Cyprus. From kupras, the Greek name for a herb which grew on the island in profusion.
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Dachshund. German for “badger-dog.”
Daffodil. An English corruption of the French d’Asphodel.
Dagonet. The pseudonym of Mr George R. Sims in The Referee, after the jester at the Court of King Arthur.
Daguerreotype. An early process of photography discovered by L. J. M. Daguerre.
Dahlgreen Gun. After its inventor, an officer in the United States Navy.
Dahlia. Introduced to Europe from Mexico in 1784 by Andrew Dahl, the Swedish botanist.
Daisy. From the Anglo-Saxon dæges eye, or “day’s eye,” on account of its sunlike appearance.
Dakota. From the Dacoits, a tribe of Indians found there.