology of sharia as a " path " or " way " comes from the Qur ' anic verse: " Then we put thee on the ( right ) Way of religion so follow thou that ( Way ), and follow not the desires of those who know not.

The etymology is disputed: the Molinari company states that the name Sambuca comes from an Arabic word: Zammut.

The etymology of the word " turmeric " probably comes from the early French " terre merite " via the Latin " terra merita ", literally " deserving earth ".

Evidence for this etymology comes from the OED, which notes the name " shark " first came into use after Sir John Hawkins ' sailors exhibited one in London in 1569 and used the word " sharke " to refer to the large sharks of the Caribbean Sea.

The common name comes from the Ojibwa word maashkinoozhe, meaning " ugly pike ", by way of French masque allongé ( modified from the Ojibwa word by folk etymology ), " elongated face.

But others suggest that this is a folk etymology, and that the word actually comes from a Semitic language.

According to one version, the etymology of its name comes from Latin and its literal meaning is pruning.

It comes from the Latin militaris ( from Latin miles meaning " soldier ") but is of uncertain etymology, one suggestion being derived from * mil-it-- going in a body or mass.

It has been informally suggested in folk etymology that it is a shortened form of the word " pusillanimous ", which comes from Latin words meaning " tiny spirit " and is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as " showing a lack of courage or determination " or cowardly.

The etymology of the name probably comes from the coat of arms adopted by the first Blauvelt, Pieter Blauwveld, a prominent trader in the Netherlands.

The etymology of the name comes from the Eastern European pronunciation of Hebrew, as the word " כ ֶּ ת ֶ ר " is pronounced " Kay-ser ", hence " Kaser ", ( כ ֶּ ת ֶ ר = crown in English ).

Glick has suggested that Ṭārif is an invention designed to explain the etymology of Tarifa, the ancient Julia Traducta, of which " Julian " was probably the ( unnamed ) Gothic count ( comes julianus ).

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.

While the last element of the city's name comes from Danish ø which means " island " (), the etymology of the first element is uncertain.

The etymology of the term comes from the m. French word carriere ( 16 c .) (" road, racecourse ") which, in turn, comes from the Latin word "( via ) cararia " ( track for wheeled vehicles ) which originated from the Latin word carrus " which means " wagon ".

The word " varnish " comes from Latin vernix meaning odorous resin, the etymology of which comes from the Greek Berenice, the ancient name of modern Benghazi in Libya, where the first varnishes were used and where resins from the trees of now-vanished forests were sold.

The name Túrin supposedly comes from the speech of the Folk of Hador, with unknown etymology ( see House of Hador ).