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Female and male: the terms have different etymologies. Male originates from Old French masle, a shortened form of Latin masculus. Female originates from Medieval Latin femella, a diminutive of femina. The fluorescent lamp did not derive its name from the fictional Filipino inventor Agapito Flores.
Meaning "Smooth brow". Believed to have been created by James Macpherson in the 18th century. Malmhìn Malvina (Anglicization) [4] Alternate spelling of Malamhìn Marsail Marjory [21] Marsaili Marcella, [20] Margery, [20] Marjory [16] SG equivalent of En Margery, and Marcella. [20] Marta Martha [3] Milread Mildred [3] Moibeal Mabel [3] Moire ...
The first Hungarian form recorded was Erdeuelu (12th century, in the Gesta Hungarorum) while the first Romanian form recorded was in 1432 as Ardeliu. [1] [2] The initial a/e difference between the names can be found in other Hungarian loans in Romanian, such as Hungarian egres ‘gooseberry’ → Romanian agriș, agreș, as well as in placenames, e.g., Egyed, Erdőd, Erdőfalva, Esküllő → ...
The common definition given is also known as male-line primogeniture, the classical form popular in European jurisdictions among others until into the 20th century. In the absence of male-line offspring, variations were expounded to entitle a daughter or a brother or, in the absence of either, to another collateral relative, in a specified ...
Female descendants of a sovereign in the male line. Hatun (خاتون). Lady. Used before 16th century and also used for sultan's mothers and consorts. In the 16th century, title sultan carried by prominent members of the imperial family and hatun carried by lesser female member. Format style: "(given name) Hatun", i.e. Lady (given name)
Military science in western Europe in the sixteenth century. Prologue:The nature of armies in the 16th century (pdf): A given army often included numerous nationalities and languages. The normal Landsknecht regiment included one interpreter per 400 men, and interpreters were commonly budgeted for in the staffs of the field armies of the French ...
By the beginning of the 16th century, Bayezid II (1481-1512), once ascended to the throne, granted his daughters and granddaughters in the male line the title of "Sultan" and his granddaughters in the female line that of "Hanımsultan", which replaced the simple honorific "Hatun" in use until then.
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.