Editing Nomad (section)

== Etymology ==
The English word ''nomad'' comes from the [[Middle French]] {{Lang|frm|nomade}}, from [[Latin]] {{Lang|la|nomas}} ("wandering shepherd"), from [[Ancient Greek]] {{Lang|grc|νομᾰ́ς}} ({{Lang|grc-Latn|nomás}}, "roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture"), which is derived from the [[Ancient Greek]] {{Lang|grc|νομός}} ({{Lang|grc-Latn|nomós}}, "pasture").<ref>English dictionaries agree that the word came from French in the 16th century but incorrectly claim that the French word referred to pasturing. (See the [https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=nomad American Heritage Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714204318/https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=nomad |date=2017-07-14 }} and the [http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/nomade Digitized Treasury of the French Language] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723221641/http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/nomade |date=2018-07-23 }} (in French). The meanings of the Latin and Greek predecessors are irrelevant and in fact misleading for the meaning of the English word.)</ref>{{dubious|date= September 2019}}