This early use has cast doubt on the origin through expatriates in India, though it is known that it was popular there in the 1870s and that the first rules were drawn up in Poonah in 1873.

Coins of Roman, Byzantine, Greek origin are amongst the more popular ancient coins collected.

In Northeastern Brazil and among the diaspora of its population in other Brazilian regions, cuzcuz ( locally, in Rio de Janeiro, in São Paulo ), a steamed cake of couscous and corn flour ( a mixture called fubá, pronounced, said to be of African origin from the slave trade ), is a popular meal, served in many forms: With sugar and milk, with varied meats, with cheese and eggs, and so on.

He was the only child of İrma Felekyan ( Toto Karaca ) of Armenian origin, a popular opera, theatre and movie actress, and Mehmet İbrahim Karaca of Azerbaijani origin .< ref name =" aksiyon040216 ">

Prior, whose authority is great in the origin of popular names, says " It seems probably that the name was in the first place, foxes ' glew, or music, in reference to the favourite instrument of an earlier time, a ring of bells hung on an arched support, the tintinnabulum "... we cannot quite agree with Dr.

The game is also popular in Korea, where it is called omok ( 오목 ( 五目 )) which has the same structure and origin as the Japanese name.

Quinine was dissolved in carbonated water to form tonic water ; the resulting mix became the origin of today's popular gin and tonic combination, although modern tonic water contains only a trace of quinine as a flavouring.

The term " secular " is more popular as a self-description among Israeli families of western ( European ) origin, whose Jewish identity may be a very powerful force in their lives, but who see it as largely independent of traditional religious belief and practice.

A popular science version of the book, entitled The Origins of Life: From the birth of life to the origin of language was published in 1999.

One of the flute's predecessors, the pan flute, was popular in mediaeval times, and is possibly of Hellenic origin.

The origin of ceviche is disputed but it's a seafood dish popular in the coastal regions of the Americas.

The second most popular theory about the origin and sense of Mieszko's name can be traced to the very old legend, firstly described by Gallus Anonymus, according to which Mesco ( the Latinized form used by the earliest sources ) was blind during his first seven years of life.

A popular legend, which has been around since at least 1937, traces the origin of the 4 ft 8½ in gauge even further back than the coalfields of northern England, pointing to the evidence of rutted roads marked by chariot wheels dating from the Roman Empire.

* St. David's Day section of Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain: chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar customs, ceremonies and superstitions, Volume 1 ( Google Books facsimile ) by John Brand, page 102

* St. David's Day section of Observations on popular antiquities, chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar customs, ceremonies and superstitions: Arranged and rev., with additions, Volume 1 ( ASCII text ) by John Brand

Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular.

They are also popular in Italian American cuisine and in the United States are known as a general Italian pastry, while they are specifically Sicilian in origin.

The Slavic, or Croatian origin, although popular in Slavic sources, is unlikely.

According to inscriptions, there was a temple of Jupiter, a temple of Apollo Augustus and an altar to the goddess of horses Epona, who was popular in the Roman military and of Celtic origin.

Diez, in his flagship work on the topic, Grammatik der romanischen Sprachen, first published in 1836 – 1843 and multiple times thereafter, after enumerating six Romance languages that he compared: Italian and Wallachian ( i. e. Romanian ) ( east ); Spanish and Portuguese ( southwest ); and Provençal and French ( northwest ), asserts that they had their origin in Latin, but nicht aus dem classischen Latein, " not from classical Latin ," rather aus der römischen Volkssprache oder Volksmundart, " from the Roman popular language or popular dialect ".

According to popular belief and the origin of its name, rambutan is native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

Ethnic origin has become a popular classification in statistics, where the concept of races has been largely discarded since World War II, for various reasons.

From the 7th century onwards many popular religious elements of heterogeneous nature were incorporated into Mahayana Buddhism which finally resulted in the origin of Vajrayana, Kalachakrayana and Sahajayana Tantric Buddhism.

Though the anthem of the Church of England is analogous to the motet of the Roman Catholic and Lutheran Churches, both being written for a trained choir and not for the congregation, it is as a musical form essentially English in its origin and development.

The Oxford English Dictionary traces the origin of the word bridge to an Old English word brycg, of the same meaning, derived from the hypothetical Proto-Germanic root brugjō.

It is the most widely copied Old English poem, and appears in 45 manuscripts, but its attribution to Bede is not absolutely certain — not all manuscripts name Bede as the author, and the ones that do are of later origin than those that do not.

He argued that the term bretwalda " falls into line with the other evidence which points to the Germanic origin of the earliest English institutions ".

Category: English words and phrases of foreign origin

The origin of the term is uncertain, and many researchers have different theories on how the word entered the English vocabulary.

These definitions are archaic, their relevance having dissipated with the development of the English legal system over the centuries, but they do explain the origin of the term as used today.

Caymanians of Jamaican origin speak in their own vernacular ( see Jamaican Creole and Jamaican English ).

The use of rhyming slang has spread beyond the purely dialectal and some examples are to be found in the mainstream British English lexicon and internationally, although many users may be unaware of the origin of those words.

The elf makes many appearances in ballads of English and Scottish origin, as well as folk tales, many involving trips to Elphame or Elfland ( the Álfheim of Norse mythology ), a mystical realm which is sometimes an eerie and unpleasant place.

Demand in English and demande in French or domanda in Italian are representative of a particularly treacherous sort of false friend, in which – despite a common origin – the words have differently shaded meanings.

An estimated 12 % of the English vocabulary has Greek origin, while numerous Greek words have English derivatives.

There are many English words of non-Romance origin where ⟨ g ⟩ is hard though followed by ⟨ e ⟩ or ⟨ i ⟩ ( e. g. get, gift ), and a few in which ⟨ g ⟩ is soft though followed by ⟨ a ⟩ ( margarine ).

He is of Greek and English origin.

Gothicism's origin is attributed to English author Horace Walpole, with his 1764 novel The Castle of Otranto, subtitled " A Gothic Story ".

This last phrase ( from 1 Timothy 6: 20 ) is the origin of the title of the book by Irenaeus, On the Detection and Overthrow of False Knowledge, that contains the adjective gnostikos, which is the source for the 17th Century English term " Gnosticism.

It was found in Holland by English troops who were fighting against the Spanish in the Eighty Years ' War who noticed its calming effects before battle, which is the origin of the term Dutch courage.

The end of Roman rule in Britain enabled the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, which is often regarded as the origin of England and the English people.

Danish and Norwegian settlement made enough of an impact to leave significant traces in the English language ; many fundamental words in modern English are derived from Old Norse, though of the 100 most used words in English the vast majority are Old English in origin.

The English word house derives directly from the Old English Hus meaning " dwelling, shelter, home, house ," which in turn derives from Proto-Germanic Khusan ( reconstructed by etymological analysis ) which is of unknown origin.