tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347887878671609057.post6591199750491037545..comments2023-09-04T18:31:03.809-07:00Comments on epea pteroenta: creamlingzmjezhdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16385280690029602212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347887878671609057.post-12567998918523380572008-11-07T10:38:00.000-08:002008-11-07T10:38:00.000-08:00"Latin pāpiliō means both butterfly and tent. (It’..."Latin pāpiliō means both butterfly and tent. (It’s from the latter meaning that our pavilion comes.) Some think there is a parallel between Greek σκηνη ‘tent, booth; stage’ and σκην ‘butterfly’."<BR/><BR/>Compare also 'canopy' from Gk. 'canops', mosquito. Admittedly the sense development is different, but the derivation always struck me.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347887878671609057.post-65555171625808652542008-10-22T17:15:00.000-07:002008-10-22T17:15:00.000-07:00That's a lot of words for "butterfly". Pfiffhalter...That's a lot of words for "butterfly". Pfiffhalter is an interesting one.goofyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760721504519661112noreply@blogger.com