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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A matter of beads #125155 03/14/2004 6:12 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 maahey addict maahey addict Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 Does anyone know the etymology of, rosary? I read recently that the first rosaries were made with beads of rolled up rose petals and thus, the name. Another explanation is that the rose is symbolic of Mary and since Hail Marys are common in the traditional prayer, the name choice was automatic. Incidentally, the word bead itself came from a rosary! Old English gebed prayer, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bede and German Gebet An AWAD search brought this up and the gaud-gaudy etymology! http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=874 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A matter of beads #125156 03/14/2004 9:36 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky From Gurunet: [Middle English, rose garden, from Medieval Latin rosârium, rose garden, rosary, from Latin, rose garden, from neuter of rosârius, of roses, from rosa, rose.] I tried making some rose-petal beads a few years ago: I'd read that their fragrance can last for years; decades, even, though fainter of course. But, as I did not have the prescribed mortar and pestle, I ran them through the food processor. Didn't work--they fell apart. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A matter of beads #125157 03/14/2004 10:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park i have heare the same (rosary is from the name of the beads, which were originally made from rose petals.) but don't have any sourse better than yours. it's still not uncommon to find rosaries with rose shaped beads, either carved or molded that way. --i still go to church for wakes and weddings, and see such things. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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