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class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of Callisto" class="word__name--TTbAA">Callisto<!-- --> </h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>in classical mythology a nymph, mother of Arcas by Zeus, turned to a bear by Hera, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">kallistos</span>, superlative of <span class="foreign notranslate">kalos</span> "beautiful, beauteous, noble, good," and its derived noun <span class="foreign notranslate">kallos</span> "beauty," from <span class="foreign notranslate">*kal-wo-</span>, which is of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">kalyana</span> "beautiful." The usual combining form in Greek was <span class="foreign notranslate">kalli-</span> "beautiful, fine, happy, favorable;" <span class="foreign notranslate">kalo-</span> was a later, rarer alternative form. Also a name given to the fourth moon of Jupiter in 17c. but not widely used before mid-19c. Feminized as a proper name as <span class="foreign notranslate">Callista</span>.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to Callisto">Entries linking to <i>Callisto</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 calamint" href="/word/calamint#etymonline_v_55570">calamint<!-- --> <!-- -->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>type of strong, fragrant herb found in Northern temperate zones, late 14c., <span class="foreign notranslate">calamente</span>, from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">calamente,</span> from Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">calamentum</span>, probably from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">kalaminthē</span>, name of an odoriferous plant, perhaps literally "beautiful mint" (<span class="foreign notranslate">kalos</span> "beautiful, noble, good," see <a href="/word/Callisto" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Callisto " class="crossreference notranslate">Callisto</a> + <span class="foreign notranslate">minth</span><span class="foreign notranslate">ē</span>, see <a href="/word/mint#etymonline_v_16215" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mint " class="crossreference notranslate">mint</a> (n.1)). But Beekes writes that "The formal agreement ... does not permit a conclusion" and that a folk-etymology origin is equally hypothetical.</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 calisthenics" href="/word/calisthenics#etymonline_v_603">calisthenics<!-- --> <!-- -->(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>also <span class="foreign notranslate">callisthenics</span>, kind of light gymnastics, 1842, (the adjective <span class="foreign notranslate">calisthenic</span>/<span class="foreign notranslate">callisthenic</span>, of exercises, was in use by 1837), formed on model of French <span class="foreign notranslate">callisthenie</span>, from Latinized combining form of Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">kallos</span> "beauty" (see <a href="/word/Callisto" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Callisto " class="crossreference notranslate">Callisto</a>) + <span class="foreign notranslate">sthenos</span> "strength, power, ability, might" (perhaps from PIE root <a href="/word/*segh-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *segh- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*segh-</a> "to have, hold," on the notion of "steadfastness, toughness") + <a href="/word/-ics" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -ics " class="crossreference notranslate">-ics</a>.</p> <blockquote> "Of this at least I am certain, that none but a born romp and hoyden, or a girl accustomed [to] those new-fangled pulleyhauley exercises, the Calisthenics, is fitted for the boisterous evolutions of a sea-voyage." [Thomas Hood, "The Schoolmistress Abroad," New Monthly Magazine, 1842] </blockquote> <p>Originally, gymnastic exercises suitable for girls and meant to develop the figure and promote graceful movement. OED describes the word as "chiefly a term of young ladies' boarding-schools." A place for doing it was a <span class="foreign notranslate">calisthenium</span> (1853). The proper Greek, had the Greeks attempted such a word, would have been <span class="foreign notranslate">*kallistheneia</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of calligraphy" href="/word/calligraphy"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">calligraphy</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of calliope" href="/word/calliope"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">calliope</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of callipygian" href="/word/callipygian"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">callipygian</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of callithumpian" href="/word/callithumpian"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">callithumpian</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of calomel" href="/word/calomel"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">calomel</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of kaleidoscope" href="/word/kaleidoscope"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">kaleidoscope</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of kalon" href="/word/kalon"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">kalon</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/Callisto/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->9<!-- -->) <!-- -->></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 Callisto">Trends of <i>Callisto</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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Or, as Johnson has it, "From rag and I know not</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 sacred" href="/word/sacred"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">sacred<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">late 14c., "hallowed, consecrated, or made holy by association with divinity or divine things or by religious ceremony or sanction," past-participle adjective from a now-obsolete verb sacren "to make holy" (c. 1200), from Old French sacrer "consecrate, anoint, dedicate" (12c.) or</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 errand" href="/word/errand"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">errand<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">Old English ærende "message, mission; answer, news, tidings," from Proto-Germanic *airundija- "message, errand" (source also of Old Saxon arundi, Old Norse erendi, Danish ærinde, Swedish ärende, Old Frisian erende, Old High German arunti "message"), which is of uncertain origin. </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 desire" href="/word/desire"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">desire<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">"to wish or long for, express a wish to obtain," c. 1200, desiren, from Old French desirrer (12c.) "wish, desire, long for," from Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect," the original sense perhaps being "await what the stars will bring," from the phrase de sidere "</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 individual" href="/word/individual"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">individual<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">early 15c., "one and indivisible, inseparable" (with reference to the Trinity), from Medieval Latin individualis, from Latin individuus "indivisible," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + dividuus "divisible," from dividere "divide" (see divide (v.)). 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