Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ETYMONS
Noun
etymons
plural of etymon
Source: Wiktionary
ETYMON
Et"y*mon, n.; pl. E. Etymons, Gr. Etyma. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. sotya, E. sooth. See Sooth.]
Definition: 1. An original form; primitive word; root.
2. Original or fundamental signification. [R.] Given as the etymon or genuine sense of the word. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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