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 ".

Another possible related etymology can be " bull-slayer ".

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

This linkage is reflected in the etymology of chivalry, cavalier and related terms ( see Etymology section below ).

" This connects the future patriarch's name with nāḥam, " comfort ", but it seems better related to the word nûaḥ, meaning " rest ", and is more a play on words than a true etymology.

The etymology of Greek word parousia is related to para " beside " ousia " presence ".

According to the Oxford English Dictionary the etymology is " uncertain and disputed ": " The word is perhaps related to the Sardinian place names Nurra, Nurri, Nurru, and to Sardinian nurra heap of stones, cavity in earth ( although these senses are difficult to reconcile ).

The etymology of the name may be related to a Germanic verb * wand-" to wander " ( English wend, German wandeln ).

The Oxford Companion to Music suggests an etymology related to the " Blue Mountains of Virginia.

The word ' mistletoe ' ( Old English mistiltan ) is of uncertain etymology ; it may be related to German Mist, for dung and Tang for branch, since mistletoe can be spread in the feces of birds moving from tree to tree.

Hajduki ( German Heiduk ): the name etymology is ambiguous and is interpreted as either ( 1 ) related to the German word for moorland ( German: die Heide ), or ( 2 ) adopted from the German / Polish / Silesian term for hajduk ( s ) ( Polish ( plural ): Hajduki ; German ( singular ): Heiduck ), which locally meant bandits.

The etymology of the common name Emu is uncertain, but is thought to have come from an Arabic word for large bird that was later used by Portuguese explorers to describe the related Cassowary in Australia and New Guinea.

The etymology of the word is derived from the Greek electro, because it is related to electrical activity, kardio, Greek for heart, and graph, a Greek root meaning " to write ".

The etymology of South can be traced back to the Old English word suth, related to the Old High German word sund, and perhaps sunne in Old English with sense of " the region of the sun.

Vladimir I. Georgiev asserted that the Pelasgians were Indo-Europeans, with an Indo-European etymology of pelasgoi from pelagos, " sea " as the Sea People, the PRŚT of Egyptian inscriptions, and related them to the neighbouring Thracians.

In the allegorical etymology of antiquity, the name was related to the Latin verb conserere, " to sow ," as was the title of the goddess Ops as Consivia or Consiva.

" Varro, however, offers a Latin etymology from lubere, " to be pleasing ," related to libido, that attempts to explain the goddess's connection to Venus.

Proto-Celtic * Lugus may be related to the root of the Proto-Celtic * lug-rā ‘ moon ’ ( the origin of Welsh lloer, though Peter Schrijver suggests an alternative etymology for lloer, from Common Celtic * lus-rā, where the root would be cognate with that of Latin luridus * lus-idus " pale yellow ").

* Vindos: etymology and history of Vindos as related to Gwynn ap Nudd and Fionn mac Cumhaill

It has also been suggested that Dievs ( God ) is also a symbol of the sky because the etymology of his name seems to be related to sky.

The etymology is connected with the idea of breakage, from Old English sceard, related to Old Norse skarth, " notch ", and Middle High German scharte, " notch ".

Another etymology proposed by Nigidius Figulus is related by Macrobius: Ianus would be both Apollo and Diana Iana, by the addition of a D for the sake of euphony.

Although the etymology of the word is unclear, it is certainly related to his most typical character, that of having two faces or heads.

Moreover both the passages that this etymology requires present difficulties, particularly as it seems Consus cannot be etymologically related to adjective consivius or conseuius, found in Ops Consivia and thence the implied notion of sowing.