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THERE can be no doubt whatever that the English name of this month is derived from the Latin Junius , though in regard to the etymology of the latter the opinions of the classic writers are exceedingly various and contradictory .
THERE can be no doubt whatever that the English name of this month is derived from the Latin Junius , though in regard to the etymology of the latter the opinions of the classic writers are exceedingly various and contradictory .
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In old English , as in the German mit , from which it may have been derived , mid signified with , and adopting Horne Tooke's mode of viewing the prepositions , it had possibly some relation to commencement .
In old English , as in the German mit , from which it may have been derived , mid signified with , and adopting Horne Tooke's mode of viewing the prepositions , it had possibly some relation to commencement .
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They blazed equally in India and Egypt , in the north and amongst the Druids , from the last of whom the custom was in all probability more immediately derived to us . In Cornwall the day was anciently called Goluan , a word ...
They blazed equally in India and Egypt , in the north and amongst the Druids , from the last of whom the custom was in all probability more immediately derived to us . In Cornwall the day was anciently called Goluan , a word ...
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This custom is evidently derived from the Ludi Compitalii of the Romans ; this appellation was taken from the Compita , or cross lanes , where they were instituted and celebrated by the multitude assembled before the building of Rome .
This custom is evidently derived from the Ludi Compitalii of the Romans ; this appellation was taken from the Compita , or cross lanes , where they were instituted and celebrated by the multitude assembled before the building of Rome .
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But others derive the word ( more truly in my mind ) from Boon , that is Good , and Fires ; whether good be taken for ... and which has been adopted by Lye in the ETYMOLOGICON of Junius - namely , that it was derived from the Anglo ...
But others derive the word ( more truly in my mind ) from Boon , that is Good , and Fires ; whether good be taken for ... and which has been adopted by Lye in the ETYMOLOGICON of Junius - namely , that it was derived from the Anglo ...
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