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Help[Facts] Re: Anyone know what this name means?
in reply to a message by HarderToBreathe
Do you know anything else about this name?
Are you sure it's not a variant of Oleander? If it is, here the meaning: http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=oleander&searchmode=none
olea means "olive tree", but that doesn't work for Oleanthe since it'd combine a Greek and Latin element.
In my Ancient Greek dictionary it says pretty much all words starting with Ole- in Greek mean something along the lines of "destruction", "disastrous" or "kill"
I did come across olunthos which means "unripe fig", "wild fig tree" or "male flower". This at least would be a plant-like meaning which you'd expect with Oleanthe.
Are you sure it's not a variant of Oleander? If it is, here the meaning: http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=oleander&searchmode=none
olea means "olive tree", but that doesn't work for Oleanthe since it'd combine a Greek and Latin element.
In my Ancient Greek dictionary it says pretty much all words starting with Ole- in Greek mean something along the lines of "destruction", "disastrous" or "kill"
I did come across olunthos which means "unripe fig", "wild fig tree" or "male flower". This at least would be a plant-like meaning which you'd expect with Oleanthe.
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Sorry, I don't know anything else about it, I just got it from a poll. From another naming forum I posted this on, they are thinking the same thing about Olea = olive tree. One also said that it can come from Hebrew meaning moon or night. So moon/night flower, sounds pretty right? Olive tree flower could work for me too. It could be a variant of Oleander, but I don't know. Thanks for your help.
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