like "table", "swab", and others...like scientific names.  To be more specific, how do names of things originate?
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First, you need to find something new, and then, you need to spread the word. ZIP codes, blogs, HIV, and smog are good examples of contractions, made from other words, or phrases. (smog is smoke + fog ).\nI made up a word once, and am busy spreading it. It is, 'monodogamaous'. It means I am faithful to only one dog, my pet Pepper.\nSpread my word, please.
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Most words of the type you have mentioned ARE rooted in either Greek (telephone, television, etc) or Latin 9bicycle0 though many others have come from other cultures (jodhpurs, ketchup), and some are just made up (Nylon comes from abbreviating New York & London), whilst a special few are named after the inventor (biro).
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It comes with the name.
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These words come from different root languages and time periods. Check out this Wikipedia link:
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because they were named by the greeks and romans. The Egyptians had names for them too, but since english is based on latin, we get most of our "stuff" from the Latin speaking Romans.
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Rosa is the Latin name for rose, also the classification name used in the Family name of roses (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species... wow i can't believe I remembered grade 10 biology!!)\nRoses can be found almost everywhere except at extreme temperatures, but you will even find some in Alaska.
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Doesn't exist an actual word, if you don't define, what you want:\n\nTo any name of a hypothetic chemical compound given to you, you can add another hypothetical variation .... so in this case the length of word should be infinity ... and the named chemicals in reality might not be able to exist or be synthisized.\n\nIf you refer to existing compounds only, you should say, if you want a name of an isolated compound, which already has analytically been characterized, or if you also allow unstable (may be even hypothetic) intermediates between different steps of reactions .... and after that clearification you start on yahoo a sweepstake for chemists bringing up their proposals (was a joke, because this way isn't a scientific approach, of course)
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Naming things is a human habit that serves the purpose of asserting control over it.  If a thing / process has a name it can be marketed, talked about and used as a discreet entity.  THIS thing rather than those other things.  For example, a strawberry is edible and a concrete wall is not.  By naming something we also get the signal that something is NOT something else.  A strawberry for instance is not a concrete wall. But naming is a convenience only - 'strawberry' is nothing other than a name we attach to a particular fruit / or colour / or taste.  It could be equally possible that a 'strawberry' got to be known as a 'blood berry' or 'sweet mouthful' or 'frank' for that matter.\n\nIf you were to ask what is punk and what is not, or rather, where does punk end and goth start, you will get different answers from differednt people because not only is the naming of a thing failrly arbitary, it's definition is understood and applied differently by a range of people.  Take the word 'wicked' for example.  For some this means something bad / evil / naughty and for others it means something outstanding like 'hey, wicked pie' meaning, great pie.\n\nso naming is a starting reference point but by no means does it accurately indicate that you know what i know i'm talking about.\n\nThe good thing about naming oneself is that it can give you a sense of identity - hopefully the labels you apply to yourself are useful to you.  For example, I am a feminist but there are many times i do not identify as this becasue for some people the word 'feminist' is like a red rag to a bull.  I say I teach to some people and that I am a lecturer to others even though i am referring to the same job - it depends on the context (the people / time and place.\n\nSomeone once said to me ' we are all more than and less than what people say we are'.  Food for thought.
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I don't know about Latin origins, but I do know of Greek origins:\n\na - bios\nb - life\nc - graphein\nd - write
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surnames.behindthename.com\n\nI think this might still be in BETA but has a lot of information.
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First, it is the basis of quite a few modern languages, and the structure especially will help you with English and most languages that use the same character set.  Secondly, Latin is the basis of most scientific terms: the names of plants and animals, practically all medical terms, etc.  Also, it is very significant in law, and will go a long way to help you understand legal terms.  Finally, it is really very interesting to read classical Latin literature.  Ovid is amazing!
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Cuz modern English is an amalgam of influences from many languages and cultures...\n\nThe sc- spelling of scythe started early in the 1400s influenced by the word scissor, meaning "carver, cutter" and scindere "to cut." \n\nhttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=scythe
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Linnaeus used structural similarities. Unfortunately, this led to many, we know now, illogical classifications. For instance, anemones (animals) and mushrooms (fungi) were classified as plants.\n\nBut, he did come up with a very workable/useable system.
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A name is a symbol that encompasses a large collection of ideas/impressions/concepts/ functions.  \nIt is a categorizer.  And a cross-referencer.\n\nPeople could talk about qualities to describe something, like a glass of cold, wet, clear.  But the more complex our concept we are trying to communicate, that becomes arduous.  So we have a million names which summarize groups of qualities, and we all have to learn them, or buy a dictionary.\n\nGod is a collection of extrapolated father-qualities.  Invented qualities too.\n\nHeaven is a collection of positive-qualities.  It is an awesome example of a cross referencer.\n\nEven if there were only one conscious being, I think it would have to name things too, so it could manage all the info and juggle it and evaluate relative meanings.
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Trust in the urban dictionary...\nhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bite+me\n\nPossible origins...\nhttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bite+me+bollix
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This isn't really a proper answer, more of an observation, but I've noticed that derogatory names for women are animals of all sorts, mostly female ones (bitch, cow, sow, hen, minx, vixen, etc.), OR revolve around a woman's promiscuity. There are many commonly known ones for this latter form (slag, tart, etc.) but there are scores of less well-known ones (light-o-love, rag, harlot, etc.) and many more lost to history. Whereas derogatory names for men for some reason all centre around male/female genitalia (in English-speaking countries at least!). I can't reprint them here, but I'm sure you can think of your own selection.
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Yerp, go to most English dictionarys and it'll give it as one of the older or less known meanings.  It comes from Latin commercium, meaning merchandise, and remember, prostitution has been called the oldest profession in the world.