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==Origin==
==Origin==
Late [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: from Old French ''nimphe'', from [[Latin]] ''nympha'', from [[Greek]] ''numphē'' ‘nymph, bride’; related to Latin ''nubere'' ‘be the [[wife]] of.’
Late [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English]: from Old French ''nimphe'', from [[Latin]] ''nympha'', from [[Greek]] ''numphē'' ‘nymph, bride’; related to Latin ''nubere'' ‘be the [[wife]] of.’
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
The Greek word νύμφη has "bride" and "veiled" among its [[meanings]]: hence a marriageable young woman. Other [[readers]] refer the word (and also Latin ''nubere'' and German ''Knospe'') to a root expressing the idea of "swelling" (according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesychius_of_Alexandria Hesychius], one of the meanings of νύμφη is "rose-bud").
The Greek word νύμφη has "bride" and "veiled" among its [[meanings]]: hence a marriageable young woman. Other [[readers]] refer the word (and also Latin ''nubere'' and German ''Knospe'') to a root expressing the idea of "swelling" (according to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesychius_of_Alexandria Hesychius], one of the meanings of νύμφη is "rose-bud").