From Rhadamanthus + -ine, after Rhadamanthus, a king in Greek myths.
I recently realised that I haven’t got round to unpacking my word calendar but in the meantime I came across this word today and liked it very much.
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My favourite thing I’ve learnt from my Word Origin Calendar (second best non-Christmas present I got for Christmas) is that:
The word “girl” originally referred to a child of either sex, possibly coming from the Old-English word gierela, a garment that children wore. See also: Metonymy.