agalaxy
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From New Latin agalaxia, which is either from:
- Ancient Greek ἀγαλαξία (agalaxía) (also ἀγαλακτία (agalaktía)), from ἀγάλακτος (agálaktos), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gắlă, gắlăktos, “milk”);[1] or
- Ancient Greek ἀγαλαξ (agalax, “giving no milk”) + New Latin -ia, from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + -γαλαξ (-galax), from γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gắlă, gắlăktos, “milk”).[2]
Noun
[edit]agalaxy (uncountable)
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Agalaxy”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 174, column 3: “f. mod. L. agalaxia (also agalactia) a. Gr. ἀγαλαξία = ἀγαλακτία, f. ἀγάλακτ-ος: see prec. [Agalactous […] f. Gr. ἀγάλακτ-ος (f. ἀ not + γάλακτ- milk) + -ous.]”
- ^ “agalaxia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present: “New Latin agalaxia, from Greek agalax giving no milk (from a- A- entry 2 + -galax, from gala milk) + New Latin -ia”
- “agalaxy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.