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[Facts] Re: Myrsine
by Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
9/4/2008, 5:53 AM
in reply to a message by Pavlos
Does it mean something in particular?Please vote on my names (updated frequently):
http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9619500
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- Chrisell   +3
9/4/2008, 7:50 AM
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=myrtleSome plant names are so old that their origins really don't have any other etymology than the association with the plant. If you go right back, it comes from a root word meaning "was bitter" (the etymology would suggest that it's very, very distantly related to names like Mara and Merari).

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- Pavlos
9/5/2008, 12:20 AM
Spot-on!
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- তন্ময় ভট (guest)
9/4/2008, 11:02 AM
Thanks.
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- Andromache (Hannah Ruth)
9/4/2008, 10:04 AM
Thanks, that really helpful.
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- Pavlos   +1
9/4/2008, 5:56 AM
...like the English name Myrtle it means, err, myrtle plant!
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- তন্ময় ভট (guest)
9/4/2008, 6:00 AM
I guess the question would be about its etymology: is it morphologically related to other words (which do not mean anything like myrtle plant) in Greek or anywhere else.
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