Nomade

The last Indian mails brought me the following derivation of the word *Nomade*, in a letter from a friend, who was, when he wrote, leading a nomade life among the Ryots of Guzerat:— "Camp, Kulpore, Jan. 30. 1850. "The natives use [for their tents] a sort of woollen stuff, about half an inch thick, called 'numbda.' * * * * * * By the bye, this word 'numbda' is said to be the origin of the word *nomade*, because the nomade tribes used the same material for their tents. When I was at school, I used to learn *nomde*, from νεμω."