Its exact etymological origins are unknown, but there are several candidates.

它的确切词源是未知的，但有几个可能性。

You know the Romans were calling it whatever they called it like I understand the etymological angle.

你知道罗马人怎么称呼它就怎么称呼它，就像我理解词源学的角度一样。

Furthermore, they need not remain true to their etymological roots, a belief known to linguists as the " etymological fallacy" .

此外，它们不必忠于词源学的根源，语言学家将这种认知称为“词源学谬误”。

This sounds like the setup for a joke, but it's more of an etymological riddle.

这听起来像是一个笑话的设置， 但它更像是一个词源谜语。

It makes certain etymological sense, then, to cast envy as " I want what I don't have" .

因此，将嫉妒描述为“我想要我没有的东西” 在词源上具有一定的意义。

It is a favorite of people called etymological fallicists, who believe that modern words should only mean what they meant in their origin language.

它是被称为词源谬论者的人的最爱， 他们认为现代词应该只表示它们在其原始语言中的意思。

Werewolves are common hirsute horror antagonists, which is fitting (unlike a werewolf's clothes) since the word hirsute and the word horror share etymological roots.

狼人是常见的多毛恐怖对手，这很合适（与狼人的衣服不同），因为“多毛” 一词和“恐怖” 一词具有相同的词源。

As if that wasn't bad enough, the Renaissance fanboys also wanted to change the spellings of existing English words to pay tribute to their etymological roots.

好像这还不够糟糕，文艺复兴时期的狂热者还想改变现有英语单词的拼写，以向其词源致敬。

It's important to stress the sort of etymological point because sometimes people confuse schizophrenia with something--with split personality and they somehow think schizophrenia refers to having multiple personalities.

强调词源这一点很重要，因为有时人们会将精神分裂症与人格分裂相混淆，并且他们以某种方式认为精神分裂症是指具有多重人格。

In fact, that's where the word “month” comes from; “month” and “Moon” are cognates, words that have similar etymological histories, and in most languages, including English, the two words are very similar.

事实上，这就是英文中“月份”（month）这个词的由来；“month”和“Moon”是同源词，它们有着相似的词源历史，在包括英语在内的大多数语言中，这两个词都非常相似。

But, before we get into the different ways that  " dog" has shifted, we first have to figure out where the word even came from, as that  is a bit of an etymological mystery.

但是， 在我们讨论“狗” 一词的不同变化方式之前，我们首先必须弄清楚这个词的来源，因为这有点像词源之谜。

If feeling that " of obscure origin" is the best we can do for copacetic, take a look at the long etymological note at the entry for copacetic at mariam-webster.com for a discussion of the word's history.

如果觉得“起源不明” 是我们能为 copacet 做的最好的事情，请查看 mariam-webster.com 上的 copacet 条目中的长词源注释，以讨论该词的历史。

Its cause was not helped by examples such the " p" which was added to the start of ptarmigan with no etymological justification whatsoever other than the fact that the Greek word for feather, ptera, started with a " p" .

之类的例子的帮助， 它被添加到 ptarmigan 的开头， 没有任何词源学理由， 除了希腊语中的羽毛一词 ptera 以“p” 开头。