Etymology
121Chamorro — indigenous people of Guam and the Marianas Islands, from Sp. Chamorro, lit. shorn, shaven, bald. Supposedly because the men shaved their heads, but the name also has been connected to native Chamoru, said to mean noble, so perhaps Chamorro is a… …
122Charles's Wain — O.E. Carles wægn, a star group associated in medieval times with Charlemagne, but originally with the nearby bright star ARCTURUS (Cf. Arcturus), which is linked by folk etymology to L. Arturus Arthur. Which places the seven star asterism at the… …
123Charterhouse — great English public school founded in London in 1611, a folk etymology from chartreux (see CHARTREUSE (Cf. chartreuse)); it was founded upon the site of a Carthusian monastery …
124Cyrus — Latinized form of Gk. Kyros, from O.Pers. Kurush, a name of unknown etymology. In Hebrew, Koresh, and in that form taken c.1990 by Wayne Howell of Texas, U.S., when he became head of the Branch Davidian church there …
125Elohim — a name of God in the Bible, c.1600, from Heb., pl. (of majesty?) of Eloh God, a word of unknown etymology, perhaps an augmentation of El God, also of unknown origin. Generally taken as singular, the use of this word instead of Yahveh is taken by… …
126Ephesus — Greek city in ancient Asia Minor, center of worship for Artemis, Gk. Ephesos, traditionally derived from ephoros “overseer,” in reference to its religious significance, but this might be folk etymology …
127Essene — 1550s, member of a Jewish sect (first recorded 2c. B.C.E.), from L., from Gk. Essenoi, of disputed etymology, perhaps from Heb. tzenum the modest ones, or Heb. hashaim the silent ones. Klein suggests Syriac hasen, pl. absolute state of hase pious …
128Eve — fem. proper name, from Biblical first woman, Late Latin, from Heb. Hawwah, lit. a living being, from base hawa he lived (Cf. Arabic hayya, Aramaic hayyin). Like most of the explanations of names in Genesis, this is probably based on folk… …
