MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Bulthuis
A topographic surname borrowed from Dutch Bulthuis, from bult (“bump, knoll”) + huis (“house”).
Dib
Borrowed from Arabic ذئب (ḏiʔb, “wolf”).
Fosdyke
From Old Norse Fótrs dīċ (Fotr's ditch).
okamisan
From Japanese 女将さん (okami-san, literally “miss proprietress”).
Homo idioticus
A pseudotaxonomic name formed by analogy with Homo sapiens. From Latin homō + idiōticus, influenced by English idiotic.
Fossen
Habitational surname borrowed from Norwegian Fossen, from foss (“waterfall”).
psychophor
From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) From New Latin -phorus, from Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”).
schediaphilia
From Greek σχέδιο (schédio, “drawing”) (from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “something done or made offhand”)) + -philia.
Shirland
Recorded in the Domesday Book as Old English Sirelunt. Possibly from Old English scir (“shire”) + Old English land (“land”).
Siping
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 四平 (Sìpíng).
Cymbeline
From Welsh Cynfelyn from Proto-Brythonic *Kunobelinos (“Cunobeline”) < Proto-Brythonic *kuno- (“dog”), Proto-Brythonic *belino- (“strong”); cf. Breton Konvelen.
ogdohedral
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eight, a group of eight”) + -hedral. By surface analysis, ogdo- + -hedral.
Kosch
Borrowed from a Slavic language; probably a short of form of a personal name like Mikuś or Jakus.
Caister
From Old English ċeaster (“city, town”), a borrowing from Latin castrum (“camp”). Doublet of castrum and Chester.
Ramnath
Borrowed from Hindi रामनाथ (rāmnāth).
Barkan
Borrowed from Hebrew בַּרְקָן (barkán).
kubber
From Hindi ख़बर (xabar) / Urdu خَبَر (xabar), from Persian خبر, from Arabic خَبَر (ḵabar). Doublet of gabber.
sandcorn
From Middle English *sandcorn, from Old English sandcorn, from Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną, equivalent to sand + corn. Cognate with Dutch zandkoren, German Sandkorn, Swedish sandkorn, Icelandic sandkorn.
Southamptonshire
From Middle English Hampteschire with remodelling after Southampton. By surface analysis, Southampton + -shire.
Hamptonshire
From Middle English Hampteschire with remodelling after Southampton or Old English Hāmtūnsċīr. By surface analysis, Hampton + -shire.
eclatant
From French éclatant (“bright, brilliant, dazzling”), present participle of éclater (“to burst; to shine”).
Rosenlund
Borrowed from Swedish Rosenlund, from ros (“rose”) + lund (“grove”).
Tillingham
"Homestead of the Tillingas, the people called after Tilla, or Tilli," from the Old English folk name *Tillingas, from the personal name Tilla or Tilli + the suffix -ingas (“relating to”).
pitheco-
From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape, monkey”).
Kassapa
Transliteration of Pali कस्सप (kassapa), from Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa).
Akasagarbha
From Sanskrit आकाशगर्भ (ākāśagarbha).
Samantabhadra
From Sanskrit समन्तभद्र (samantabhadra).
Vajraratna
From Sanskrit वज्ररत्न (vajraratna).
Padmasambhava
From Sanskrit पद्मसम्भव (padmasambhava), from पद्म (padma) + सम्भव (sambhava).
Candraprabha
From Sanskrit चन्द्रप्रभ (candraprabha).
Vajrasattva
From Sanskrit वज्रसत्त्व (vajrasattva).
Kargil
Borrowed from Ladakhi དཀར་འཁྱིལ (dkar 'khyil).
Gujrat
Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੁਜਰਾਤ (gujrāt) / گجرات (gjrāt), derived from the name of the Gujjars.
Lagace
Borrowed from French Lagace and Lagacé, variant of Lagasse.
Jambhala
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जम्भल (jambhala).
Battabara
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बत्तबर (battabara).
Aryadeva
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अर्यदेव (aryadeva).
Anantacaritra
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अनन्तचारित्र (anantacāritra).
kasaya
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काषाय (kāṣāya).
Vange
Inherited from Middle English Vange, from earlier Fange, from Old English Fengge, probably from fenn (“fen”) + -ġē, -gēa (“district”).
The development of Old English -eng- to -ang- and initial fricative voicing are features of Essex Middle English that have otherwise been levelled out due to the influence of surrounding dialects.
Lytvynenko
From Ukrainian Литвине́нко (Lytvynénko).
Ponomarenko
From Ukrainian Пономаре́нко (Ponomarénko).
yinglong
From Mandarin 應龍／应龙 (yìnglóng).
hulijing
From Mandarin 狐狸精 (húlijīng).
Druckenmiller
Partly Americanized form of the German surname Druckenmüller.
Cortazar
Borrowed from Spanish Cortázar, from Basque Kortazar.
Qiqiha'er
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr).
Chepiga
From Ukrainian Чепі́га (Čepíha), from чепі́га (čepíha, “ploughstaff”).
Chepiha
From Ukrainian Чепі́га (Čepíha), from чепі́га (čepíha, “ploughstaff”).
brifka
Yiddish בריווקע (brivke, “little letter”), a diminutive of Yiddish בריוו (briv), meaning a (postal) letter. Brifka is thus a "little letter". In turn derived from Old High German briaf, which is borrowed from Latin breve, a neuter form of Latin brevis (“short”). Cognates include Middle Dutch, Middle High German brief, and Dutch brief, Old Norse bréf, Old Saxon brēf (all of them borrowed from Latin) and English brief.
KMS
From German Kriegsmarine (“Nazi Germany Navy”) Schiff (“ship”), from Krieg (“war”)+Marine (“navy”).
bhatoora
Etymology tree
Hindi भटूरा (bhaṭūrā)bor.
Punjabi ਭਟੂਰਾ (bhaṭūrā)bor.
English bhatoora
From Hindi भटूरा (bhaṭūrā) or Punjabi ਭਟੂਰਾ (bhaṭūrā).
foreign devil
Calque of Cantonese 番鬼 (faan1 gwai2, literally “foreign devil”)
Burslem
From Old English Burgweard (“a personal name”) + -s- + Proto-Celtic *limos (“elm”).
Salzmann
German and Jewish surname, from Salz (“salt”) + Mann (“man”).
Compare Salzman, Salsman, Saltman, Saltsman, Saltzman.
Hurren
English surname of Old French origin, from a nickname for someone with shaggy or unkempt hair, from Old French hurand, from hure (“hair”) + -ant (compare modern hure (“(head of a) shaggy boar”)).
Ssu-ch'uan
From Mandarin 四川 (Sìchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ssŭ⁴-chʻuan¹.
honi soit qui mal y pense
Borrowed from Middle French honi soit qui mal y pense (literally “shamed be whoever thinks bad of it” or “shame be to him who thinks evil of it”).
Moria
From Greek Μόριας (Mórias, “Mória”).
From Māori Mōria.
Hsin-chu
From Mandarin 新竹 (Xīnzhú) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-chu².
Bort
Borrowed from Yiddish באָרד (bord, “beard”), nickname of a man with a remarkable beard.
Bouza
Toponymic surname borrowed from Galician Bouza, from bouza (“thicket, bush”).
Smet
Borrowed from Dutch Smet, variant of Smid, typically found in East Flanders.
Chahar
Borrowed from Manchu ᠴᠠᡥᠠᡵ (cahar), from Classical Mongolian ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ (čaqar).
puelline
From Latin puella (“female child, girl”) + English -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Puella is derived from puellus (“male child, young boy”) + -a (feminine form of -us); puellus is a contraction of puerulus (“little boy; little slave”), from puer (“boy, lad; male page, servant, or slave; child”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”)) + -ulus (“suffix forming diminutives of nouns indicating small size or youth”).
Tawfik
Borrowed from Arabic تَوْفِيق (tawfīq).
Obaid
Borrowed from Arabic عُبَيْد (ʕubayd).
Kokott
Germanized alternative spelling of Kokot, from Proto-Slavic *kokotъ (“rooster”).
eh Tiong
From Hokkien 阿中 (a-tiong), 中國／中国 (Tiong-kok, “China”).
McCahill
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cathail (“son of Cathal”).
Digrazia
Borrowed from Italian Di Grazia, itself taken from Sicilian Di Grazzia.
Niswander
Altered spelling of German Neuschwander of or the Dutch cognate Nijswander.
Mesko
* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Meško, a variant of the personal name Miško (see Misko) or otherwise derived from Mihael.
* As a Slovak surname, from Mečislav, from meč (“sword”) + sláva (“glory”).
Istanbullu
Unadapted borrowing from Turkish İstanbullu.
cabinet of curiosities
Calque of German Wunderkammer (“room of wonders”); cabinet is intended in the (obsolete) sense "chamber, private room."
Yeadon
From Old English ġæh (“steep”) + dūn (“hill”).
Liistro
Borrowed from the Italian surname Italian Liistro, Italianization of the Sicilian surname Lijistru, from lijistru (“privet”).
Konbaung
From Burmese ကုန်းဘောင် (kun:bhaung).
Fengtian
From Mandarin 奉天 (Fèngtiān).
proper right
proper (in the sense of "its own") + right; from Latin proprius.
proper left
proper (in the sense of "its own") + left; from Latin proprius.
noraebang
Etymology tree
Middle Korean 놀〯— (nwǒl—)
Middle Korean -개 (-kay)
Middle Korean 놀애〮 (nwòláy)
Korean 노래 (norae)
Chinese 房bor.
Korean 방 (bang)
Korean 노래방 (noraebang)bor.
English noraebang
Borrowed from Korean 노래방(房) (noraebang), from 노래 (norae, “song”) + 방(房) (bang, “room”), literally "a song room".
Beary
Ultimately from Sanskrit व्यापारी (vyāpārī).
Borrowed from Irish Ó Béara.
Susko
Borrowed from Russian Сусько (Susʹko), Czech Suško or Hungarian Suskó.
kudurru
Probably from Elamitehttps://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah24122 or Akkadian 𒃻𒁺 (kudurru).
T'ai-tung
From Mandarin 臺東 /台東 (Táidōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-tung¹.
Khalkha
Borrowed from Russian халха m anim sg (xalxa, noun) and Халха f inan sg (Xalxa, proper noun), in turn from Classical Mongolian ᠬᠠᠯᠬ᠎ᠠ (qalk-a).
randoseru
From Japanese ランドセル (randoseru), from German Landser or Dutch ransel.
poliorcetic
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós, “relating to poliorcetics, poliorcetic”), from Ancient Greek πολιορκέω (poliorkéō, “to besiege, blockade”).
Bodfari
From Welsh, where the first element is probably bod (“to be”), but the second is less certain. Possibly named after a saint *Tyfarre, a name that parallels the second element of the Irish Saint Fin Barre, a word meaning "head, tip," from Middle Welsh barr, with the honorific Welsh prefix ty- (“revered, honored”), similar to Tyfrydog. If so, the development could have been Bod Tyfarre > Botfarre > Botfarri > Bodfari.
Blickenstaff
Americanized form of Swiss German Blickensdorf.
Savas
Both from Turkish Savaş and Greek Σάββας (Sávvas), the latter from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”). Several variants exist, such as Savvides, Savvopoulos, Savopoulos, Sava, Savvas.
Priem
Borrowed from Dutch Priem, an occupational surname for a shoemaker, from priem (“bodkin, awl”).
Lanyu
From Mandarin 蘭嶼 (Lányǔ) Wade–Giles romanization: Lan²-yü³.
swally
Inherited from Northern Middle English swelgh (“throat, whirlpool, pit”), from Old English ġeswelg, swelh, from Proto-West Germanic *swelg, swalgi, from Proto-Germanic *swelgaz, *swalgiz; thus a dialectal form of swallow (noun).
Inherited from Northern Middle English sweligh, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą; thus a dialectal form of swallow (verb).
Geralds
From Gerald + -s. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Frankish.
Pengjia
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 彭佳 (Péngjiā).
Hua-lien
From Mandarin 花蓮 (Huālián) Wade–Giles romanization: Hua¹-lien².
Bashmur
From Arabic بَشْمُور (bašmūr).
achroite
From Ancient Greek ἄχροος (ákhroos), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “color”), + -ite.
Creagh
Anglicized form of Irish Craobhach, an epithet of the O'Neill dynasty deriving from the adjective craobhach (“branched, branching”). Compare Creevy, Cray.
Garw
From Welsh garw and Afon Garw (River Garw).
Coity
From Welsh Coety, from coed (“trees”) + tŷ (“house”).
Casement
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Asmuint (“son of Asmund”), a personal name derived from Old Norse Asmundr, which is composed by the elements áss (“god”) + mundr (“protection”).
tonka
Likely from Guyanese Creole English tonka, from a Tupian language, perhaps Kari'na tonka.
T'ai-chung
From Mandarin 臺中 /台中 (Táizhōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-chung¹.
Lundblad
Borrowed from Swedish Lundblad, from lund (“grove”) + blad (“leaf”).
cancrizans
From Medieval Latin, present participle of cancrizāre (“to go backwards”), from Latin cancr-, cancer (“crab”) + Late Latin -izāre (“-ize”).
black gangster
Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.
McGough
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Eochadha. Compare McGeoch, which derives from Scottish Gaelic.
Cheriton
From Middle English Cericton, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure, settlement; town”). Doublet of Kirton.
Seshadri
Borrowed from Sanskrit शेषाद्रि (śeṣādri).
Elsworth
From the Old English personal name El(l)i + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
skhug
From Hebrew סְחוּג (skhug), from Yemeni Arabic سحوق (sḥūg).
Saint Ann Parish
Blend of Saint Ann's Bay + parish. From being the parish-sized political division which contains Saint Ann's Bay. Which was in turn named after Lady Anne Hyde, first wife of James II and VII, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and using the saintly terminology of the preceding Spanish name of the bay of Spanish Santa Gloria.
Santa Gloria
From Spanish Santa Gloria. From santo+gloria, from Latin sanctus+gloria (literally “Holy Glory”). Coined by Christopher Columbus, who was stranded there for a year, June 1503 - June 1504.
Altschuler
Borrowed from Yiddish אַלטשולער (altshuler), from אַלט (alt, “old”) + שולער (shuler, “schooler”), referring to the Old Synagogue (or Altschul) in Prague.
caracoa
From Malay kurakura. This particular form appears to derive via Spanish caracóa. (Corocore derives via French, and korakora more closely approximates the Malay term.)
carajura
Ultimately from a Cariban or Tupi-Guarani language; compare Ye'kwana küdayü, possessed form küdayüdü, Kari'na karawiru, Pemon karaweru, Wayampi karayuru.
paisa vasool
Borrowed from Hindi पैसा वसूल (paisā vasūl, literally “money recovered”).
misopogon
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μισοπώγων (misopṓgōn, “somebody who hates beards”), which is incidentally the title of a book by Emperor Julian, from μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”) + πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).
coralporosis
From coral + Latin porosis. Coined in analogy to osteoporosis.
Klagenfurt
From German klagen (“to complain, to wail, lament, to sue”) and Furt (“ford”).
psalterion
Borrowed from Middle French psalterion, from Old French salterion, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion), probably through Latin psalterium. Doublet of psalter, psalterium, and psaltery.
canion
As a term for clothing, apparently from Spanish cañón (“tube; cannon; canyon”); as a term for canyon, certainly from there.
carfour
From Middle French carrefour; compare Middle English quarefour, quarfour, from the Middle French forms quarfour, quarrefour. Doublet of carfax.
carneol
From Medieval Latin carneolus (“carnelian”), diminutive of Latin carneus (“fleshy”).
Wences
Borrowed from Spanish Wences, clipping of the Spanish given name Wenceslao.
cascalote
From Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).
crotal
Either from French crotale or directly from Latin crotalum. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper”). Doublet of crotalum.
From Scottish Gaelic crotal.
chillumchee
Borrowed from Hindustani चिलमची (cilamcī) / چِلَمْچِی (cilamcī).
Rhyner
Borrowed from German Rhyner, a surname typically found in Switzerland.
Hawksworth
From the Old English personal name Hōc + -s- + worþ (“enclosure”).
Muncaster
From the Old Norse personal name Múli + the Old English noun ċeaster (“city, town”).
Kelekian
From Armenian Քելեկյան (Kʻelekyan).
Loeffelholz
Americanized spelling of the German surname Löffelholz.
sgian dubh
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic sgian-dubh: sgian (“knife”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut; to cut off, sever”)) + dubh (“black; (figurative) hidden”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”)).
The plural form sgianan dubha is also borrowed from Scottish Gaelic.
steinstrasse
From German Steinstraße (“steinstrasse”, literally “stone street”), from Stein (“stone”) + Straße (“street, road”).
principicide
From Latin prī̆nceps, prī̆ncipis + -cide.
Brockley
From Old English broc (“badger”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to brock + -ley (“lea”).
Chinmen
From Mandarin 金門 (Jīnmén) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin¹-mên².
McGeady
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Céadaigh (“son of Céadach”), a byname from céadach (“hundredfold; great, immense”).
kamalam
From Sanskrit कमलम् (kamalam), from कमल (kamala, “lotus”). Coined by the government of Gujarat, from looking like a lotus blossom, since they did not like the term dragon fruit.
price scissors
Calque of Russian ножницы цен (nožnicy cen), in reference to the two price trends appearing as the blades of a pair of scissors.
chirapsia
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek χειραψίᾱ (kheirapsíā, “massage”), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἅψις (hápsis, “contact, touching”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “to touch”).
chlamydeous
Probably back-formation from achlamydeous, archichlamydeous, metachlamydeous, monochlamydeous; or from Ancient Greek χλᾰμῠ́δ- (khlămŭ́d-, stem of χλᾰμῠ́ς (khlămŭ́s)) chlamys + -eous.
Chilcott
Habitational surname from a place in Somerset, from the Old English personal name Ceola + cot (“cottage”).
capitalist roader
From capitalist + road (figurative) + -er (suffix denoting a person associated with or supporting a particular doctrine, theory, or political movement), as a calque of Chinese 走資派 /走资派 (zǒuzīpài, literally “one who takes the capitalist road”), a contraction of 走資本主義道路(的)當權派 /走资本主义道路(的)当权派 (zǒu zīběnzhǔyì dàolù (de) dāngquánpài, “those in power who take the capitalist road”), first used in Chinese Communist Party literature in 1965.
Hofland
Borrowed from Dutch Hofland, from hof (“court”) + land (“land”).
Olaya
Borrowed from Spanish Olaya, itself from Asturian Olaya, from Ancient Greek Εὐλαλία (Eulalía).
chremsel
From Yiddish כרעמזל (khremzl).
chremslach
Borrowed from Yiddish כרעמזלעך (khremzlekh).
chuhra
From Hindustani چُوہْڑا (cūhṛā) / चूहड़ा (cūhṛā).
churchscot
From church + scot, and probably also absorbing earlier Middle English chirshet, cherset, chershet ("customary rent paid for the support of the church"; > modern English churchset), from Old English ċiriċsċeatt (“tax or rent paid to the church, church-money, churchscot”), thus also equivalent to church + scat.
McElderry
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Dhorca (“son of the dark-haired lad”).
P'ing-tung
From Mandarin 屏東 (Píngdōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tung¹.
kolhosp
From Ukrainian колго́сп m (kolhósp), plural колго́спи pl (kolhóspy), contraction of Ukrainian колекти́вне господа́рство n (kolektývne hospodárstvo, “collective farm”).
Tsushima
Romanized from Japanese 対馬 (Tsushima). Unrelated to the Japanese word 島 (shima, “island”). When the primary island is specifically described in Japanese, 対馬島 takes on the separate pronunciations Tsushimajima or Tsushimatō.
rontal
From Old Javanese [script needed] (rontal): ron "leaf" + tal "palm".
Jiangyin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江陰 /江阴 (Jiāngyīn).
Anqing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng).
Changshu
From Mandarin 常熟 (Chángshú).
quinch
First attested 1530 as quynche, possibly from unrecorded Middle English *quinchen, itself of obscure origin. Perhaps a fusion of Middle English quicchen, quecchen (“to shake, tremble; twitch, flinch”) and Middle English winchen (“to flinch, wince; veer or move away”), making it equivalent to a blend of quitch + winch.
Compare Saterland Frisian kwinkje (“to blink, wink with the eyes”), Middle Dutch quincken, quinken ("to shake, quiver"; whence modern Dutch kwinken, kwinkeleren (“to warble”)), German Low German quinken (“to blink, wink”).
Standen
Habitational surname, perhaps from Old English stān (“stone”) + dene (“valley”).
Nujiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 怒江 (Nùjiāng).
Quebedeaux
Borrowed from French Quebedeaux. It is a typical Louisianan surname and today it is rare, if not completely lacking, in France and Canada.
demipointe
From demi- (“half”) + pointe (“tip of the toe”), via Old French demi from Latin dīmidius (“halved”), combined with French pointe (“point, tip”) from Late Latin pūnctum; in this sense short for pointe des pieds (“tippy-toe”, literally “tip of the feet”); cf. French sur la pointe des pieds (“on tiptoe”).
piatza
Likely from Italian piazza, ultimately from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa); see more at piazza.
From a Cariban language, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *pɨjati; compare Trió pïjai, Akurio piyahi, Carijona hiyači (“shaman”) (from Proto-Taranoan *pɨjaci, from the Proto-Cariban term).
pendelluft
Borrowed from German Pendelluft (literally “pendulum air”).
Suao
From Mandarin 蘇澳 (Sū'ào).
Zuoying
From Mandarin 左營 (Zuǒyíng, literally “left barracks”).
Pingxi
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 平溪 (Píngxī).
Fengtai
Borrowed from Mandarin 豐臺 /豐台 /丰台 (Fēngtái).
Barsabe
From Middle English Barsabe, from Latin Bathsabee in Jerome’s Vulgate, which is from Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).
Minasyan
Borrowed from Armenian Մինասյան (Minasyan).
Kellis
A variant of Kelly or from Greek Κέλλης (Kéllis), a nickname for a bald man, from Turkish kel (“bald”).
Denbow
Perhaps from an Old English personal name Denebeald, which is composed of the elements Dene (“Dane”) + beald (“bold, brave”).
Filippines
A hypercorrection of Philippines using F from its earlier etymon, Spanish Filipinas, for the sake of a similar equivalent to the unanglicized demonym, Filipino.
Holy Church
From Middle English Holy Chirche, holi chirche, hali chirche, haly kirk, equivalent to holy + church.
Liscano
Borrowed from Spanish Liscano, variant of Lazcano.
McCorry
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Gothraidh (“son of Gothradh”), a Gaelicized form of the personal name Godfrey.
Holy Rood
From Middle English Holy Rood, Holyrode, holy-rode, holy roode, hali rode, halgorode, equivalent to holy + rood (“crucifix, cross”).
Mengistu
Borrowed from the Amharic personal name መንግስቱ (Mengistu).
Holy Sepulchre
From Middle English Holy Sepulcre, holi sepulcre, equivalent to proprialization of holy + sepulchre.
Brau
Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from South German Bräu, an occupational surname from a shortened form of an agent noun denoting a brewer;
* Borrowed from Catalan and southern French Brau, a nickname from Catalan brau (“brave, fierce”) or Occitan brau (“wild”).
Shan-hsi
From Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Shan¹-hsi¹.
Qingyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清苑 (Qīngyuàn).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清原.
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清遠 /清远 (Qīngyuǎn).
helek
Borrowed from Hebrew חֵלֶק (ḥēleq).
Aldeburgh
From Old English eald (“old”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldbury, and Oldbury. Compare Oldenburg.
forcefall
From Middle English *forsfal, from Old Norse forsfall (“waterfall, torrent”), equivalent to force (“waterfall”) + fall. Compare Icelandic fossfall (“waterfall, torrent”).
ah so
From Japanese ああ、そう (ā, sō, “I see”).
mufassir
From Arabic مُفَسِّر (mufassir)
cissus
Borrowed from translingual Cissus, from Latin cissus and Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós).
citharoedic
From Latin citharoedicus, from Ancient Greek κιθαρῳδικός (kitharōidikós), from κιθάρα (kithára, “cithara”) + ἀοιδός (aoidós, “singer”).
Kohlmann
Borrowed from German Kohlmann, an occupational surname for someone who grew and sold cabbage.
Lansdown
Habitational surname, probably from Old English langet (“long strip of ground”) + dūn (“hill”).
Keshishyan
Borrowed from Armenian Քեշիշյան (Kʻešišyan).
McGuigan
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uiginn (“son of the viking”), from uiging (“Viking; pirate”).
Cumwhinton
From Cumbric *cumm (“a valley”) + Norman Quentin.
Mallerstang
From Cumbric *mɛ̄l (“bald”) + Cumbric *bre (“hill”) + Old Norse *stǫng (“land mark”)
Kotsur
From East Slavic Коцур or a respelling of Kocur (from Polish or Slovak).
Menshevism
From Russian меньшеви́зм (menʹševízm).
silvology
From silva + -o- + -logy. From Latin silva (“forest”) + Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía, “study of”). Coined by Roeloff Oldeman in 1990 in his book Forests: elements of silvology.
Dihua
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà).
Tihwa
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà).
Beiping
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 北平 (Běipíng).