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Table 1 Linguistic transformation of the word ‘Nomad’
From: Reconceptualising nomadic architecture: from the body to the space creation
Origin | Time | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
Greek | Ancient 1550 BC to 330 BC | νομάς Nomas, nomados or nomads | Wandering Roaming Roving |
Latin/Arab | 6th to ninth century | Nomas or nomadis | Wanderers A group of wanderers |
Middle French | 14th to sixteenth century | Nomade | Wanderers Nomadic tribe |
English | The 1550Â s | Nomades or nomad | A wanderer A member of a nomadic group Nomadic tribes |
The U.S.A | The 1950s | Third culture kid's | Bicultural individuals |
| Â | The 1990s 1997 The 2000s 2005 | perpetual traveller Digital nomad Global nomad The nomadic project | Permanent tourist Digital movement Global traveller Travel as a project |