Words from Names

Words from Names:

1.    Atlas: A set of maps, from Atlas, a Titan in Greek mythology forced by Zeus to support the heavens upon his shoulders.

2.    August:  The eighth month of the year between July and September, from Augustus Caesar (63 BCE-14 CE), the first Roman emperor.

3.    Cardigan: A knit sweater that buttons in front, from James Thomas Brudnell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797-1868), British cavalry officer.

4.    Cereal: Grain or food made from grain, from Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain and agriculture.

5.    Chauvinism: Passionate, absolute, single-minded devotion to a cause, from Nicolas Chauvin, a French soldier in Napoleon's army famous for his fanatical devotion to the Emperor.

6.    Friday: The sixth day of the week between Thursday and Saturday, from Frig(ga), Norse goddess of marital affection.

7.    Valentine: A card send to a loved one on St. Valentine's Day,from Saint Valentine, 3rd century Christian martyred during the persecution of Christians by Claudius II.

8.    Volcano: An opening in the earth through which molten lava issues or a mountain build up of lava, from Vulcan (Latin Volcanus), the Roman god of fire and metalworking.

9.    Weber: A unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells, from Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891), German physicist known for his research into magnetism and electricity.

10.  Dunce: Nincompoop, stupid person, from John Duns Scotus (circa 1265-1308), the Scottish theologian whose writings and philosophy were ridiculed by many during his lifetime.

 

Compound Words from FOE, that is written by J.M. Coetzee.

Sea noun	Weed verb	Seaweed noun
Through adj	Out adv	Throughout adj
Every adj	Where noun	Everywhere adv
Cast verb	Away adj	Castaway noun
Such adj	Like verb	Suchlike adj
Land noun	Fall verb	Landfall Noun
fire noun	wood noun	firewood noun
Passage noun	Way noun	Passageway noun
Some adj	Times noun	Sometimes adv
Under adj	Stand verb	Understand verb