Desdemona: Of the devil or ill-fated?
According to someone on Namenerds, it could mean of the devil. Her reasoning:
As far as the etymology goes... dysdaimon, the Greek word that it comes from, contains two elements - dys and daimon. Daimon is also the word that "demon" was derived from. In Greek, though, and someone can correct me if I have this wrong, daimon was used for all theistic beings that weren't gods (ie spirits). Dys simply meant bad, so a literal translation then might have been "bad spirit" - so "of the devil" might not be far off.
On this board, it doesn't.I'm curious... can it?
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Desdemona: Of the devil or ill-fated?  ·  Siri  ·  10/1/2005, 11:33 PM
Re: Desdemona: Of the devil or ill-fated?  ·  Cass  ·  10/2/2005, 10:56 AM
Re: Desdemona: Of the devil or ill-fated?  ·  Caelesti  ·  10/4/2005, 3:10 PM