The etymology of names (the linguistic origin or meaning) is a subject which has fascinated us for generations.Another interesting aspect of names is why people choose to give their child one name and not another and why certain names become popular at particular moments in time. In 2004 ...
Words of a Gatherer [Agur], son of an obedient one [Jakeh], the declaration, an affirmation of the man: — I have wearied myself [for] God [Ithiel], I have wearied myself [for] God [Ithiel], and am consumed [Ucal]. Etymology of the name Ucal ...
Another descendant of Ephraim, either a son or a brother ofTelah(1 Chronicles 7:25), or the same Tahan as the previous one. Etymology of the name Tahan There are two ways to go about this name. The sources we consulted agree that our name is an abbreviated form of the nounתח...
This figure of speech is the use of two words joined by a conjunction to mean just the one word, but mean so emphatically. In fact the name "hendiadys" literally means "one through two." I believe it was more common in classical languages than in English, but this...
Donald M. Lance, the Missouri placename specialist, for whom I served as an Algonquian language consultant starting in the year 2000.doi:10.1179/nam.2003.51.2.111McCaffertyMichaelNamesMcCafferty, Michael. 2003. "On the Birthday and Etymology of the Placename Missouri." Names 51(2): 111-125....
The etymology of the open compound is given as from the name of Wallace (Wally) Moon ... renowned for his technique of hitting the ball over the left-field boundary fence + shot n.1. Perhaps influenced by moonshot n.1 (op. cit.) Thus, 'moonshot' is evidenced as older than...
Volume 1 Etymology of Ancient Biblical Hebrew What is Manakahthey? To learn the meaning of my name “Itharey” gohere. My translation of Zephaniah 3:10 Zephaniah 3:9-10 9For then will I return to the people a pure language, for all to call upon the name of Yahuah, to serve him wi...
name from carrying bags. “It must be borne in mind that the bag was a universal characteristic of the beggar, at a time when all his alms were given in kind, and a beggar is hardly ever introduced in our older writers without mention being made of his bag”; so Hensleigh Wedgwood, ...
Note The Etymology of Moxie X resent American dictionaries that list die noun moxie define it as slang meaning 'vigor, verve, pep' with some further developed senses such as "strength, aggressiveness, nerve, skill, know-how."1 All these are known to have come from the name of a carbonated...
Citation Blakesley Lindsay, E.(2001), "Behind the Name: The Etymology and History of First Names",Reference Reviews, Vol. 15 No. 7, pp. 24-24.https://doi.org/10.1108/rr.2001.15.7.24.379 Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing Limited ...