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Q: What does the name mean?
A: Rose
Q: What is the origin of teh name?
A: Greek (http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/vol3a/vol3a_names/v3afr_u.html)
Q:Why is there an "h" after the R?
A: In Greek, all vowels as well as the consonant r had punctuation marks called "breathings" in front of them: a "rough breathing" known as *daseia* "(" , or a "smooth breathing" known as *psili* ")". These were dome away with by the late and unlamented Andreas Papandreou in the name of "simplifying" spelling. IMHO, greek spelling is now much poorer. But I digress. All Greek words starting with a letter that had a "rough breathing" were given an "h", "s" or "v" when transliterated into Latin and eventually English. For example, the Greek (YPER became hyper or super, OLOGRAMMA becomes hologram and so forth. In a similar vein, (REA becomes Rhea, Rinokeros became Rhinoceros and Rode becomes Rhode when transliterated :)
PS: As far as the ultimate derivation of the Rhode is concerned, I am keen to concur with the explanation provided by Kassios.
A: Rose
Q: What is the origin of teh name?
A: Greek (http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/publications/vol3a/vol3a_names/v3afr_u.html)
Q:Why is there an "h" after the R?
A: In Greek, all vowels as well as the consonant r had punctuation marks called "breathings" in front of them: a "rough breathing" known as *daseia* "(" , or a "smooth breathing" known as *psili* ")". These were dome away with by the late and unlamented Andreas Papandreou in the name of "simplifying" spelling. IMHO, greek spelling is now much poorer. But I digress. All Greek words starting with a letter that had a "rough breathing" were given an "h", "s" or "v" when transliterated into Latin and eventually English. For example, the Greek (YPER became hyper or super, OLOGRAMMA becomes hologram and so forth. In a similar vein, (REA becomes Rhea, Rinokeros became Rhinoceros and Rode becomes Rhode when transliterated :)
PS: As far as the ultimate derivation of the Rhode is concerned, I am keen to concur with the explanation provided by Kassios.
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