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  2. Armscye - Wikipedia

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    Multiple theories for the etymology of "armscye" have been proposed. The scholarly etymology has the origin as "arm" + "scye." [citation needed] The first documented use of "scye" in print is by Jamieson (1825) Suppl.: "sey," a Scots and Ulster dialect word (written also scy, sci, si, sie, sy in glossaries) meaning ‘the opening of a gown, etc., into which the sleeve is inserted; [1] [2] the ...

  3. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of "Finn" is uncertain: it may derive from Germanic translations of the Finnish suo ("fen") [39] or from the proposed Proto-Germanic *finne "wanderers", "hunting-folk". [205] Suomi, the endonym and exonym in some other Finnic and Baltic languages: Uncertain etymology.

  4. List of United Kingdom county name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Origin uncertain. Folk Etymology has it as "dwelling place of Melyn". Sutherland: Old Norse: Southern territory. The Gaelic name for the region today is Cataibh ("among the Cats"), which refers to the same tribe that Caithness takes its name from, and was originally the name for both Caithness and Sutherland together. West Lothian

  5. Pourpoint - Wikipedia

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    Etymology [ edit ] Pourpoint is a loan from the French "pourpoint" which came from the Middle French noun "Pourpoint" [ 3 ] (meaning doublet, jack and paltock) from the Middle French "pourpoindre" (meaning to quilt or to embroider) [ 4 ] which came from the Latin "perpunctus".

  6. Name of Armenia - Wikipedia

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    Etymology According to Diakonoff, the name is derived by metathesis from the name of the country called Suḫmu in Akkadian and Zuhma in Hittite , located in the upper Euphrates valley , close to South-Caucasian tribes , and is presumed to have been inhabited by Proto-Armenians.

  7. Etymologiae - Wikipedia

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    Etymologiae (Latin for 'Etymologies'), also known as the Origines ('Origins'), usually abbreviated Orig., is an etymological encyclopedia compiled by the influential Christian bishop Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636) towards the end of his life.

  8. Name of Greece - Wikipedia

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    The name of Greece differs in Greek compared with the names used for the country in other languages and cultures, just like the names of the Greeks.The ancient and modern name of the country is Hellas or Hellada (Greek: Ελλάς, Ελλάδα; in polytonic: Ἑλλάς, Ἑλλάδα), and its official name is the Hellenic Republic, Helliniki Dimokratia (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ...

  9. Pleat - Wikipedia

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    This type of pleating also allows the fabric of the skirt or sleeve to spring out from the seam. During the 15th and 16th centuries, this form of pleating was popular in the garments of men and women. Fabric is evenly gathered using two or more lengths of basting stitches, and the top of each pleat is whipstitched onto the waistband or armscye.