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[Opinions] Re: Cateline
by Anneza
3/13/2021, 11:50 AM
in reply to a message by MasterCiaraXo
I think you need to look up the etymology of Katherine by typing it in where the magnifying-glass icon appears at the top of the page.
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- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)   +3
3/13/2021, 12:43 PM
KatherineKatherine means “pure” as well. BtN itself says Cateline is Medieval French. Either it’s wrong or something it’s not adding up here.
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- Julia (JuliaF)   +2
3/13/2021, 1:16 PM
Katherine doesn’t mean “pure”. Early Christians changed the spelling so it would look more like the Greek word for “pure”, but that’s not where the name actually comes from.
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- MasterCiaraXo (ciara23)   +1
3/13/2021, 1:22 PM
In the early Christian era it became associated with Greek καθαρός (katharos) meaning "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from Katerina to Katharina to reflect this.Katherine comes from Katharos. Literally meaning “pure”. Either how, it’s not like it matters anyway.
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- Anneza
3/13/2021, 11:24 PM
Accuracy always matters. The point is not that Katharine comes from katharos - it doesn't. The point is how it got there. If you want to be accurate, you can say that, although the original meaning of Katharine is not certain, modern parents who read unscholarly name meanings of the 'Katharine means Pure' variety may choose the name for their daughter because they find 'pure' a positive meaning. Of course, this doesn't make it an accurate meaning, but it is meaningful for them.I am afraid that you do not seem to value accuracy in the same way that most of your fellow-posters do. I can't tell you what to do with your life, but nor can I appreciate where you are at the moment.
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