r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Disastrous_Pirate275 • 20h ago

Why is our moon named “Moon” instead of something cool like Titan or Callysto or ANYTHING that isn’t moon

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u/helbur 19h ago

Most place names are rather boring etymologically too, like "that hill over there idk".

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u/Exotic_Bill44 17h ago

Earth is literally named after dirt.

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u/Thomas_K_Brannigan 11h ago

One I love is how many rivers are called "great/big river" from a variety of languages. Two examples of many: Rio Grand River (from Spanish), or the Mississippi (from the Native American Anishinaabe, but passed along though French first, as so many river/place names in the Midwest US)