kabuki Japanese Loanwords," 1997] Alternative etymology [Barnhart, OED] is that it means literally "art of song and dance," from ka... hammer The Germanic words thus could be from a PIE *ka-mer-, with reversal of initial sounds, from PIE *akmen "stone, sharp stone... ...
In the Vulgate the Latin word often is used as translation of Greekagape"love" — especially Christian love of fellow man — perhaps to avoid the sexual suggestion of Latinamor). The Vulgate also sometimes translatedagapeby Latindilectio, noun of action fromdiligere"to esteem highly, to love"...