[Robert Gordon Latham, M.D., "The Natural History of the Varieties of Man," London, 1850] The word has long since been abandoned as a historical/anthropological term. Compare Aryan. Indo-European Iran Japhetic Aryanism Aryanize See all related words (7) >...
acronym forArmy of the Republic of Vietnam, ground military force of South Vietnam, organized 1955. also from1955 Trends ofARVN ShareARVN ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/ARVN Etymology of ARVN by etymonline Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of ARVN. Online Etymology...
usually be distinguished by observing the sound of the principal vowel.6. Strong verbs in the Teutonic languages and the so-calledIrregular Verbsin Latin are commonly to be considered as primary, other related forms being taken from them.7. The whole of a word and not a portion only ought ...
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barbarian"), from Latin barbarus "strange, foreign, barbarous," from Greek barbaros "foreign, strange; ignorant," from PIE root *barbar- echoic of unintelligible speech of foreigners (compare Sanskrit barbara- "stammering," also "non-Aryan," Latin balbus "stammering," Czech blblati "to stamm...
country name, from PersianIran, from Middle PersianĒrān"(land) of the Iranians," genitive plural ofēr-"an Iranian," from Old Iranian*arya-(Old Persianariya-, Avestanairya-) "Iranian", from Indo-Iranian*arya-or*ārya-, a self-designation, perhaps meaning "compatriot" (seeAryan). ...
of the others" is from 1570s.Master race"race of people considered to be pre-eminent in greatness or power" (typical in reference to Nazi theories of the Aryan race, perhaps based on GermanHerrenvolk) is by 1935. From 1530 as "artist of distinguished skill;"old mastersis attested by ...
the Aryan conquerors. ... More loosely, the name includes also the non-Aryan inhabitants of India" [Century Dictionary, 1902]. As an adjective from 1690s. TheHindu Kushmountain range is said to mean literally "Indian killer," and was said to have been the name given by the Persians to...
usual word in Middle English for "India," from the Old French form of LatinIndia(seeIndia). Commonly applied to Asia and the East generally; later in a time of geographical confusion, it was applied to the Caribbean basin, which was distinguished from Asia proper by being called theWest ...
Of the castes, the first three are the natural and gradually established divisions of the Aryan invaders and conquerors of India; the fourth was made up of the subjugated aborigines. The Sanskrit name for caste isvarna, color, the different castes having been at first marked by differences of...