Editing Barnacle (section)

== Etymology ==

The word "barnacle" is attested in the early 13th century as [[Middle English]] "bernekke" or "bernake", close to [[Old French]] "bernaque" and [[medieval Latin]] ''bernacae'' or ''berneka'', denoting the [[barnacle goose]].<ref name="Müller 1871">{{cite book |last=Müller |first=F. Max |author-link=Max Müller |year=1871 |title=Lectures on the Science of Language |location=London |publisher=Longmans, Green |volume=2 |pages=583–604}}</ref><ref name="EtymDict"/> Because the full life cycles of both barnacles and geese were unknown at the time, (geese spend their breeding seasons in the Arctic) a folktale emerged that geese hatched from barnacles. It was not applied strictly to the arthropod until the 1580s. The ultimate meaning of the word is unknown.<ref name="EtymDict">{{cite web |title=barnacle (n.) |website=[[Online Etymology Dictionary]] |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/barnacle |accessdate=19 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |chapter=Barnacle |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |edition=2nd |year=1989}}<!--source is flagged as acceptable by the in situ script--></ref>

The name {{lang|la|Cirripedia}} comes from the [[Latin]] words ''cirritus'' "curly" from ''cirrus'' "curl"<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=cirrus |title=cirrus |last1=Lewis |first1=Charlton T. |last2=Short |first2=Charles |dictionary=A Latin Dictionary |edition=|publisher=Perseus Digital Library |date=1879 }}</ref> and ''pedis'' from ''pes'' "foot".<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=pes |title=lavo |last1=Lewis |first1=Charlton T. |last2=Short |first2=Charles |dictionary=A Latin Dictionary |publisher=Perseus Digital Library |date=1879 }}</ref> The two words together mean "curly-footed", alluding to the curved legs used in filter-feeding.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Concise Oxford English Dictionary]] |edition=10th |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |page=260 |date=2002 |isbn=0-19-860572-2}}</ref>