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Help[Opinions] Re: Etna
in reply to a message by Wordsmith
It's a name from Greek and Roman mythology from which the volcano takes it's name so it's not weird at all.
In English the mythological nymph's name is spelled Aetna as in Latin but Etna is the form in Italian and many other languages.
I have also seen this name on a man, the French painter Achille-Etna Michallon. I don't know how he came to have this feminine name.
I don't know why this site says that Etna is a name taken from the volcano and does not trace it back to the ancient Greek. Odd.
In English the mythological nymph's name is spelled Aetna as in Latin but Etna is the form in Italian and many other languages.
I have also seen this name on a man, the French painter Achille-Etna Michallon. I don't know how he came to have this feminine name.
I don't know why this site says that Etna is a name taken from the volcano and does not trace it back to the ancient Greek. Odd.
This message was edited 9/14/2023, 9:34 PM
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