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This is from <span class="foreign notranslate">euphemizein</span> "speak with fair words, use words of good omen," from <span class="foreign notranslate">eu-</span> "good, well" (see <a href="/word/eu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eu- " class="crossreference notranslate">eu-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">phēmē</span> "speech, voice, utterance, a speaking," from <span class="foreign notranslate">phanai</span> "speak" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*bha-#etymonline_v_52548" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *bha- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*bha-</a> (2) "to speak, tell, say"). See also <a href="/word/Euxine" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Euxine " class="crossreference notranslate">Euxine</a>, and compare Greek Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">aristeros</span> "the better one," a euphemism for "the left (hand)." In English, a rhetorical term at first; broader sense of "choosing a less distasteful word or phrase than the one meant" is first attested 1793. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Euphemistic</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">euphemistically</span>.</p> <blockquote> All the ancients, but most of all the Athenians, were careful not to use ill-omened words; so they called the prison 'the chamber,' and the executioner 'the public man,' and the Furies (Erinyes) they called 'Eumenides' ('the kindly ones') or 'the Venerable Goddesses.' " [Helladius of Antinoopolis, 4 c. C.E., quoted by Photius] </blockquote> <blockquote> Thus, in our dialect, a vicious man is a man of pleasure, a sharper is one that plays the whole game, a lady is said to have an affair, a gentleman to be a gallant, a rogue in business to be one that knows the world. By this means, we have no such things as sots, debauchees, whores, rogues, or the like, in the <span class="foreign notranslate">beau monde</span>, who may enjoy their vices without incurring disagreeable appellations. [George Berkeley, "Alciphron or the Minute Philosopher," 1732] </blockquote></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1650s">1650s</a></div><div class="chart--2x1ib"><div class="chart"><img src="https://cdn.etymonline.com/chart/etymology-euphemism-11682p_l.jpg?t=1634142730000" alt="Origin and meaning of euphemism"/></div></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to euphemism">Entries linking to <i>euphemism</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Eumenides" href="/word/Eumenides#etymonline_v_38376">Eumenides<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Greek, literally "the well-minded ones," a euphemism of the <a href="/word/Erinys" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Erinys " class="crossreference notranslate">Erinys</a>; see <a href="/word/eu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eu- " class="crossreference notranslate">eu-</a> "well, good;" second element from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">menos</span> "spirit, passion," from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*men-es-</span>, suffixed form of root <a href="/word/*men-#etymonline_v_52585" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *men- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*men-</a> (1) "to think."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Euxine" href="/word/Euxine#etymonline_v_11694">Euxine<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>archaic name for the Black Sea, from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">Pontus Euxinus</span>, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">Pontos Euxenios</span>, literally "the hospitable sea," a euphemism for <span class="foreign notranslate">Pontos Axeinos</span>, "the inhospitable sea." From <span class="foreign notranslate">eu-</span> "good, well" (see <a href="/word/eu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eu- " class="crossreference notranslate">eu-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">xenos</span> "host; guest; stranger" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*ghos-ti-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *ghos-ti- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*ghos-ti-</a> "stranger, guest, host").</p> <p>According to Room, The Old Persian name for the sea was <span class="foreign notranslate">akhshaena</span>, literally "dark," probably in reference to the sudden, dangerous storms that make the sea perilous to sailors and darken its face (or perhaps in reference to the color of the water, from the sea being deep and relatively lifeless), and the Greeks took this untranslated as <span class="foreign notranslate">Pontos Axeinos</span>, which was interpreted as the similar-sounding Greek word <span class="foreign notranslate">axenos</span> "inhospitable." Thus the modern English name could reflect the Old Persian one.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of dysphemism" href="/word/dysphemism"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">dysphemism</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of euphemistic" href="/word/euphemistic"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">euphemistic</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *bha-" href="/word/*bha-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*bha-</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of eu-" href="/word/eu-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">eu-</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *es-" href="/word/*es-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*es-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/euphemism/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->7<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of euphemism">Trends of <i>euphemism</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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from Late Latin expressionem (nominative expressio) "expression, vividness," in classical Latin "a pressing out, a projection," noun of action from past-</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of saying" href="/word/saying"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">saying<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"utterance, recitation, action of the verb 'say,' " c. 1300, verbal noun from say (v.); meaning "something that has been said" (usually by someone thought important) is from c. 1300; sense of "a proverbial expression, an adage" is attested from mid-15c. Phrase it goes without say</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="complete" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of fudge" href="/word/fudge"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">fudge<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"put together clumsily or dishonestly," by 1771 (perhaps from 17c.); perhaps an alteration of fadge "make suit, fit" (1570s), a verb of unknown origin. The verb fudge later had an especial association with sailors and log books. 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