Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:31:26 -0400
For those who wonder where Bowser got his name... Shamelessly stolen from Slashdot. And for Final Fantasy fans, here's a page devoted specifically to the etymology and origins of those <...
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:32:28 -0400
I began collecting them into a single post, in what was at one point a short list of odds and ends but which now exists as something a bigger-than-planned list of name etymologies, translation ...
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:13:31 -0400
It takes a special breed of geek to be both obsessed with videogames and word etymology, and I'm thankful that Drew Mackie with his blog Back of the Cereal Box is one such geek. In what must ha...
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:25:09 -0400
On the Etymology of the Name Judas. I wrote: I think I might know the form that Judas = Dositheus viz. Theudas or Todah one of the earliest names associated with Christianity in r...
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:20:58 -0400
Such a metonymy would not be unusual, for words for “girl” and “woman” often derives from the names of clothes (compare he runs after every skirt). The girla/girl etymology had l...
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