Could you find some english words that are deriverd from the Roman God?
2006-10-03 20:07:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
jovial (Jupiter)
saturnine (Saturn)
mercurial (Mercury)
bacchanalia (Bacchus)
cupidity (Cupid)
fortune (Fortuna)
vestal (Vesta)
vulcanization (Vulcan)
janitor (Janus)
2006-10-03 20:28:59 · answer #1 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word lunar comes from Luna (a moon goddess) and aurora (as in aurora borealis) is also the name of a roman goddess of the dawn. The planet and the periodic element mercury are both named for the messenger god Mercury. The latin root of the word jovial is Jove, god of the sky and justice. A chemical process called vulcanization gets its name from the smith god Vulcan. All of the planets are name after roman gods, except earth, and I think some of the moons as well.
2006-10-04 03:41:50 · answer #2 · answered by Todd D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who is the Roman God??
2006-10-04 03:10:06 · answer #3 · answered by Faz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From roman or from Greek via Roman??
saw from our friends wrong answers
2006-10-04 11:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by LOUCAS A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gods many the planets are mainly called after the roman gods Mars jupeter and so on I do not know them all
2006-10-04 03:10:40 · answer #5 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saturn, Venus, Mars, volcano, erotic, vulcanize, aphrodisiac... Lots more. Seems like Eros and Aphrodite have a bunch in our language... Hmmm
2006-10-04 03:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by Eric the Red 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divine Light.
2006-10-04 04:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"the Roman God"? u do know they were largely a polytheistic society right?
2006-10-04 03:15:51 · answer #8 · answered by Belle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
martial arts from Mars
cereals from Ceres
veneral disease from Venus
volcano from Vulcan
By the way erotic and aphrodisiac etc come from the greek gods.
2006-10-04 03:16:14 · answer #9 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋