Note 66 — PART I. (continued 4)

Amphi-nesian, from amfi=around, and næsos=island; Protonesian, from protos=first; Kelino-nesian, from kelainos=black. This last term is Prichard's. I am aware that all these forms are, etymologically, incorrect. The first part is Greek, the termination, -an, Latin; so that they are impossible words in the language from which they are supposed to be taken. Still the forms Polynesian and Peloponnesian, establish a convenient, though exceptionable, precedent.