Message: "VIOLA from the Greek ION?"

[Facts] VIOLA from the Greek ION?

by Andy ;—) (guest)

6/26/2006, 6:43 AM

Wikipedia (German http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_%28Vorname%29)
says, that the feminine name VIOLA is a "Latin deminutive of the Greek íon, originally víon, after Ion, the founder of Athens."
Can anybody confirm this?

VIOLA from the Greek ION? · Andy ;—) · 6/26/2006, 6:43 AM

•Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION? · morfydd · 6/26/2006, 12:03 PM

•Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION? · Andy ;—) · 6/26/2006, 12:19 PM

•Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION? · Miranda · 6/26/2006, 12:31 PM

•Where are you Greek-Freaks out there? · Andy ;—) · 6/26/2006, 12:58 PM

•Furthermore... · Pavlos · 6/26/2006, 11:09 PM

•Re: Where are you Greek-Freaks out there? · Pavlos the Greak Freak · 6/26/2006, 11:03 PM

•ION, Athens, and the flower · Andy ;—) · 6/27/2006, 12:56 AM

•Ionians are not purple! · Pavlos · 6/27/2006, 1:18 AM

•But they do grow in flower beds! · Andy ;—) · 6/27/2006, 1:51 AM

•Re: But they do grow in flower beds! · Pavlos · 6/29/2006, 2:12 AM

•The link doesn't seem to work … · Andy ;—) · 6/30/2006, 3:52 AM

•Re: Where are you Greek-Freaks out there? · Anneza · 6/26/2006, 11:28 PM

•Not so! · Pavlos · 6/27/2006, 1:09 AM

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