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.

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

The village is said to take its name from the " Bold Venture " that it must have appeared to build a farm in this moorland, but this is probably folk etymology, as " Bol -" is a common prefix in Cornish placenames.

Modern etymology reconstructs Proto-Germanic * hagatusjon-from haegtesse and hagazussa ; the first element is probably cognate with hedge, which derives from PIE * kagh-" hedge, enclosure ", and the second perhaps from * dhewes-" fly about, be smoke, vanish.

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.

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.

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.

it probably arose by popular etymology.

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.

As it turns out, there probably was an association of the word, whatever its etymology, with ancient Crete.

The etymology of the name Dymas is obscure, although it is probably non-Hellenic.

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.

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 ).

Denton probably derives its name from Dane-town, an etymology supported by other place names in the area such as Danehead-bank and Daneditch-bourne.

Though the exact etymology is obscure, the English and Frisian forms probably derive from an earlier Anglo-Frisian * bō-ja (" little brother "), a diminutive of the Germanic root * bō-(" brother, male relation "), from Proto-Indo-European * bhā -, * bhāt-(" father, brother ").

These are all probably backronyms or false etymology.

Also, giga probably has a separate etymology.

The location of the battle is traditionally identified as Oswestry ( etymology: " Oswald's Tree ") in Shropshire, which at that time is thought to have probably still been in the territory of Powys.

Most of these are not based on credible etymology, although the meanings assigned to Lucius, Manius, and Postumus are probably reasonable.

Specifically, the etymology of the word " lek " is from 1871 and means to engage in courtship displays ( of certain animals ); probably from the Swedish att leka " to play ".

An hypothesis of Josias Simler ( De Alpibus Commentarius, 1574 ) on the etymology of the name of Mons Silvius was readopted by T. G. Farinetti: " Silvius was probably a Roman leader who sojourned with his legions in the land of the Salassi and the Seduni, and perhaps crossed the Theodul Pass between these two places.

Icenian coins dating from the 1st century AD use the spelling ECEN, which probably suggests a different etymology.

The word " Hindko " has also been interpreted to mean the language of India and most probably " Indus " which is the source of etymology for all these words.

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 ).