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Documenting a search through history to discover the origin of my generally unfriendly demeanor.
I could locate nothing specifically on the origins of your name in either the MLA Bibliography or the LLBA (the Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts), but that doesn't necessarily mean anything. If you wish to continue in these two databases, they use the term "onomastics" for research into the history of names.Two sentences, three useful things and... he tried to actively help me research?? He also gave me some advice on how to go about searching for books in the library on names. I love libraries and I love school.
Katherine - The name is of unknown etymology; the suggestion that it may be derived from Hecate, the pagan goddess of magic and enchantment, is not convincing. From an early date, it was associated with the Greek adjective katharos ‘pure’. This led to spellings with -th- and to a change in the middle vowel.SO claims I've ready of the association with pure being folk etymology are correct, but it is old enough that it counts. All that is left here is to find out who is associating it with Hecate. Because seriously, you old men are avoiding this topic. Oxford debunks it. From whom. Where is it? Damn them for not needing to explain themselves.
...And she conceived and bare Hecate whom Zeus the son of Cronos honoured above all. (...) For to this day, whenever any one of men on earth offers rich sacrifices and prays for favour according to custom, he calls upon Hecate. (...) Whom she will she greatly aids and advances: she sits by worshipful kings in judgement, and in the assembly whom she will is distinguished among the people. (...) And she is good to stand by horsemen, whom she will: and to those whose business is in the grey discomfortable sea, and who pray to Hecate and the loud-crashing Earth-Shaker, easily the glorious goddess gives great catch, and easily she takes it away as soon as seen, if so she will. (...) So, then. albeit her mother's only child, she is honoured amongst all the deathless gods.Marquardt was not joking about the emphasis on her will! I was not sure before, but I think that if there is a parallel, it will be findable.
[F. Catherine, mod.L.St. Catherine of Alexandria's name... thus... a name? Kind of tenuous.Catharina , earlier Katerina, repr. Gr. Αίκατερίνα name of the saint, subseq. assimilated in spelling to καθαρός pure.]
The name of a legendary Saint and Martyr of Alexandria; whence a female Christian name.
The etymology is debated: it could derive from the earlier Greek name ‘Εκατερινη (Hekaterine), which came from ‘εκατερος (hekateros) "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess HECATE; it could be related to Greek αικια (aikia) "torture"The bold is my emphasis. And holy shit. HECATE? I have NEVER seen that before. I have to find where this kind of debate happens! If Katherine is connected with Hecate, this could be a much deeper trend than I imagined. So far I have no leads. Eventually I will find where all these stupid little sites get their research. Most of them... probably get it from other stupid little sites. If anyone who reads this knows, I'd love your help.