 In an influential 1925 essay on the word eunuch and related terms, Ernst Maass suggested that Eustathius's derivation "can or must be laid to rest", and he affirmed the derivation from "eunē" and "ekhein" ("guardian of the bed"), without mentioning the other derivation from "eunoos" and "ekhein" ("having a well-disposed state of mind").In Latin, the words "eunuchus", "spado" (Greek