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Many etymologists believe that endleofon is the Old English form for left after ten, one left over.
' In this sense, the development of dude would be like that of fop . Again we see etymologists struggling with uncertainty and the educated guess.
Some etymologists believe that missa at first denoted the solemn conclusion of a religious service, the words Ite, missa est Go, it is the dismissal being uttered at the end of the ceremony but later applied to the service itself.
The predilection for the flesh of Strombus gigas, the queen conch, by the white Bahamians and their relatives on the Florida Keys is cited by many etymologists in explaining the origin of the appellation Conch for a `native or inhabitant of the Florida Keys' or a `Bahamian.
When I missed a good alternative guess at the origin of cold turkey referring to a drug addict who quits abruptly, I received numerous letters from would-be etymologists correcting me.