Ku Klux Klan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Origin of the name=== The name was probably formed by combining the Greek ''{{lang|grc-Latn|[[kyklos]]}}'' ([[wikt:κύκλος|κύκλος]], which means circle) with ''[[clan]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Horn|1939|p=11}} states that Reed proposed ''{{lang|grc|κύκλος}}'' (''{{lang|grc-Latn|kyklos}}'') and Kennedy added ''clan''. {{harvnb|Wade|1987|p=33}} says that Kennedy came up with both words, but Crowe suggested transforming ''{{lang|grc|κύκλος}}'' into ''{{lang|grc-Latn|kuklux}}''.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-694 |title=Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era |website=New Georgia Encyclopedia |date=October 3, 2002 |access-date=February 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919005917/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-694 |archive-date=September 19, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The word had previously been used for other fraternal organizations in the South such as [[Kuklos Adelphon]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page