French opera by Georges Bizet (1838-1875), premiered in Paris March 3, 1875. As a proper name, it can represent (especially in Italian and Spanish) a diminutive ofCarmel/Carmeloor Latincarmen"song, poem, incantation, oracle," fromcanere"to sing" (from PIE root*kan-"to sing"). ...
" from Frenchcarmin(12c.), from Medieval Latincarminium, from Arabicqirmiz"crimson" (seekermes, also comparecrimson(n.)). The form was influenced in Latin byminium"red lead, cinnabar," a word said to be of Iberian origin. As an adjective from 1737; as a color name from 1799. Related...
Carmen Gonzales-Castaneda, the wife of Marcelino Castaneda - author of the description of species and genus Neogomesia. (For example: Mammillaria carmenae). carmeniana Named after Mrs. Carmen Rosa Estrade (University Salta, Argentina). (For example: Rebutia nigricans v. carmeniana). castanea (...
"magic charm, magic spell incantation; song, lamentation," from Latin carmen "song, verse, enchantment, religious formula," from canere "to sing" (from PIE root *kan- "to sing"), with dissimilation of -n- to -r- b deltac. 1200, name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (...
city in Cumberland, western England, c. 100,Carleol, with Celticcair"fortified town" + the earlier name,Lugovalio(4c.), from a Celtic proper name*Luguvalos. Trends ofCarlisle ShareCarlisle ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/Carlisle ...
fem. proper name, from Spanish, abbreviation of Maria de las Mercedes "Mary of the Mercies," from plural of merced "mercy, grace," from Latin mercedem (nominative merces) "hire, pay, wage, salary; rent, income; a price for anything;" see mercy. The early Christians gave a spiritual ...
"magic charm, magic spell incantation; song, lamentation," from Latin carmen "song, verse, enchantment, religious formula," from canere "to sing" (from PIE root *kan- "to sing"), with dissimilation of -n- to -r- b mantleOld English mentel "a loose, sleeveless garment worn as an ...
c. 1300, popular name of the cathedral church of St. John Lateran at Rome, which is built on the site of the palace of the Plautii Laterani, a Roman family. Given by Constantine to the bishop of Rome, as a papal headquarters and residence for nearly 1,000 years it was the site of...
"type of tall fur hat worn by hussars on parade," 1807, earlier "a kind of bushy, tall wig" (1764), a word of unknown origin, though it is both a place name and a surname in England. Related: Busbied. also from 1807 Trends of busby adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngram...
Latinized form of GreekAsklepios, which is of unknown origin. Beekes finds the name "typical for Pre-Greek words." Originally a Thessalian prince famous as a physician, later regarded as a son of Apollo and god of medicine. Entries linking toAsclepius ...