Toponymy or Placename Etymology
- Main article: Toponyms
- List of country-name etymologies
- British — UK counties — German — India — Irish — Romanian counties — Bulgarian provinces — Brazilian States — U.S. States — Filipino Provinces
- List of etymologies of country subdivision names
- List of national capital city name etymologies
- List of river name etymologies
- Lists of North American place name etymologies
- Origins of names of cities and towns in Hong Kong
- List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin
- List of U.S. place names of French origin
- List of Chinook Jargon placenames
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“Semantically, taste is rich and confusing, its etymology as odd and interesting as that of “style.” But while style—deriving from the stylus or pointed rod which Roman scribes used to make marks on wax tablets—suggests activity, taste is more passive.... Etymologically, the word we use derives from the Old French, meaning touch or feel, a sense that is preserved in the current Italian word for a keyboard, tastiera.”
—Stephen Bayley, British historian, art critic. “Taste: The Story of an Idea,” Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things, Random House (1991)