Etymology
131Essene — 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 …
132Eve — 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… …
