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[Facts] Euthargie
Does anyone know the meaning of the French female name Euthargie? In my opinion it seems to come from the Greek, with "eu" meaning "good"... But I really dunno about the rest of the name lol
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If you receive another more competent answer, please ignore mine.You know there is a word "lethargy" ("unenergetic apathetic inactivity") in English supposed to have Greek origins.On an on-line Greek dictionary, I found "argos" meaning "laggard, late, leisurely, lingerer, slow". The initial "letha" of "lethargy" comes from the name of a mythic river.Later, somebody perhaps composed the word "euthargia" (euthargy, Fr. euthargie) to mean "good activity" as the opposite of "lethargy". This word is not Greek, it only looks to be Greek.
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thank you so much
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I absolutely agree with Christos......this is most probably a constructed name playing on "Lethargy" :)
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