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    How did the dancing puppet on strings controlled by a person called a Marionette get its name?

    Question #107966. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Aug 13 09 8:28 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		Marionette -- puppet worked by strings, c.1620, lit. "little little Mary," from Fr. marionette, dim. of Marion, dim. of Marie "Mary."

    http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=Marionette&searchmode=none

    From French, la marionette. One of the first figures to be made into a marionette was the Virgin Mary, hence the name.

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/marionette

    Aug 13 09, 9:07 PM

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