etymologists's Usage Examples:

The name of Navarre is derived by etymologists from "nava" a flat valley surrounded by hills (a commonplace name in Spain; cf.

Probably the sense of atmosphere or environment led (though this is disputed by etymologists) to the further use of the word "air" to mean "manner" or "appearance"; and so to its employment (cf.

Modern etymologists connect it with lu-crum, and explain it as meaning the goddess of gain.

527), and according to ancient etymologists (Lagarde, Ges.

The Basques are an ancient pre-Indo-European race and the origins of their language have baffled etymologists for centuries.

To the telescope the vertical circle for reading angles in This word has been a puzzle to etymologists.

Lastly, there is a group of words which etymologists are inclined to treat as being all forms of the word which in 0.

The identification of Erinyes with Sanskrit Saranyu, the swif tspeeding storm cloud, is rejected by modern etymologists; according to M.

8 Her name, as usual, is variously interpreted by various etymologists.

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