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In 1910 Charles Trice Martin expanded on Wright's list (the 9th edition of which he had edited) in his The Record Interpreter: a collection of abbreviations, Latin words and names used in English historical manuscripts and records which included a chapter "Latin forms of English Surnames". [20]
List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
A. Adeodatus. Adrianus (given name) Amadeus (name) Anicetus. Antonius. Aprus. Augustus (given name)
A. Afghan masculine given names (21 P) African masculine given names (4 C, 66 P) African-American masculine given names (3 P) Albanian masculine given names (149 P) Arabic-language masculine given names (752 P) Armenian masculine given names (94 P) Aromanian masculine given names (9 P)
This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...
Latin name of the Octave of Easter in the Roman Catholic liturgy. Dominus fortitudo nostra: The Lord is our strength: Motto of the Southland College, Philippines. Psalm 28, 8. Dominus illuminatio mea: The Lord is my light: Motto of the University of Oxford, England. Psalm 27, 1. Dominus pastor: The Lord is [our] shepherd
Lapouge, 1899. troglodytes. Linnaeus, 1758. wadjakensis. Dubois, 1921. In addition to the generally accepted taxonomic name Homo sapiens ( Latin: 'wise man', Linnaeus 1758), other Latin-based names for the human species have been created to refer to various aspects of the human character. The common name of the human species in English is ...