The process of choosing the name of a commercial product will (should) always contain some degree of marketing. Another, quite funny example: https://en.m.wiki

The process of choosing the name of a commercial product will (should) always contain some degree of marketing. Another, quite funny example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming#History https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_programming#History More generally, it is quite difficult (out of chemistry at least) to maintain names that describe things to the point that you can “reason” about the chosen symbol. The space is too crowded, etimologies lose their stronghold on meaning when context is added to words, etc. One person chooses with more or less foresight the name of something, and from then on it is just inertia, fashion, and meme evolution that drive names. It is better to not think a lot about why the name of X is Y, out of curiosity, lest you end up frustrated with how random it is.