Editing Amaranth (section)

== Names and etymology ==
''Amaranthus'' comes from the name of this plant in [[Ancient Greek]], {{langx|grc|ἀμάραντος|amárantos}}, "amaranth, immortal", noun formed from the privative prefix {{langx|grc|ἀ-|a-}}, "without", and the verb {{langx|grc|μαραίνω|maraínō}}, "to consume, to exhaust".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Anatole |last=Bailly |editor-first1=Hugo |editor-last1=Chávez |editor-first2=Gérard |editor-last2=Gréco |editor-first3=André |editor-last3=Charbonnet |editor-first4=Mark |editor-last4=De Wilde |editor-first5=Bernard |editor-last5=Maréchal |display-authors=et al|dictionary=Le Bailly |year=2020 |url=https://bailly.app/marain%C3%B4 |access-date=29 December 2023 |title=μαραίνω}}</ref><ref>[[Dioscorides]], 3, 9; 4, 55 and 57.</ref> Indeed, the amaranth has a reputation for not withering, with in particular its [[Calyx (botany)|calice]] which remains persistent, and for this reason, represents a symbol of [[immortality]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Histoire Amarante|url=http://www.amaranto.cl/noticia/historia-del-amaranto.html|website=www.amaranto.cl |date=|language=es}}</ref> Some species are used in dry bouquets.

The form {{lang|la|amaranthus}} (with H), comes from an erroneous association with the Greek etymon {{Transliteration|grc|anthos}} (lat. {{lang|la|-anthus}}) meaning {{gloss|flower}}, found in the name of many plants (agapanthus, for example).

Its denominations in the languages of the peoples cultivating it since ancient times in [[America]] are {{lang|nah|huauhtli}} in [[Nahuatl]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Frances |last=Karttunen |year=1992 |title=An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |page=82}}</ref> {{lang|qu|kiwicha}}, {{lang|qu|ataĉo}} in [[Quechuan languages|Quechua]],<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/caoum_0373-5834_1992_num_45_179_3461 |journal=Cahiers d'Outre-Mer |language=fr |volume=45 |issue=179–180 |date=July–December 1992 |first=Emmanuelle |last=Gen |title=La re-découverte des Amériques |pages=495–514|doi=10.3406/caoum.1992.3461 }}</ref> {{lang|myn|tez}} or {{lang|myn|xtes}} in [[Mayan languages|Maya]], ''ahparie'' in [[Purépecha language|Purépecha]], {{lang|hch|wa've}} in [[Huichol language|Huichol]], and ''guegui'' in [[Tarahumara language|Tarahumara]].{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}