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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 data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 horizontal"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins 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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 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 dysphemism" href="/word/dysphemism#etymonline_v_16035">dysphemism<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(n.)<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>"substitution of a vulgar or derogatory word or expression for a dignified or normal one," 1873, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">dys-</span> "bad, abnormal, difficult" (see <a href="/word/dys-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dys- " class="crossreference notranslate">dys-</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">ph膿m膿</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"); Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">dysphemia</span> meant "ill language, words of ill omen"). The opposite of <a href="/word/euphemism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euphemism " class="crossreference notranslate">euphemism</a>. Rediscovered 1933 from French formation <span class="foreign notranslate">dysph茅misme</span> (1927, Carnoy).</p> <blockquote> The French psychologist Albert J. Carnoy gave an extensive definition in his study <span class="foreign notranslate">Le Science du Mot</span>, which in translation runs: "Dysphemism is unpitying, brutal, mocking. It is also a reaction against pedantry, rigidity and pretentiousness, but also against nobility and dignity in language" (1927, xxii, 351). [Geoffrey L. Hughes, "An Encyclopedia of Swearing," 2006] </blockquote></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 euphemistic" href="/word/euphemistic#etymonline_v_50400">euphemistic<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(adj.)<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>1830; see <a href="/word/euphemism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euphemism " class="crossreference notranslate">euphemism</a> + <a href="/word/-istic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -istic " class="crossreference notranslate">-istic</a>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Euphemistically</span> (1833).</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 *bha-" href="/word/*bha-#etymonline_v_52548">*bha-<!-- -->聽<!-- -->(2)<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><span class="foreign notranslate">*bh膩-</span>; Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to speak, tell, say."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/abandon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of abandon " class="crossreference notranslate">abandon</a>; <a href="/word/affable" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of affable " class="crossreference notranslate">affable</a>; <a href="/word/anthem" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of anthem " class="crossreference notranslate">anthem</a>; <a href="/word/antiphon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of antiphon " class="crossreference notranslate">antiphon</a>; <a href="/word/aphasia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of aphasia " class="crossreference notranslate">aphasia</a>; <a href="/word/aphonia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of aphonia " class="crossreference notranslate">aphonia</a>; <a href="/word/aphonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of aphonic " class="crossreference notranslate">aphonic</a>; <a href="/word/apophasis" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of apophasis " class="crossreference notranslate">apophasis</a>; <a href="/word/apophatic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of apophatic " class="crossreference notranslate">apophatic</a>; <a href="/word/ban#etymonline_v_29436" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ban " class="crossreference notranslate">ban</a> (n.1) "proclamation or edict;" <a href="/word/ban#etymonline_v_248" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ban " class="crossreference notranslate">ban</a> (v.); <a href="/word/banal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of banal " class="crossreference notranslate">banal</a>; <a href="/word/bandit" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bandit " class="crossreference notranslate">bandit</a>; <a href="/word/banish" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of banish " class="crossreference notranslate">banish</a>; <a href="/word/banlieue" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of banlieue " class="crossreference notranslate">banlieue</a>; <a href="/word/banns#etymonline_v_273" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of banns " class="crossreference notranslate">banns</a> (n.); <a href="/word/bifarious" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bifarious " class="crossreference notranslate">bifarious</a>; <a href="/word/blame" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of blame " class="crossreference notranslate">blame</a>; <a href="/word/blaspheme" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of blaspheme " class="crossreference notranslate">blaspheme</a>; <a href="/word/blasphemy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of blasphemy " class="crossreference notranslate">blasphemy</a>; <a href="/word/boon#etymonline_v_15609" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of boon " class="crossreference notranslate">boon</a> (n.); <a href="/word/cacophony" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cacophony " class="crossreference notranslate">cacophony</a>; <a href="/word/confess" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of confess " class="crossreference notranslate">confess</a>; <a href="/word/contraband" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of contraband " class="crossreference notranslate">contraband</a>; <a href="/word/defame" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of defame " class="crossreference notranslate">defame</a>; <a href="/word/dysphemism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of dysphemism " class="crossreference notranslate">dysphemism</a>; <a href="/word/euphemism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euphemism " class="crossreference notranslate">euphemism</a>; <a href="/word/euphony" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euphony " class="crossreference notranslate">euphony</a>; <a href="/word/fable" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fable " class="crossreference notranslate">fable</a>; <a href="/word/fabulous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fabulous " class="crossreference notranslate">fabulous</a>; <a href="/word/fado" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fado " class="crossreference notranslate">fado</a>; <a href="/word/fairy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fairy " class="crossreference notranslate">fairy</a>; <a href="/word/fame" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fame " class="crossreference notranslate">fame</a>; <a href="/word/famous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of famous " class="crossreference notranslate">famous</a>; <a href="/word/fandango" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fandango " class="crossreference notranslate">fandango</a>; <a href="/word/fatal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fatal " class="crossreference notranslate">fatal</a>; <a href="/word/fate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fate " class="crossreference notranslate">fate</a>; <a href="/word/fateful" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fateful " class="crossreference notranslate">fateful</a>; <a href="/word/fatuous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fatuous " class="crossreference notranslate">fatuous</a>; <a href="/word/fay" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fay " class="crossreference notranslate">fay</a>; <a href="/word/gramophone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gramophone " class="crossreference notranslate">gramophone</a>; <a href="/word/heterophemy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of heterophemy " class="crossreference notranslate">heterophemy</a>; <a href="/word/homophone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of homophone " class="crossreference notranslate">homophone</a>; <a href="/word/ineffable" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ineffable " class="crossreference notranslate">ineffable</a>; <a href="/word/infamous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of infamous " class="crossreference notranslate">infamous</a>; <a href="/word/infamy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of infamy " class="crossreference notranslate">infamy</a>; <a href="/word/infant" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of infant " class="crossreference notranslate">infant</a>; <a href="/word/infantile" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of infantile " class="crossreference notranslate">infantile</a>; <a href="/word/infantry" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of infantry " class="crossreference notranslate">infantry</a>; <a href="/word/mauvais" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mauvais " class="crossreference notranslate">mauvais</a>; <a href="/word/megaphone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of megaphone " class="crossreference notranslate">megaphone</a>; <a href="/word/microphone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of microphone " class="crossreference notranslate">microphone</a>; <a href="/word/monophonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of monophonic " class="crossreference notranslate">monophonic</a>; <a href="/word/nefandous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nefandous " class="crossreference notranslate">nefandous</a>; <a href="/word/nefarious" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nefarious " class="crossreference notranslate">nefarious</a>; <a href="/word/phatic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phatic " class="crossreference notranslate">phatic</a>; <a href="/word/-phone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -phone " class="crossreference notranslate">-phone</a>; <a href="/word/phone#etymonline_v_46267" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phone " class="crossreference notranslate">phone</a> (n.2) "elementary sound of a spoken language;" <a href="/word/phoneme" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phoneme " class="crossreference notranslate">phoneme</a>; <a href="/word/phonetic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phonetic " class="crossreference notranslate">phonetic</a>; <a href="/word/phonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phonic " class="crossreference notranslate">phonic</a>; <a href="/word/phonics" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phonics " class="crossreference notranslate">phonics</a>; <a href="/word/phono-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phono- " class="crossreference notranslate">phono-</a>; <a href="/word/pheme" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pheme " class="crossreference notranslate">pheme</a>; <a href="/word/-phemia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -phemia " class="crossreference notranslate">-phemia</a>; <a href="/word/Polyphemus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Polyphemus " class="crossreference notranslate">Polyphemus</a>; <a href="/word/polyphony" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of polyphony " class="crossreference notranslate">polyphony</a>; <a href="/word/preface" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of preface " class="crossreference notranslate">preface</a>; <a href="/word/profess" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of profess " class="crossreference notranslate">profess</a>; <a href="/word/profession" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of profession " class="crossreference notranslate">profession</a>; <a href="/word/professional" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of professional " class="crossreference notranslate">professional</a>; <a href="/word/professor" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of professor " class="crossreference notranslate">professor</a>; <a href="/word/prophecy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prophecy " class="crossreference notranslate">prophecy</a>; <a href="/word/prophet" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prophet " class="crossreference notranslate">prophet</a>; <a href="/word/prophetic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of prophetic " class="crossreference notranslate">prophetic</a>; <a href="/word/quadraphonic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of quadraphonic " class="crossreference notranslate">quadraphonic</a>; <a href="/word/symphony" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of symphony " class="crossreference notranslate">symphony</a>; <a href="/word/telephone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of telephone " class="crossreference notranslate">telephone</a>; <a href="/word/xylophone" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of xylophone " class="crossreference notranslate">xylophone</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">pheme</span> "speech, voice, utterance, a speaking, talk," <span class="foreign notranslate">ph艒n膿</span> "voice, sound" of a human or animal, also "tone, voice, pronunciation, speech," <span class="foreign notranslate">phanai</span> "to speak;" Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">bhanati</span> "speaks;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">fari</span> "to say," <span class="foreign notranslate">fabula</span> "narrative, account, tale, story," <span class="foreign notranslate">fama</span> "talk, rumor, report; reputation, public opinion; renown, reputation;" Armenian <span class="foreign notranslate">ban</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">bay</span> "word, term;" Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">bajati</span> "to talk, tell;" Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">boian</span> "to boast," <span class="foreign notranslate">ben</span> "prayer, request;" Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">bann</span> "law."</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 eu-" href="/word/eu-#etymonline_v_32751">eu-<!-- -->聽<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>word-forming element, in modern use meaning "good, well," from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">eus</span> "good," <span class="foreign notranslate">eu</span> "well" (adv.), also "luckily, happily" (opposed to <span class="foreign notranslate">kakos</span>), as a noun, "the right, the good cause," from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">*(e)su-</span> "good" (source also of Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">su-</span> "good," Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">hu-</span> "good"), originally a suffixed form of root <a href="/word/*es-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *es- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*es-</a> "to be." In compounds the Greek word had more a sense of "greatness, abundance, prosperity," and was opposed to <span class="foreign notranslate">dys-</span>.</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 *es-" href="/word/*es-#etymonline_v_52766">*es-<!-- -->聽<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>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/absence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of absence " class="crossreference notranslate">absence</a>; <a href="/word/absent" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of absent " class="crossreference notranslate">absent</a>; <a href="/word/am" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of am " class="crossreference notranslate">am</a>; <a href="/word/Bodhisattva" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Bodhisattva " class="crossreference notranslate">Bodhisattva</a>; <a href="/word/entity" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of entity " class="crossreference notranslate">entity</a>; <a href="/word/essence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of essence " class="crossreference notranslate">essence</a>; <a href="/word/essential" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of essential " class="crossreference notranslate">essential</a>; <a href="/word/essive" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of essive " class="crossreference notranslate">essive</a>; <a href="/word/eu-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eu- " class="crossreference notranslate">eu-</a>; <a href="/word/eucalyptus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eucalyptus " class="crossreference notranslate">eucalyptus</a>; <a href="/word/Eucharist" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Eucharist " class="crossreference notranslate">Eucharist</a>; <a href="/word/Euclidean" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Euclidean " class="crossreference notranslate">Euclidean</a>; <a href="/word/Eudora" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Eudora " class="crossreference notranslate">Eudora</a>; <a href="/word/Eugene" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Eugene " class="crossreference notranslate">Eugene</a>; <a href="/word/eugenics" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eugenics " class="crossreference notranslate">eugenics</a>; <a href="/word/eulogy" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of eulogy " class="crossreference notranslate">eulogy</a>; <a href="/word/Eunice" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Eunice " class="crossreference notranslate">Eunice</a>; <a href="/word/euphemism" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euphemism " class="crossreference notranslate">euphemism</a>; <a href="/word/euphoria" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euphoria " class="crossreference notranslate">euphoria</a>; <a href="/word/euthanasia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of euthanasia " class="crossreference notranslate">euthanasia</a>; <a href="/word/homoiousian" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of homoiousian " class="crossreference notranslate">homoiousian</a>; <a href="/word/improve" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of improve " class="crossreference notranslate">improve</a>; <a href="/word/interest" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of interest " class="crossreference notranslate">interest</a>; <a href="/word/is" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of is " class="crossreference notranslate">is</a>; <a href="/word/onto-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of onto- " class="crossreference notranslate">onto-</a>; <a href="/word/Parousia" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Parousia " class="crossreference notranslate">Parousia</a>; <a href="/word/present#etymonline_v_19452" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of present " class="crossreference notranslate">present</a> (adj.) "existing at the time;" <a href="/word/present#etymonline_v_47357" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of present " class="crossreference notranslate">present</a> (n.2) "what is offered or given as a gift;" <a href="/word/proud" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of proud " class="crossreference notranslate">proud</a>; <a href="/word/quintessence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of quintessence " class="crossreference notranslate">quintessence</a>; <a href="/word/represent" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of represent " class="crossreference notranslate">represent</a>; <a href="/word/satyagraha" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of satyagraha " class="crossreference notranslate">satyagraha</a>; <a href="/word/sin" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sin " class="crossreference notranslate">sin</a>; <a href="/word/sooth" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of sooth " class="crossreference notranslate">sooth</a>; <a href="/word/soothe" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of soothe " class="crossreference notranslate">soothe</a>; <a href="/word/suttee" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of suttee " class="crossreference notranslate">suttee</a>; <a href="/word/swastika" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of swastika " class="crossreference notranslate">swastika</a>; <a href="/word/yes" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of yes " class="crossreference notranslate">yes</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">asmi</span>, Hittite <span class="foreign notranslate">eimi</span>, Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">esti-</span>, Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">est</span>, Old Church Slavonic <span class="foreign notranslate">jesmi</span>, Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">esmi</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">imi</span>, Old English <span class="foreign 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