English Explanatory Dictionary

Enid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning.
  2. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma
noun
  1. Any snail in the family Enidae.

Pronunciation

/ˈiːnɪd/

Word forms

Enid enids

Etymology

From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”).

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