Etymology | Meaning | Origin ---|---|--- Apostle | Messenger | Greek: "apostolos," meaning "one who is sent" Caramel | A type of candy made from sugar | Spanish: "caramelo," meaning "burnt sugar" Catastrophe | A sudden and widespread calamity | Greek: "katastrophē," meaning "a sudden overturn" Computer | A machine that can perform complex calculations and computations | Latin: "computare," meaning "to calculate" Cosmonaut | An astronaut in the Russian space program | Greek: "kosmos," meaning "universe" and "nautes," meaning "sailor" Demagogue | A political leader who appeals to popular emotions and prejudices with the aim of acquiring power | Greek: "dēmos," meaning "people" and "agōgos," meaning "leader" Epilogue | A concluding part of a literary work | Greek: "epi," meaning "upon" and "logos," meaning "word" Enigma | A puzzling or mysterious person or thing | Latin: "aenigma," from Greek "ainigma," meaning "dark saying" Galaxy | A system of billions of stars held together by gravity | Greek: "galaxias," meaning "milky" Hygiene | The science of health | Greek: "hygieinos," meaning "healthy"
Etymology Latin Lucifer Meaning Light bringer or Morning star Origin Luci
Etymology Greek Ἑσπερος Hesperos Meaning Evening star Venus when it appe
Etymology Latin mucus Ancient Greek myxa μύξα Meaning Mucus is a thick vis
Etymology Middle English snote from Old English snotu Germanic root snutos meaning
Etymology Origin Latin correspondēre Root com with together respondēre to
Etymology The word carousel comes from the French word carrousel which in turn is d
Etymology Hippodrome is derived from the Greek words hippos ἵππος meaning ho
Etymology The word comparison derives from the Latin word comparare meaning to matc
Etymology The word rime has multiple etymological sources Old English hrím or h
Etymology Old French rendre Late Latin reddere Proto Indo European red Meaning
Etymology Etymology is the study of the origin and development of words It traces words
