Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?
From what I can tell, the flower was named from Latin viola "violet".Sometimes a word ultimately just means "a sound we use to refer to a specific thing".

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VIOLA from the Greek ION?  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/26/2006, 6:43 AM
Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?  ·  morfydd  ·  6/26/2006, 12:03 PM
Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/26/2006, 12:19 PM
Re: VIOLA from the Greek ION?  ·  Miranda  ·  6/26/2006, 12:31 PM
Where are you Greek-Freaks out there?  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/26/2006, 12:58 PM
Furthermore...  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/26/2006, 11:09 PM
Re: Where are you Greek-Freaks out there?  ·  Pavlos the Greak Freak  ·  6/26/2006, 11:03 PM
ION, Athens, and the flower  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/27/2006, 12:56 AM
Ionians are not purple!  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/27/2006, 1:18 AM
But they do grow in flower beds!  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/27/2006, 1:51 AM
Re: But they do grow in flower beds!  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/29/2006, 2:12 AM
The link doesn't seem to work …  ·  Andy ;—)  ·  6/30/2006, 3:52 AM
Re: Where are you Greek-Freaks out there?  ·  Anneza  ·  6/26/2006, 11:28 PM
Not so!  ·  Pavlos  ·  6/27/2006, 1:09 AM