Etymology
The proper name "Phact" (also Phad, Phaet, Phakt) derived from the Arabic ألفاجتة - fākh(i)tah which meaning "ring dove". It was originally applied to the constellation Cygnus as al-Fākhtah, but later transferred to this star. The etymology of its name hadāri (unknown meaning) has also been suggested.
In Chinese, 丈人 (Zhàng Rén), meaning Grandfather, refers to an asterism consisting of α Columbae and ε Columbae. Consequently, α Columbae itself is known as 天囷一 (Zhàng Rén yī, English: the First Star of Grandfather.). From this Chinese name, the name Chang Jin was appeared
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“Semantically, taste is rich and confusing, its etymology as odd and interesting as that of “style.” But while style—deriving from the stylus or pointed rod which Roman scribes used to make marks on wax tablets—suggests activity, taste is more passive.... Etymologically, the word we use derives from the Old French, meaning touch or feel, a sense that is preserved in the current Italian word for a keyboard, tastiera.”
—Stephen Bayley, British historian, art critic. “Taste: The Story of an Idea,” Taste: The Secret Meaning of Things, Random House (1991)
“The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.”
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)