Lots of the most interesting etymological claims that are bandied about on the internet and in the popular press are bunk. |
We have no comprehensive dictionary, no etymological dictionary, no dictionaries of regionalisms, no modern thesaurus. |
The word was formed by a rather circuitous route, according to the OED's etymological information. |
Anger, it should be noted, has etymological roots both in trouble, grief and affliction. |
In etymological terms, the word Maremma derives from the Latin mare, or sea, and is related to the French marais. |
Here follows, etymological notes and a transfiguration into modern English. |