Editing Carnival (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:NavigiumIsidis.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Feast of the {{lang|la|[[Navigium Isidis]]}}, celebrated in [[Ancient Rome]] in honor of the goddess [[Isis]]]]

The word ''carnival'' is said to come from the [[Late Latin]] expression {{lang|la|carne levare}}, which means "remove meat"; a [[folk etymology]] derives it from {{lang|la|carne vale}}, "farewell to meat". In either case, this signifies the approaching fast of [[Lent]].<ref name="Online Etymology Dictionary">{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Carnival |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002123006/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=carnival |archive-date=2 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The word {{lang|la|carne}} may also be translated as flesh, producing "a farewell to the flesh", a phrase embraced by certain Carnival celebrants to embolden the festival's carefree spirit.<ref name="Online Etymology Dictionary" />

Other scholars argue that the origin of the word is a common meat-based country feast (in Latin {{lang|la|carnualia}})<ref name="etimo">{{cite web|url=https://www.etimo.it/?term=carnevale|title=Carnevale|website=Etimo|language=it|access-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918160826/https://www.etimo.it/?term=carnevale|archive-date=18 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> or the festival of the {{lang|la|[[Navigium Isidis]]}} ("ship of Isis"), where the image of [[Isis]] was carried to the seashore to bless the start of sailing season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carnival.com/common/cclus/htmlfragments/error/error-404.htm?item=/isis/rising/&user=extranet\Anonymous&site=website/ |title=Isis Rising |publisher=Carnival.com |access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426043847/https://www.carnival.com/common/cclus/htmlfragments/error/error-404.htm?item=/isis/rising/&user=extranet%5CAnonymous&site=website/ |archive-date=26 April 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The festival consisted of a parade of masks following an adorned wooden boat, called in Latin {{lang|la|carrus navalis}},<ref name="etimo"/> possibly the source of both the name and the [[float (parade)|parade floats]].