Sylphe

Oznaczający (Angielski)

sylph (the elemental being of air)

Synonimy

Luftgeist

Elb

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Elbe

Albe

Fee

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Sylphide

Elfe

Etymologia (Angielski)

First attested in 1657. Borrowed from New Latin sylphes, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century. The coinage may derive from Latin sylvestris (“of the woods”) and nympha (“nymph”), or otherwise Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”).
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