Etymology
51Etymology of Sarajevo — The earliest name for a major city on the region of today s Sarajevo is Vrhbosna . To claim however that Sarajevo and Vrhbosna are one and the same would be faulty, considering that the latter seems to have been destroyed well before the Ottomans …
52Etymology of electricity — In physics the term quantity of electricity refers to the quantity of electric charge. It is designated by the letter Q and in the SI system is measured in derived units called coulombs. Historical drift Pre English origins The New Latin… …
53Etymology of Cooch Behar — The name Cooch Behar is derived from the name of the Koch tribe that is indigenous to this area. The word Behar is the Sanskrit word bihar (to travel) which means the land through which the Koch Kings used to travel or roam about ( bihar ).The… …
54Etymology of Kalamazoo — Kalamazoo is the name of several places in the U.S. state of Michigan: *The Kalamazoo River *The City of Kalamazoo *Kalamazoo Township *Kalamazoo County All are named after the river, but there is uncertainty concerning the origin of the river s… …
55Etymology of Ayyavazhi — This etymological topic deals with the origin, regeneration and evolution of various names by which Ayyavazhi is referred or identified throughout the period of Ayyavazhi history. Though the name Ayyavazhi is commonly used and the most accepted… …
56Etymology of the Vietnam War — Various names have been applied what is known as the Vietnam War. These have shifted over time, although Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been variously called the Second Indochina War, the Vietnam Conflict, the… …
57Etymology of Karnataka — Karnataka is an Indian state. Several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka. One derivative is from Sanskrit where Karna means ear, and atati means wander, together giving a meaning for Karnata as where ones ears would want to… …
58Folk etymology — This article is about a technical term in linguistics. For incorrect popular etymologies, see false etymology. Folk etymology is change in a word or phrase over time resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar… …
59False etymology — A false etymology is an assumed or postulated etymology that current consensus among scholars of historical linguistics holds to be incorrect. Many false etymologies may be described as folk etymologies , the distinction being that folk… …
60Medieval etymology — is the study of the history of words as conducted by scholars in the European Middle Ages. Etymology is the study of the origins of words. Before the beginnings of large scale modern lexicography in the 16th century and the discovery of the… …
