MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
dammish
From Scots dammish, probably from Middle English damagen. Doublet of damage.
twindle
From Middle English *twinle, *twinnle, from Old English *twinnla (“twin, twinling”), equivalent to twin + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Old High German gizwinalo (“twin”).
kurabie
From Arabic غُرَّبِيَّة (ḡurrabiyya), via Albanian kurabie.
Nihali
From Nihali [script needed] (nahal, “tiger, lion”)
Landeshauptmann
From German Landeshauptmann, literally "state captain".
steganophony
From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -phony.
seamew
From Middle English semewe, semawe (“seagull”), equivalent to sea + mew (“gull”).
Beyblade
From Japanese ベイブレード (Beiburēdo), itself a blend of 貝独楽 (beigoma, “spinning top”) + ブレード (burēdo, “blade”).
ultima Thule
From Latin ultima Thūlē, nominative feminine singular of ultimus (“furthest”) + Thule, from mediaeval geography; originally from the Ancient Greek Θούλη (Thoúlē), a (possibly mythical) island to the north of Britain.
Capitalization of ultima Thule, from Latin ultima (“final; furthest”) + Thule (“northernmost inhabited island”).
good nature
From Middle English good nature, equivalent to good + nature, after Middle French bonne nature.
Italkian
From Hebrew אִיטַלְקִי (italkí, “Italian”) + -ian.
rose of Sharon
Calque of Biblical Hebrew חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן (khavatsélet hasharón), from the King James Bible.
vis vitae
From Latin vis (“energy, force, power, strength”) + vita (“life”).
tarawih
Borrowed from Arabic تَرَاوِيح (tarāwīḥ).
juz
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).
Jiading
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嘉定 (Jiādìng, literally “Commendable Order”), after one of the era names under Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty.
Kia-ting
Borrowed from Mandarin 嘉定 (Jiādìng, literally “Commendable Peace”).
melano-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *mélh₂ns
Proto-Hellenic *mélās
Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās)der.
English melano-
From the combining form of Ancient Greek μέλᾱς (mélās, “dark, black”).
klecksography
Borrowed from German Klecksographie, from Klecks (“inkblot”) + -o- + -graphie.
cestrum
From Latinized form of Ancient Greek κέστρον (késtron, “betony”).
Khujand
From Tajik Хуҷанд (Xujand).
Roddy
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Rodaigh (“descendant of Rodach”), a personal name probably derived from rod (“spirited, furious”).
Shevardnadze
From Georgian შევარდნაძე (ševardnaʒe).
Goryeo
From the Revised Romanization of Korean 고려(高麗) (goryeo). Doublet of Korea.
Mozart effect
Calque of French effet Mozart, a term coined by Alfred A. Tomatis (1920–2001), who used Mozart's music as the listening stimulus in his work attempting to cure a variety of disorders.
oppa
Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).
varenye
From Russian варе́нье (varénʹje, “jam, fruit preserves”).
pulpulak
From Armenian պուլպուլակ (pulpulak).
mangarie
From Italian mangiare (“to eat”), from Old French mangier (“to eat”), from Latin mandūcāre (“to eat”). Doublet of mungaree.
Vopo
From German Vopo m, abbreviation of Volkspolizist m (but see also Vopo f, also VoPo f, short for Volkspolizei f).
Volkspolizei
Unadapted borrowing from German Volkspolizei.
hasbara
From Hebrew הַסְבָּרָה (hasbará, literally “explaining”).
Lycaonia
From Latin Lycāonia, from Ancient Greek Λυκαονία (Lukaonía).
hole in the head
Calque of Yiddish לאָך אין קאָפּ (lokh in kop), from לאָך (lokh) + אין (in) + קאָפּ (kop).
pinjrapole
Borrowed from Gujarati પિંજરાપોળ (piñjrāpoḷ).
goshala
Borrowed from Hindi गोशाला (gośālā), from Sanskrit गोशाला (gośālā).
literae humaniores
From Latin līterae hūmāniōrēs (literally “more humane literature”), originally in contrast with theology (the literae diviniores).
Shabbat shalom
Borrowed from Hebrew שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם (shabát shalóm).
Shawol
From Korean 샤월 (syawol), shortening of Korean 샤이니 월드 (syaini woldeu, “SHINee World”), from 샤이니 (syaini, “SHINee”) and 월드 (woldeu) (from English world).
acridophagus
From Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís) + -phagy.
otome game
Borrowed from Japanese 乙(おと)女(め)ゲーム (otome gēmu, literally “girl game”).
Songjiang
The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 松江 (Sōngjiāng, literally “Pine River”).
Suio-Gothic
Late 18th century, from Latin Suiōnēs (a Scandinavian tribe) + Gothic.
Tai-ping
From Mandarin 太平 (Tàipíng).
Tai-p'ing
The Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 太平 (Tàipíng).
Tai Ping
From Mandarin 太平 (Tàipíng).
crown of thorns
Calque of Latin spinea corona, itself a calque of Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀκάνθινος στέφανος (akánthinos stéphanos).
shabu-shabu
Borrowed from Japanese しゃぶしゃぶ (shabushabu); onomatopoeic, resembling the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the pot.
ezafe
Etymology tree
Arabic أَضَافَ (ʔaḍāfa)
Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa)bor.
Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe)bor.
English ezafe
Borrowed from Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe), from Classical Persian اِضَافَه (izāfa), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa). Doublet of ʾiḍāfa.
lyo-
Late 19th century, in terms like lyophilization (1894). From Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”), by analogy with -lysis, of same origin; from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (English loose).
Kuaiji
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 會稽 /会稽 (Kuàijī).
Shaoxing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 紹興 /绍兴 (Shàoxīng), named for an era of the Song dynasty.
Kasserine
Borrowed from French Kasserine, from Tunisian Arabic ڨصْرِين (gasrīn), from Arabic قَصْرَيْنِ (qaṣrayni), accusative of قَصْرَانِ (qaṣrāni, “two forts”).
Sfax
Borrowed from French Sfax, from Tunisian Arabic صفاقس (ṣfāqis), from Arabic صَفاقِس (ṣafāqis).
gifblaar
From Afrikaans gifblaar, a compound of gif (“poison”) and blaar (“leaf”).
ranunculin
From the intermediary English ranunculus or directly from translingual Ranunculus, from Latin rānunculus (“small frog”) + -in (“chemical compound”).
chavrusa
From the Ashkenazic pronunciation of Hebrew חברותא (khavrúta), from Aramaic חברותא (ħavrutaʔ).
kichadi
From Malayalam കിച്ചടി (kiccaṭi).
khichdi
From Hindi खिचड़ी (khicṛī). Compare kedgeree.
Hangchow
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 杭州 (Hángzhōu).
Hang-chou
From Mandarin 杭州 (Hángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Hang²-chou¹.
Hang-chau
From an irregular romanization of Mandarin Chinese 杭州 (Hángzhōu, literally “capital of Hang”).
Takic
From Proto-Takic *taka (“person”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka (“person”).
Yuecheng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 越城 (Yuèchéng, literally “Yue City”).
Chekiang
From the Postal Romanization of Nanking court dialect Mandarin 浙江 (Zhèjiāng), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ], with the word itself from a former name of the Qiantang River.
Che-chiang
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng, literally “crooked river”): Chê⁴-chiang¹; from a former name of the Qiantang River.
Che-keang
From a romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng, literally “crooked river”), from a former name of the Qiantang River.
in articulo mortis
Borrowed from Latin in articulō mortis (literally “in the article of death”), from in (“during; at”, preposition governing the ablative) + articulō, ablative singular form of articulus (“a joint; figuratively: a point in time, a moment”) + mortis, genitive singular of mors (“death”).
absit invidia
From Latin. As found, for example, in Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Book IX, Chapter 19, line 15.
shochikubai
From Japanese 松竹梅 (shōchikubai, literally “pine, bamboo, plum”, from the favorable symbolism of these three plants).
huli-huli chicken
From Hawaiian huli (“turn”), as the dish is turned on a grill
Qiantang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 錢塘 /钱塘 (Qiántáng), named for the dyke constructed on the river by Qian Liu, ruler of Wuyue, one of the Ten Kingdoms that succeeded the Tang dynasty.
Lin'an
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 臨安 (Lín'ān, "Approaching Peace").
Dongsha
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 東沙／东沙 (Dōngshā).
cawquaw
From Cree kâkwa / ᑳᑲᐧ (kaakay, “porcupine”).
Green Island
Calque from Chinese 綠島／绿岛 (Lǜdǎo)
cataplerosis
From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + πλήρωσις (plḗrōsis), from πληρόω (plēróō, “to fill”) + -σῐς (-sĭs).
householding
From Middle English housholding, equivalent to household + -ing (gerund ending). Compare Saterland Frisian Húushooldenge (“household”), West Frisian húshâlding (“household”).
From Middle English housholding, equivalent to household + -ing (participle ending).
hinoeuma
From Chinese 丙午 (bǐngwǔ).
Acridophagi
The plural of Latin acridophagus, from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “locust”) + φάγος (phágos).
Jingpo
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鏡泊湖／镜泊湖 (Jìngpō Hú, literally “mirror lake”), named for the supposed clarity of its waters.
Nanshan
From Mandarin 南山 (Nánshān, “South Mountain; any southern mountain, hill, range, or island”).
Gushan
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 孤山 (Gūshān; "Lonely Mountain, an isolated mountain, hill, or island").
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 古山 (Gǔshān; "ancient mountain").
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 崮山 (Gùshān).
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 鼓山 (Gǔshān, "Drum Mountain").
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 顧山／顾山 (Gùshān).
Aetna
From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.
andiroba
From Portuguese andiroba, from Old Tupi îandyroba (“bitter oil”).
meteor hammer
Calque from Chinese 流星錘／流星锤 (liúxīngchuí).
rope dart
Calque from Chinese 繩鏢／绳镖 (shéngbiāo).
Phaedra
From Latin Phaedra, from Ancient Greek Φαίδρᾱ (Phaídrā).
The myth has been retold several times, in plays (in classical times in Euripides's Hippolytus and Seneca the Younger's Phaedra, later in Racine's Phèdre), and more recently in other media.
Burley
From Old English burh (“burg”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
artophagous
From Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + -phagous.
Asclepiades
From Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs).
igunaq
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᒍᓇᖅ (iconaq).
deism
From French déisme, from Latin deus (“god, deity”) + -ism.
heretoga
Learned borrowing from Old English heretoga (“army leader, commander, general”). Doublet of heretog and herzog.
tulumba
From modern Turkish tulumba, from Ottoman Turkish طولومبه (tulumba), from Italian tromba. Doublet of trump and tromp.
shavua tov
From Hebrew שבוע טוב (shavúa tov, “good week”), from Yiddish אַ גוטע וואָך (a gute vokh).
Pyongan
Borrowed from Korean 평안(平安) (Pyeong'an).
Akhuryan
From Armenian Ախուրյան (Axuryan).
Kapoor
Borrowed from Hindi कपूर (kapūr) or Punjabi ਕਪੂਰ (kapūr).
Oberoi
Borrowed from Punjabi ਓਬਰਾਇ (obarāi).
Sabharwal
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਭਰਵਾਲ (sabhravāl).
Sehgal
Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਹਿਗਲ (sahigal).
Yandang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 雁蕩 /雁荡 (Yàndàng, literally “Wild Goose Pond”).
kendhang
Borrowed from Javanese ꦏꦼꦤ꧀ꦝꦁ (kendhang).
Aegle
From Ancient Greek Αἴγλη (Aíglē, literally “brightness, gleam, glow, radiance, splendour—usually referring to the past”).
Mabahith
From Arabic المَبَاحِث (al-mabāḥiṯ)
akum
Presumably from Hebrew עכו״ם (an acronym for the phrase עובד כוכבים ומזלות "worshiper of stars and constellations"), pronounced as a word.
unvirtuously
From Middle English wnwerteusly, equivalent to unvirtuous + -ly.
jellabiya
From Arabic جَلَّابِيَّة (jallābiyya).
bacha
Borrowed from Persian بچه.
* As a Slovak, Czech and Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Bača (“senior shepherd”); see Baca.
* As a Hungarian surname, Americanized from Bacsa, from the placename Baksa, probably also influenced by the above.
* As an Islamic surname, from a French-influenced form of Basha (also see Pasha).
Cosa Nostra
Borrowed from Italian and Sicilian Cosa nostra (literally “our thing”).
lekkerbreek
Borrowed from Afrikaans lekkerbreek (literally “breaking easily”), referring to its brittle branches.
prolocutrix
Learned borrowing from Latin prōlocūtrix, from prōloquor. By surface analysis, prolocutor + -trix.
Loaghtan
Borrowed from Manx lugh dhoan or lugh dhone which means mouse-brown and describes the colour of the sheep.
The first syllable is from luch, from *lukūts (compare Welsh llyg (“shrew”), llygod (“mice”), and Breton logod (“mice”); and the last syllable from donn, from *dusnos (“brown”), from *dʰewh₂- (“smoke”).
fanqie
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 反切 (fǎnqiè).
cacotopia
From caco- + -topia, from Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”), by rebracketing utopia as eu- + -topia, from Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “good”).
kegler
Borrowed from German Kegler (“bowler, bowling player”), from Kegeln (“bowling”) + -er (“-er”).
Borrowed from German Kegler.
chelydre
From Middle English chelidre, chelyder, chelydre, from Old French chelidre, chelydre, from Latin chelȳdrus (“fetid water serpent”), from Ancient Greek χέλυδρος (khéludros, “amphibious serpent”), from χέλυς (khélus, “tortoise”) + ὕδρος (húdros, “water serpent”). Cognate of French chélydre.
prologetic
Probably either from the Latin prologēticus or formed in English as prologue + -etic, in both cases resembling a hypothetical Ancient Greek etymon of the form *προλογητικός (prologētikós), from πρόλογος (prólogos, “prologue”) + -ητικός (-ētikós, “-etic”), a formation akin to the extant words ἀναλογητικός (analogētikós, “analogetic”) (from ἀνάλογος (análogos), whence analogue), ἀπολογητικός (apologētikós, “apologetic”) (from ἀπόλογος (apólogos), whence apologue), and ὁμολογητικός (homologētikós, “homologetic”) (from ὁμόλογος (homólogos), whence homologue).
lothly
From Middle English *lothli, loothly, from Old English lāþlīċe (“hatefully”); equivalent to loth + -ly.
camelthorn
From Dutch kameeldoorn, Afrikaans kameeldoring. Equivalent to camel + thorn.
chuanxiong
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 川芎 (chuānxiōng).
hedge sermon
Calque of Dutch hagenpreek, from hage (“hedge”) + preek (“sermon”).
Galahad
From Old French Galahad, of obscure origin and meaning. Suggestions include Old Welsh, or biblical Gilead.
Gehinnom
Borrowed from Hebrew גֵּיהִנּוֹם (gēhīnnōm). Doublet of Gehenna and Jahannam.
Ahuja
Borrowed from Punjabi ਅਹੂਜਾ (ahūjā).
dahu
From Mandarin 大胡 (dàhú).
From Mandarin 大湖 (Dàhú).
siopao
From Philippine Hokkien 燒包 /烧包 (sio-pau), itself from Cantonese 叉燒包 /叉烧包 (caa¹ siu¹ baau¹). See also siomai.
rajma
From Hindi राजमा (rājmā), from Punjabi ਰਾਜਮਾਂਹ (rājmā̃h, “kidney bean”).
rubrocurcumin
From Latin ruber (“red”) + -o- + curcumin.
pulao
From Hindi पुलाव (pulāv)/Urdu پُلاؤ (pulāo), from Sanskrit पुलाक (pulāka), probably of Dravidian origin. See pilaf.
Badhwar
From Sanskrit बुधवार (budhavāra, “Wednesday”).
Chawla
Borrowed from Punjabi ਚਾਵਲਾ (cāvlā).
Hupa
From the Yurok name of the valley in which they reside (Hoopa Valley).
Avlabari
Borrowed from Georgian ავლაბარი (avlabari).
Janiculum
Borrowed from Latin Iāniculum, from the name of the Roman deity Iānus (“Janus”), from iānus (“arcade, covered passageway”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”).
Belgae
From Latin Belgae, an Iron-Age European group of tribes located between the rivers Seine and Rhine.
mazagran
Borrowed from French mazagran, named after the Algerian town of Mazagran, the site of a French victory in 1840.
Mearns
Scottish habitational surname for someone coming from The Mearns, an alternative name for Kincardineshire, which is named as An Mhaoirne in Scottish Gaelic, from maor (“bailiff, steward, beadle”).
Fomorian
Probably Old Irish fo- (“under”) + mor, mur (“ocean”).
bara brith
Etymology tree
Welsh bara
Proto-Celtic *mrixtos
Proto-Brythonic *briθ
Old Welsh brith
Welsh brith
Welsh bara brithbor.
English bara brith
Borrowed from Welsh bara brith (literally “speckled bread”), from bara (“bread”) + brith (“brindled, mottled, speckled”).
pleurothetism
By surface analysis, pleuro- + -thet(ic) + -ism. (Second element from Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”).)
pleurothetic
By surface analysis, pleuro- + -thetic. (Second element from Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”).)
Montrose
From Scottish Gaelic moine (“moor”) + rois (“peninsula”).
Minisink
Derived by Dutch colonists from the Munsee name for the area, likely mŭnúsunk (“at the island”). Compare Munsee.
Guadiana
From Spanish Guadiana, from Old Spanish Aguadiana, derived from Arabic وَادِي (wādī, “river, valley”) + Latin Anās (ancient name of the river), related to anas (“duck”).
ptochocracy
From Ancient Greek πτωχός (ptōkhós, “beggar, poor”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).
Wycombe
From Old English wīċ (“village; bay”) + hām (“home; estate; village”). Doublet of Wickham.
Tavy
Of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *tam-, meaning either "dark" or "to flow." See Thames and its listed cognates.
Tavistock
From its location on the River Tavy + Old English stoc; recorded as Tauistoce in 981 and Tavestoc in 1086 (DB).
Allegheny
Etymology tree
Unami Alikehanebor.
English Allegheny
Borrowed from Unami Alikehane, from alike (“to step; he steps”) and -hane (“river”). (Heckewelder alleged that the name was connected to a mythical Allegewi tribe, but this is probably spurious.) The name of the Ohio river, which the Lenape and Iroquois considered to be part of the same single river as the Allegheny, means the same thing in Seneca.
mormaer
From Gaelic (cf. mórmhaor), likely borrowed from Pictish *ᚋᚑᚏᚋᚐᚓᚏ.
xenarthral
From Ancient Greek. See Xenarthra, xen-, and arthro- for more.
Modi
Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), probably from मोडणे (moḍṇe, “to break”), referring to the broken Devanagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.
Palmyrene
From Latin Palmȳrēnus, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνός (Palmurēnós). By surface analysis, Palmyra + -ene.
From Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Saurashtra
Borrowed from Gujarati સૌરાષ્ટ્ર (saurāṣṭra) or its etymon Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra), vriddhi form of सुराष्ट्र (surāṣṭra), from सु- (su-, “good”) + राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “realm, dominion”).
Borrowed from Saurashtra ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ (saurāṣṭra), from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra, “from Saurashtra”).
oprichnina
Borrowed from Russian опри́чнина (opríčnina).
yueqin
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon(-shaped) stringed instrument; moon guitar”).
moon guitar
Calque from Chinese 月琴 (yuèqín, literally “moon-shaped stringed instrument”)
moon zither
Calque from Chinese 月琴 (yuèqín), "moon-shaped stringed instrument".
Featherstonehaugh
From Old English feþer + stān + healh, equivalent to feather + stone + haugh.
The irregular short pronunciation seems to derive from some combination of shortening of the longer pronunciation (/fɛðəstəʊnhɔː/ → /fɛstənhɔː/ → ?) and confusion with the unrelated surname Fanshawe, Fanshaw.
yokan
From Japanese 羊羹(ようかん) (yōkan).
balei
From Malay balai, from Proto-Malayic *balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay.
Kresy Wschodnie
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Kresy Wschodnie.
Fuxi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the modern Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 伏羲 (Fúxī), variously understood and treated as a solar god, protoplast, culture hero, legendary emperor, and protohistorical tribal chief or as an imperial or prehistoric dynasty (氏, shì) in China before the Xia. The two characters may be phonetic but have the meaning "concealed from", "submitting to", or "prostrate before" 羲 (xī), a character that also appears in the name of the early solar goddess 羲和 (“Xīhé”), q.v.
chio
From Hokkien 𪁎 /𲍸 (chhio, “(of a male animal) sexually excited; to be in heat; to be receptive to mating”).
From Italian Chio, from Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).
From Cantonese 昭 (ciu1). This surname is mostly found in Macau.
Benuaq
Borrowed from Indonesian Benuaq (the final -q is meant to be pronounced as a glottal stop).
arrhenotoky
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρρενοτοκία (arrhenotokía), from ἄρρην (árrhēn) + τόκος (tókos).
digastricus
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin digastricus, ellipsis of mūsculus digastricus (“digastric muscle”). Doublet of digastric.
camalote
From Spanish camalote, from Classical Nahuatl camalotl.
shiokara
From Japanese 塩辛(しおから) (shiokara).
Douai
From French Douai, from Medieval Latin Duacum, from the Gaulish personal name Dous + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).
chirashizushi
Borrowed from Japanese ちらし寿司 (literally “scattered sushi”).
inarizushi
From Japanese 稲荷寿司, named after the Shinto god Inari, said to have a fondness for fried tofu.
hosomaki
Borrowed from Japanese 細巻 (hosomaki, literally “slender roll”).
kappamaki
Borrowed from Japanese 河童巻. See kappa (“Japanese water imp”), said to be fond of cucumber.
narezushi
Borrowed from Japanese 熟れ寿司, literally "matured sushi".
nigirizushi
Borrowed from Japanese 握り寿司 (nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi”), from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand.
gunkanmaki
Borrowed from Japanese 軍艦巻 (literally “warship roll”).
oshizushi
From Japanese 押し寿司 (literally “pressed sushi”).
botamochi
Borrowed from Japanese ぼたもち, 牡丹餅.
tamagoyaki
Borrowed from Japanese 卵焼き (literally “grilled egg”).
uramaki
Borrowed from Japanese 裏巻 (literally “inside-out roll”).
crombec
Borrowed from Afrikaans krombek (literally “curved beak”).
zongzi
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 粽子 (zòngzi), from 粽 (zòng, “dumpling of glutinous rice wrapped in leaves”) + 子 (zi, diminutive suffix).
kig ha farz
Borrowed from Breton kig ha farz (literally “meat and stuffing”).
korokke
From Japanese コロッケ (korokke), ultimately from French croquette. Doublet of croquette.
Orizaba
From Classical Nahuatl ahuiliztli (pleasant) + Classical Nahuatl atl (“water”) + Classical Nahuatl -pan (“place”), thus Ahuiliz-apan.
uloid
From Ancient Greek οὐλή (oulḗ, “scar”) + -oid.
Unani
Borrowed from Classical Persian یونانی (yūnānī) or Arabic يُونانِي (yūnānī) meaning "Greek/Hellenistic", the basis of the discipline being Ancient Greek medicine.
tlacoyo
From Mexican Spanish tlacoyo, from Nahuatl tlahtlaōyoh.
ulerythema
From Ancient Greek οὐλή (oulḗ) + New Latin erythēma
ano-
From Ancient Greek ἄνω (ánō, “upwards, above”).
bdellin
From Ancient Greek βδέλλα (bdélla, “leech”) + -in.
Kingstone
From Old English Cynges tūn, from cyninges (“king's”) + tūn (“fort, manor, town”). Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Conington, and Cunnington. Cf. also Coniston, Coniston Cold, Conisbrough, Kingsville, Kingsburg, Quainton, Queenstown, Queenston, Princetown, Princes Town, and Princeton.
knismolagnia
From Ancient Greek κνησμός (knēsmós, “itching”) + -lagnia.
Fenella
From Scottish Gaelic Fionnaghal, from Fionnghuala.
tsessebe
From Tswana tshesebe. Probably an alteration of tshephe (“antelope, springbok”).
Mfecane
From Zulu mfecane (“crushing, scattering”).
fatayer
From North Levantine Arabic, South Levantine Arabic and Gulf Arabic فَطَايِر (faṭāyir), equivalent to standard Arabic فَطَائِر (faṭāʔir), plural of فَطِيرة (faṭīra, “pie”).
vatnik
Borrowed from Russian ва́тник (vátnik, literally “quilted jacket”). The sense of "unintelligent Russian patriot" was derived from the jackets worn by Soviet citizens and an online cartoon about a sentient jacket known by the same name.
The term was popularized in Russia in 2011 and re-popularized at large in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine to refer to supporters of the invasion, especially online users, even if they are not from Russia. Reflecting usage in Ukrainian and Russian, the term was later extended to refer to Russian soldiers who were involved in war against Ukraine.
noncertain
From Middle English noncerteyn, non certyn; equivalent to non- + certain.
noncertainty
From Middle English noun certeynte, nown certeyntee; equivalent to non- + certainty.
Gaya
Borrowed from Korean 가야 (gaya).
Borrowed from Hindi गया (gayā), from Sanskrit गया (gayā).
Ophiotaurus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφιόταυρος (Ophiótauros, “cow-serpent”).
songbun
Borrowed from Korean 성분(成分) (seongbun), ellipsis of 출신성분(出身成分) (chulsinseongbun).
Teec Nos Pos
From Navajo tʼiis názbąs (“cottonwoods in a circle”).
neverthemore
From Middle English never the more, never þe mare (also Middle English never the mo, never þe mo), equivalent to never + the + more.