The word Wuksachi comes from the name Waksachi, who were a division of the Western Mono Tribe (a.k.a. Monache) who lived at the Limekiln and Eshom Creeks and the North Fork of the Kaweah River.

Though it's not certain, the commonly held belief is that the word comes from the name of Sequoyah (born approx. 1760 - died approx. 1843), a former blacksmith and silversmith, who created the Cherokee alphabet around 1809 and was hailed a genius.

The word phosphene comes from the greek words "phos", light, and "phainen" which means "to appear", and also "to shine". The word "phene" was created in 1834 in the vocabulary of chemistry, to name the nucleus of benzene. The same root is used to name its derivatives, "phenol" being the most important one. It was called this way because it also shines. In 1838, the same root was used again.

It is believed that the word "vitiligo" comes from Latin. The first part of the word, "viti" is from the Latin word "vitium" meaning a mark or blemish. The suffix, "ligo" is a common Latin ending meaning to bind or cause.

I like this question. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (which last time I checked, you could still get one for joining and quitting the Book of the Month Club) plagiarism is derived from the Latin plagairius the term for an individual who steals the child or slave of another--in other words: a kidnapper.

The word "Kwanzaa" comes from the phrase, "matunda ya kwanza" which means "first-fruits." Kwanzaa's extra "a" evolved as a result of a particular history of the Organization Us. It was clone as an expression of African values in order to inspire the creativity of our children. In the early days of Us, there were seven children who each wanted to represent a letter of Kwanzaa.

Dooce is a typo of dude, or dooooode!, one that I often made over and over again when having Instant Message conversations with co-workers. Some experts will tell you that it means "getting fired for something you've written on your website," but what it really means is CANNOT RESIST THE CAPS-LOCK KEY.

quot;Geothermal" comes from the Greek words geo (earth) and therme (heat). So, geothermal means earth heat.

It is named for the Stanislaus River whose headwaters rise within Forest boundaries. The Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga named the river "Our Lady of Guadulupe" during an 1806 expedition. Later, the river was renamed in honor of Estanislao, an Indian leader.

Tahoe is a modernized version of a Washoe word meaning "big water". The forest derives it's name from Lake Tahoe, which was part of the Tahoe Forest Reserve when it was created.

antisemitism, anti-semitism\n, usu cap S 1: hostility towards Jews as a religious or racial minority group often accompanied by social, economic, and political discrimination - compare RACISM 2: opposition to Zionism : sympathy with opponents of the state of Israel.

Rolfing is an original and scientifically validated system of body restructuring and movement education. It releases the body's segments-legs, torso, arms, etc.-from life-long patterns of tension and bracing and permits gravity to re-align them. By doing so, it balances the body. When the body is balanced, body pain coming out of structural imbalance (back aches, knee pain, neck aches and headache, etc) tends to fall to the way side.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary: "In foul language, a vague epithet expressing anger, resentment, but often a mere intensive, especially with a negative -- as, not a bloody one." They cite an 1840s usage. On the other hand, the use as adverb dates back to 1650s: as an intensive, meaning, "very" or "and no mistake".

quot;Växa" is a real word coming directly from the Swedish language. Grammatically, it is known as a transitive verb, and literally means "to grow or regenerate/reproduce from biological sources." A fitting name for the world's foremost leader and pioneer in the Nutraceutical Industry: Växa International.

Answer: From the Hindu word meaning "dusty," which applied to the light brown cotton of the Indian army uniforms. Troops in 1850's India found their white uniforms would be dusty within hours and began soaking them in mud to turn the same practical khaki color.

Unfortunately there is no undisputed answer to this question. There are different attempts for explanation: Joseph Strutt 1) and Bishop Kennet state that the word backgammon is derived from the old-Anglo-Saxon words bac (nowadays back) and gamen (nowadays game), indicating that at least one of the players is likely to be hit during the match and the checkers to be sent back.

It was coined by a South Carolina newspaper reporter in 2004 to describe a way of thinking and living.

The word "cryptography" is taken from the Greek word "kryptos" meaning hidden and graphein meaning writing. Cryptography is the science of hidden writing or more accurately the study of encrypting or encyphering messages so that their content is obscured until they are decrypted or decyphered. Typically, the encryption process uses a key or password, the encryption key, and the message can only be decrypted if the correct decryption key is given.

Beer, the same as the world cereal, comes from Ceres, the Roman Agriculture Goddess. Beer comes from Ceres-Vis, out of Ceres, since that the beverage is the product of the wheat, barley and oat's fermentation.

The bayonet was first used by the French Army in 1647. It was named after Bayonne, a town in Southern France. The bayonet was then a spear-like blade attached to a long conical piece of steel inserted directly into the muzzle of a musket. It was called a plug bayonet, because no shot could be fired until it was removed.

The Powwow is a Native American meeting tradition, sometimes involving competitive dance. The word has taken on the general meaning of a social meeting where tasks get accomplished. Powwows have been viewed by some as a unifying force, since they are a common cultural element across otherwise diverse tribes.

The word originated with the portable clocks that were carried by the town watchman as he made his rounds. They were first called "watchman's clocks," then "watch clocks," and finally just "watches."

When I (Mac Bledsoe) was in the Army there was an amazing lady who worked for me in the office that I was assigned to manage. I'll call her Patricia to keep her identity private, but Patricia kept me sane while I was in the insanity of the Army and the Viet Nam war. She also taught me a ton while I was there. (She remains a friend today and she is still teaching me.

quot;Tsunami" comes from the Japanese words for harbor ("tsu") and wave ("nami").

quot;...The word "pope" means father. In ancient Greek it was a child's term of affection but was borrowed by later Latin as honorific. Both Greek-speaking Eastern and Latin-speaking Western Christians then applied it to priests and bishops and patriarchs ('head of the family'); and still today priests of the Orthodox Churches of Greece, Russia and Serbia call their parish priests 'pope'. Gradually, however, Latin started to restrict its usage.

Hemingway took "For Whom The Bell Tolls" from "Meditation 17" of John Donne's (1572-1631) work Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions. The tolling of the bell refers to the act of ringing a bell (the death knell) at a funeral to indicate that someone has died. Hemingway is drawing a parallel between the death of one person and the consequent affect on everyone, and the loss of Spain to the fascists in the Spanish Civil War.

PM Saturday, May 2nd, 1863 Jackson was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville. He was shot through the left upper arm just beneath the shoulder. The humerus was fractured--the rachial artery was injured. He bled profusely. A second bullet entered the lateral left upper forearm and exited diagonally from the medial lower third of the forearm. A third bullet struck his right hand fracturing the second and third metacarpal bones and lodged beneath the skin on the back of his hand.

A Polish scientist, Casimir Funk (1884-1967), coined the term "vitamin" after he discovered that certain ingredients in food are essential for maintaining health. The word "vitamin" comes from the Latin word vita (life) and the biochemical term amine (nitrogen-containing)—although we now know that not all vitamins contain nitrogen.