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 current spelling, amaranth, seems to have come from folk etymology that assumed the final syllable derived from the Greek word anthos (" flower "), common in botanical names.

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 ".

The latter etymology was first suggested by John Mitchell Kemble who alluded that " of six manuscripts in which this passage occurs, one only reads Bretwalda: of the remaining five, four have Bryten-walda or-wealda, and one Breten-anweald, which is precisely synonymous with Brytenwealda "; that Æthelstan was called brytenwealda ealles ðyses ealondes, which Kemble translates as " ruler of all these islands "; and that bryten-is a common prefix to words meaning ' wide or general dispersion ' and that the similarity to the word bretwealh (' Briton ') is " merely accidental ".

The etymology of the word " plague " is believed to come from the Latin word plāga (" blow, wound ") and plangere (“ to strike, or to strike down ”), cf.

St. Gregory VII having, indeed, abridged the order of prayers, and having simplified the Liturgy as performed at the Roman Court, this abridgment received the name of Breviary, which was suitable, since, according to the etymology of the word, it was an abridgment.

The etymology of the word chemistry has been much disputed.

While folk etymology identifies it with " cape ", other suggestions suggest it to be connected to the Latin word caput (" head "), and thus explain it as meaning " chief " or " big head ".

The theory that the word originated as an acronym from the names of the group of ministers is a folk etymology, although the coincidence was noted at the time and could possibly have popularized its use.

Maier ( 2010 ) states that the etymology of Cernunnos is unknown, as the Celtic word for " horn " has an a ( as in Carnonos ).

* Something associated with German, ( Deutsch ) through associated meaning and sound of the word and common etymology of " Deutsch " vs. " Dutch "

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.

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 ).

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

Its etymology stems from the prefix exo ( derived from the Greek word ἔξω, exō, " outside ") and the Greek word thermasi ( meaning " to heat ").

The etymology of fiddle is uncertain: the Germanic fiddle may derive from the same early Romance word as does violin, or it may be natively Germanic .< ref >

The supposition that the early < nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki > vidula was adopted independently in more than one < nowiki > language < nowiki ></ nowiki > would account adequately for all the < nowiki ></ nowiki > forms ; on the other hand, * fiÞulôn-may be an < nowiki >< nowiki ></ nowiki > word of native etymology, though no satisfactory < nowiki ></ nowiki > derivation has been found.

One etymology asserts it is derived from the root of the Irish word gob or gab ( mouth ), which the same source asserts is the root of jabber, gibber and gobble.

The etymology of the word Germani is uncertain.

The etymology of the word " gneiss " is disputed.

The etymology of the word histogram is uncertain.

This has been widely classified as a folk etymology, and numerous speculative etymologies, many of them non-Greek, have been suggested in scholarship.

The latter etymology has resulted in a number of theories.

This etymology has remained the standard derivation of the term.

Since the later discovery of the electron, an easier to remember, and more durably correct technically although historically false, etymology has been suggested: anode, from the Greek anodos, ' way up ', ' the way ( up ) out of the cell ( or other device ) for electrons '.

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 ".

In any event, Peters never asserted that the blue laws were originally printed on blue paper, and this has come to be regarded as an example of false etymology.

Since the later discovery of the electron, an easier to remember, and more durably technically correct ( although historically false ), etymology has been suggested: cathode, from the Greek kathodos, ' way down ', ' the way ( down ) into the cell ( or other device ) for electrons '.

By contrast, a dictionary definition has additional details, typically including an etymology showing snapshots of the earlier meanings and the parent language.

In different Indo-European languages, each of these words has a difficult etymology because of taboo deformations — a euphemism was substituted for the original, which no longer occurs in the language.

While this Hebrew name is not the etymology of Essaioi / Esseni, the Aramaic equivalent Hesi ' im known from Eastern Aramaic texts has been suggested.

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 ".

However, this Irish etymology was suggested by Daniel Cassidy, whose work has been widely criticised by reputable linguists and scholars.

The etymology of the name is obscure, but ' the one who illuminates the world ' has been proposed.

The etymology of the name is not clear, and its form has no parallel in Hebrew.

The etymology of hoosier is unknown, but it has been used since at least 1830.

However, in spite of these recorded Manx forms, no satisfactory etymology has been proposed for Hop-tu-Naa within Goidelic.

This has been said to derive from the παν-" all " and θήρ from θηρευτής " predator ", meaning " predator of all " ( animals ), though this may be a folk etymology — it may instead be ultimately of Sanskrit origin, from pundarikam, the Sanskrit word for " tiger ".

has a similar etymology.

The etymology of the name Loki has yet to be solved.

Alternatively, it has been also suggested that this is of non-Greek origin and probably of non-Indo-European origin too, while it is of an unknown etymology.