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[Facts] Elodia etymology
In '05 there were messages by Tana and I think Azena about the etymology of Elodia. It is not of Germanic origin but Greek instead. elos means marsh or swamp and elodis means marshy or swampy (Collins Gem Greek Dictionary, Langenscheidt Pocket Greek Dictionary, Plantes sauvages des lacs, rivières, et tourbières). But like Tana and Azena said it is the generic name of a flower, but with an e, which has several names and species including waterweed, duckweed, pondweed, ditch-moss, water-thyme, etc., but is not the name for a seaweed. I've seen the other proposal elsewhere and I don't know where it comes from but it is definitely wrong.
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I'm afraid I have to make a bit of a retraction as the etymology I used is for the genus of flowers and is not necesarily for the personal name Elodia or Alodia. So that it's possible the Germanic origin is right, which means "foreign wealth" as Tana said. And the responder's name, which I had gotten wrong, is Anneza.
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