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[[User:Shiramu Kuromu|Shiramu Kuromu]] 00:25, 5 January 2011 (UTC) | [[User:Shiramu Kuromu|Shiramu Kuromu]] 00:25, 5 January 2011 (UTC) | ||
== Name Etymology == | |||
I recently changed the name origins section of Gigalith to reflect several technicalities as well as reorganized some of it. Firstly, I put "gigas" in lower-case because it's an adjective in the context provided in the sentence, not a proper noun ("Gigas" is also a proper noun with plural "Gigantes," but the context uses it as an adjective, which is also viable). Secondly, I removed the word "chthonic" because that was an obvious attempt to sound smart. Chthonic more properly, as its original meaning, refers to beings that "reside under the earth," that is, in Hades or the underworld. I replaced it with "earth-born" because that is more appropriate to the context. | |||
Thirdly, I removed the bits about the words "monolith" and "batholith" because (1) Gigalith is FIVE rock formations, not ONE as in "monolith." Batholith is also unlikely because crystal formations form out of EVERY type of word ending in "-lith." Batholith is just a more specific version. Therefore, the most likely word to be associated with Gigalith is "megalith," but all these words stem from the Greek "lithos" anyway. [[User:Gymnotide|Gymnotide]] 07:08, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||