What is the root word for the word moon?

Answer 1

They call the Moon a moon because that was the only satellite ancient people knew about. The real answer is the word "moon" is derived from the Germanic word "me-" as in measurement. In its Latin form the word is "lunar". Some people say "lunar" is from lunatic, as a myth that some people go crazy on a night of the full moon.

Answer 2

The original meaning of the term seleniazomai, "moon-struck," is connected with the popular belief, widespread and of strange persistency, that the moon, in certain of its phases, is injurious to human beings, especially in the case of diseases of a periodic or remittent character. There are no data by which to determine whether, in the New Testament times, this particular word represented a living and active belief or had passed into the state of usage in which the original metaphor disappears, and the word simply indicates the fact signified without reference to the idea embodied in the etymology. We still use the word "lunatic" to signify a person mentally diseased, although we have long since ceased to believe in the moon's influence in such cases.

Answer comes from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia online under Lunatic.

If you look up moonstruck in the Websters dictionary it says the following

1. (adj) moonstruck

mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic

Answer 3

It is very hard to find a good precise answer. But I believe the best I have found is Son. In Egypt and Rome the sun was considered son of god. It was celebrated its birth on Dec 25 after a three day death. Dec 21 was the shortest day of the year, and it was Dec 25th that the sun began to noticeably rise in the sky again. The sun was the son of God. Born a virgin birth. My guess is when Christianity took over they merely changed the spelling.

Answer 4

The most curret accepted theory is that a planet the size of Mars crashed into Earth, Earth then assimilated a majority of the planet. Left over material orbited Earth and eventually coalesced into the Moon

Answer 5

The official name of our own moon is Luna.

It comes into modern language from Middle English, meaning crescent-shaped. It was adopted there from the Old French word lunaire, and from from Latin lūnāris, meaning of the moon, from lūna, moon

Answer 6

lunar is the origin The origin of the word moon comes from the latin word luna, meaning moon. See the related link for more information.

Answer 7

ANSWER:The word luna means moon in Latin. Lunar means relating to the Moon (Luna).

Answer 8

From Latin "luna" for Moon.

From Latin "luna" for Moon.

From Latin "luna" for Moon.

From Latin "luna" for Moon.

Answer 9

Moonalipse because of the weird look the moon has with its craters the North Korens called it " Moonelipse".

Answer 10

From Latin "luna" for Moon.