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> I'd be curious when the entry was updated Curiosity should be rewarded! "This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified
by bloak 4y ago
> I'd be curious when the entry was updated
Curiosity should be rewarded!
"This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2022)."
And there's a link to "Previous version: OED2 (1989)" where the etymology is given as: ... "The etymology of the Latin name is obscure; some ancient writers connected it with the name of the goddess Maia."
(Since you read Ovid probably there's nothing new for you in that!)