Geronimo 的詞源

在跳跃时发出的喊声，1941年在美国空降士兵中使用。被二战中的伞兵作为战斗口号，因他们看过1939年派拉蒙影业电影《Geronimo!》。

... Fort Benning, Georgia. Shortly before 47 members of the 501st Parachute Battalion were selected to begin training in mass jumping, a movie called Geronimo was exhibited at the Fost Exchange. For some reason the jumpers made "Geronimo" their rallying cry. Now, each man shouts the word lustily as he dives out into space. The original 47 parachutists have been augmented by several hundred and training has advanced to the point where an entire compnay [sic] will jump at one time. [from a report dated April 23, 1941, by the Division of Press Intelligence, Office of Government Reports]

... 乔治亚州本宁堡。在501伞兵营的47名成员被选中开始大规模跳伞训练之前，一部名为 Geronimo 的电影在Fost Exchange放映。出于某种原因，跳伞者们将“Geronimo”作为他们的集结号。现在，每个人在跳入空中时都大声喊出这个词。最初的47名伞兵已增至数百人，训练已进展到整个连队将同时跳伞的程度。[摘自1941年4月23日政府报告办公室新闻情报处的报告]

这个名字是意大利语和西班牙语形式的 Jerome，源自希腊语 Hieronomos，字面意思是“神圣的名字”；来自 hieros “神圣的，圣洁的，崇高的；超人，强大的；神圣的”（参见 ire）+ -onym “名字”（来自PIE词根 *no-men- “名字”）。一份当代来源也列出了 Osceola 作为跳跃喊声。