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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A matter of beads #125155 03/14/04 06:12 PM Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 555 M maahey OP addict OP maahey addict M 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 Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted A matter of beads maahey 03/14/04 06:12 PM Re: A matter of beads Jackie 03/14/04 09:36 PM Re: A matter of beads of troy 03/14/04 10:59 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,333 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 608 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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