What word, meaning vanity, derives from the Greek god who perished while pining away at his reflection in a pool of water?
Vanity Vanity Vanity is the excessive belief in one's own abilities or attractiveness to others. Prior to the 14th century it did not have such narcissistic undertones, and merely meant "futility". The related term vainglory is now often seen as an archaic synonym for "vanity", but originally meant "boasting in vain", i.e. unjustified boasting; although "glory" is now seen as having a predominantly positive meaning, the Latin term from which it derives, "gloria", roughly means "boasting", and was often used as a negative criticism. In many religions, vanity, in its modern sense, is considered a form of self-idolatry in which one
God (word) God (word) The English word god continues the Old English ' (' in Gothic, ' in Old Norse, ' in Frisian and Dutch, and ' in modern German), which is derived from Proto-Germanic '. The Proto-Germanic meaning of ' and its etymology is uncertain. It is generally agreed that it derives from a Proto-Indo-European neuter passive perfect participle '. This is similar to Persian word for God, Khudan. This form within (late) Proto-Indo-European itself was possibly ambiguous, and thought to derive from a root "*" "to pour, libate" (Sanskrit ', see '), or from a root "*" ("*") "to call,