What's Behind the Name? - Company Etymologies

The last list of 10 companies and their Etymologies is up for today. It is as follows:

1. Volvo: Thus name originates from the Latin word 'Volvo' meaning 'I Roll' referring to a Ball bearing.

2. Wal-Mart: Named after founder Sam Walton. The 'Wal' was taken to make the name look better.

3. Warner Bros.: Named after the Warner Brothers Jack, Sam, Harold and Albert Warner.

4. Wipro: Short Form of Western India Vegetable Products Limited with the 'W' from Western, 'I' from India and 'Pro' from Products.

5. Wrigley Company: This chewing-gum company is named after its founder William Wrigley Jr.

6. WWE: Short Form of World Wrestling Entertainment, which was formerly called World Wrestling Federation (WWF).

7. Xerox: The name is derived from the word Xerogaphy, a word derived from the Greek word 'Xeros' meaning dry and 'Graphos' meaning Writing.

8. Yahoo!: The word Yahoo (Invented by Jonathan Swift) represents a person who is barely human and is repulsive in appearance and is also associated with an expression of joy. The company founders thus named their company Yahoo.

9. Zuse: This pioneering German Computer Company was named after its founder Konrad Zuse.

10. 20th Century Fox: This Film Studio company was named after the merger of William Fox's 'Fox Film' and 'Twentieth Century Pictures'.

So this subseries has now ended. In the past 7 days we have seen the Company Name Etymologies of 70 major companies in India and Around the World. Three more exciting facts remain to be published in the series 'What's Behind the Name?'.