MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
pignoration
From Latin pignorātio, pignerātio, derivation of pignerāre (“to pledge”), derivation of pignus, genitive pignoris, pigneris (“a pledge, a pawn”). Compare French pignoration.
Hathor
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅθωρ (Háthōr), from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr O10-C9.
Bastet
From Egyptian bꜣstjt (“Bastet”, literally “she of the ointment jar”).
foulder
From Middle English fouldre (“lightning”), from Old French foudre also fouldre (modern French foudre), from Latin fulgur. See fulgor.
thrack
From Middle English *threkken, thrucchen, from Old English þryccan (“to press, oppress, afflict”). More at thrutch.
capitellate
Borrowed from New Latin capitellātus, from capitellum + -ātus, diminutive of caput (“head”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
porrection
From Latin porrēctiō, from porrēctus, past participle of porrigō. Compare French porrection. By surface analysis, porrect + -tion.
sanable
From Latin sanabilis, from sanare (“to heal”), from sanus (“sound, healthy”). See sane.
paratonic
From para- + tonic. In specific use in the medical sense, after French paratonique. In the botanical sense, after German paratonisch.
afterling
From Middle English afterling. Cognate with Scots afterling, efterling (“afterling”, adjective). By surface analysis, after + -ling.
dis legomenon
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwís
Ancient Greek δῐ́ς (dĭ́s)
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.
Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti
Proto-Hellenic *légō
Ancient Greek λεγόμενον (legómenon)
Ancient Greek δῐ́ς λεγόμενον (dĭ́s legómenon)bor.
English dis legomenon
From Ancient Greek δὶς λεγόμενον (dìs legómenon, “(something) said only twice”), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly, again”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).
gorebill
From Middle English gore, gare (“spear”) + bill. More at gar.
pseudonavicula
From pseudo- + Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”). See navicular.
exinanition
From Latin exinānitiō, from exināniō, from ex- (“out”) and ināniō (“to empty”).
jukujikun
Borrowed from Japanese 熟字訓 (jukujikun, literally “compound character reading”).
tessular
From (assumed) New Latin tessula (diminutive of Latin tessera) + English -ar.
sciagraph
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -graph.
red-gum
Alteration (due to gum) of earlier red gown, reed gounde, from Middle English redgownd, redgound, radegound, radegund, equivalent to red + gound (“pus, matter”).
assythment
From assyth + -ment, from Old French aset, asez, originally meaning "enough". See assets.
synteretic
From Ancient Greek συντηρητικός (suntērētikós, “preservative”). See synteresis for more.
scholion
From New Latin scholion, from Ancient Greek σχόλῐον (skhólĭon, “interpretation, comment”).
infaust
From Latin īnfaustus, from in- (“not”) + faustus (“fortunate, lucky”).
distrouble
Inherited from Middle English distroublen, from Old French destrobler, metathetic form of destorbler; by surface analysis, dis- + trouble.
panchway
From Bengali পানসি (panośi, “pinnace”), from English pinnace.
ruption
Borrowed from Latin ruptio, from rumpere, ruptum (“to break”).
boistous
From Middle English boistous, from Anglo-Norman bustous (“rough”), perhaps from Old French boitous (“noisy”) (the source of French boiteux).
theosoph
Attested circa 1835. From Medieval Latin theosophus (“a theologian”, noun),
from Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in things concerning god”, adjective),
from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”).
Cognate with French théosophe and Spanish teósofo.
angiotomy
From angio- + -tomy (from Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel, urn, pot”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).
newfangle
From Middle English newefangil, neufangel, newefongel, equivalent to new + fangle.
rhinopome
rhino- + Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “a lid”)
aesthesodic
From Ancient Greek αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) + -ic; compare French esthésodique.
battel
From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.
Olorun
From Yoruba Ọ̀lọ́run.
spicer
From Middle English spicer, spycer, spycere, from Old French espicier (> French épicier), from Latin speciarius (“dealer in spices”), equivalent to spice + -er.
foo yung
From Cantonese 芙蓉 (fu4 jung4).
paraventure
From Middle English paraventure, peraventure. Equivalent to par + aventure.
subfuscous
From Latin subfuscus, suffuscus, equivalent to sub- + fuscous.
insuavity
From Latin insuavitas. Compare French insuavité. See in- (“not”) + suavity.
schindylesis
From Ancient Greek σχινδύλησις (skhindúlēsis, “a splitting into fragments”).
incicurable
From Latin incicur (“not tame”), from in- (“not”) + cicur (“tame”), + -able.
Eleatic
Borrowed from Latin Eleāticus, from Ancient Greek ’Ελεατικός (’Eleatikós), from Ἐλέα (Eléa, “Elea, Velia”).
sepiment
From Latin sepimentum, saepimentum, from sepire, saepire (“to hedge in”).
koha
Borrowed from Māori koha (“regard, respect; gift, present”).
Borrowed from Sinhalese කොහා (kohā, “cuckoo”), probably from Sinhalese කෝ + හඩ (kō + haḍa, “cuckoo”) or ultimately as the abbreviation of the word tells, the imitation of the chirping and trilling sound.
pentecosty
From Ancient Greek πεντηκοστύς (pentēkostús), from πεντήκοντα (pentḗkonta, “fifty”).
pessimize
From Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ize, modelled after optimize. Pessimus is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm̥mó-s, from *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”) + *-tm̥mó-s (superlative suffix).
bamboo wife
Calque from Chinese 竹夫人 (zhúfūrén).
retund
From Latin retundere, retusum, from re- (“re-”) + tundere (“to beat”).
scolopacine
From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”), from Ancient Greek σκολόπαξ (skolópax).
plantule
From French plantule, diminutive of plante (“a plant”), Latin planta.
sycoceryl
From Ancient Greek σῦκον (sûkon, “a fig”) + κηρός (kērós, “wax”) + -yl.
nodated
From Latin nodatus, past participle of nodare (“to make knotty”), from nodus (“knot”). See node.
steganopod
From Ancient Greek στεγανός (steganós, “cover, roof”) + -pod.
peristeropodous
From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -podous.
amerciament
Medieval Latin amerciamentum, from amerciari + -amentum, learned Latinization of Anglo-Norman amercier + -ment, from Old French à merci.
atstand
From Middle English atstonden, etstonden, ætstanden, from Old English ætstandan (“to stand still, stand at, stand near, stand in, stand by, stop, rest, stay, remain, stand up, check, resist, cease, blight (crops)”), equivalent to at- + stand. Conflated in some senses with Middle English anstanden (“to resist”). See astand.
atsake
From Middle English atsaken, ætsaken, from Old English ætsacan (“to deny, disown, abjure, renounce”), equivalent to at- + sake.
atshake
From Middle English atscheaken, atsceken, equivalent to at- + shake. Compare ashake.
atshoot
From Middle English atschoten, ætscheoten, from Old English ætscēotan (“to escape, disappear”), equivalent to at- + shoot. Compare Dutch ontschieten (“to slip from, forget”), German entschiessen.
amphigory
From French amphigouri, of uncertain derivation; perhaps from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí) + γῦρος (gûros, “circle”) or -αγορία (-agoría, “speech”).
odontogeny
From odonto- (root of Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + root of Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to be born”). Compare French odontogénie.
atsit
From Middle English atsitten, ætsitten, from Old English ætsittan (“to sit by, remain, stay, wait”), equivalent to at- + sit. See also asit.
atslike
From Middle English atsliken, ætsliken, equivalent to at- + slike. Compare German entschleichen.
readept
From re- + Latin adeptus, past participle of adipisci (“to obtain”).
purprise
From Old French porpris, from porprendre (“to take away entirely”); por- (“for”) + prendre (“to take”).
slike
From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan (“to crawl, slink”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Cognate with German Low German slieken (“to slink, crawl”), German schleichen (“to creep, crawl, slink, sneak”), Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”).
From Middle English sliken, slikien, from Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”). See above.
From Middle English *slīken, from Old English slīcan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to hew, hammer, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old Frisian slēc (“a shock, blow”), Middle Low German slîken (“to beat”), Old English sliċċ, sliċ (“beater, hammer, mallet”), Latin ligō, ligōnis (“hoe, mattock”).
phanerocodonic
From phanero- + Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn, “bell”) + -ic.
organophyly
Simplified learned borrowing from German Organophylogenie, itself from organo- + Phylogenie; equivalent to a reduction of organo- + phylogeny to organo- (“biological tissue”) + -phyly (“tribehood”).
bulchin
From Middle English bulchin, from Old English *bulċen, *bulċin, from Proto-Germanic *bulukiną, diminutive of *bulô (“bull”). Cognate with Middle Dutch boelekijn (“bullock; bulchin”). More at bull, -kin.
subdititious
From Latin subdititius, subditicius, from subdere (“to substitute”).
circumincession
From circum- + Latin incedere, incessum (“to walk”).
essonite
Named from Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”), because not so hard as some minerals it resembles (e.g. hyacinth).
obvention
From Latin obventio, from obvenire (“to come before or in the way of, to befall”), from ob (see ob-) + venire (“to come”). Compare French obvention.
parabanic acid
From Ancient Greek παραβαίνω (parabaínō, “to pass over”), from βαίνω (baínō).
idlehood
From idle + -hood, possibly an alteration of obsolete English idlehead (“idleness”), possibly from Middle English idelhed (“vanity”). Compare also Scots ydilheid (“idleness”), Dutch ijdelheid (“vanity, vainglory”), Middle Low German îdelheit (“idleness”), and German Eitelkeit (“vanity, conceit, vainness, idleness”).
atslip
From Middle English atslupen, etslupen, ætslupen, from Old English *ætslūpan (“to slip away”), equivalent to at- + slip. See aslip, aslope.
atspring
From Middle English atspringen, ætspringen, from Old English ætspringan (“to rush forth, spurt out, spring out”), equivalent to at- + spring. Compare Dutch ontspringen (“to spring, well, outflow”), German entspringen (“to spring from, escape, arise”).
atstunt
From Middle English atstunten, etstunten, ætstunten, from Old English ætstyntan (“to blunt, dull, weaken”), equivalent to at- + stunt. See astint.
atstut
From Middle English atstutten, etstutten, ætstutten (“to tarry”), equivalent to at- + stut.
attal
From Middle English atlien, ahtlien, from Old Norse ǽtla (“to intend, think, purpose”). More at ettle.
From Arabic عَتَّال (ʕattāl, “porter”) or via French Attal.
atene
From Middle English atenen, ateonen, from Old English *ātēonian, *ātȳnan, *ātīenan, from a- + tēonian (“to injure, irritate, slander”), and tȳnan, tīenan (“to irritate, vex, trouble, insult, revile”), equivalent to a- + teen.
homoiothermal
From Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”) + English thermal.
eryngo
Ultimately from Latin ēryngion, from Ancient Greek ἠρύγγιον (ērúngion), from ἤρυγγος (ḗrungos).
eventration
Borrowed from French éventration, from éventrer (“to disembowel”).
castellany
From Medieval Latin castellania, from Latin castellānus. Doublet of chatellany.
laconize
From Ancient Greek λακωνίζω (lakōnízō), from Λάκων (Lákōn). By surface analysis, laconic + -ize.
ligeance
From Middle English legiaunce, from Old French ligeance, legeance, ligance; equivalent to liege + -ance; compare allegiance.
bockey
From Dutch bakkie, bakje, or less likely bokaal (“bowl, cup”).
sunnud
From Hindi सनद (sanad), from Arabic سَنَد (sanad).
sheriat
From Ottoman Turkish شریعت (şeri'at), from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa).
atray
From Middle English atrayen, atreyen, atreȝen, equivalent to a- + tray (“to grieve, vex”). More at tray.
atride
From Middle English atriden, ætriden, equivalent to at- + ride. Compare Dutch ontrijden (“to ride away, escape by riding”), German entreiten (“ride away”).
atrin
From Middle English atrinnen, ætrinnen, from Old English *ætrinnan, ætiernan (“to run away”), equivalent to at- + run. Compare atren.
atrine
From Middle English atrinen, ætrinen, from Old English æthrīnan (“to touch, take, move”), equivalent to at- + rine. Compare arine.
scyphistoma
From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
crustated
From Latin crustatus, past participle of crustare, from crusta. See crust.
statuminate
From Latin statuminatus, past participle of statuminare (“to prop”), from statumen (“a prop”), from statuere (“to place”).
sextry
From Middle English sextriȝe, cextrye, sextrye, sextry, probably a reduced form of Old French secresterie or Anglo-Latin secrestāria, a variant of Medieval Latin sacristāria.
orgeat
From French orgeat, derived from orge (“barley”), from Latin hordeum.
Doublet of horchata and orzo. Cognate to Surinamese Dutch orgeade.
exaspidean
From exo- + Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ean.
atroke
From Middle English atrokien, atrukien (“to fail”), equivalent to a- + troke or a- + truck.
atrout
From Middle English *atrouten, atruten, ætruten, equivalent to at- + rout (“to rush, beat, assail”).
diphy-
From Ancient Greek διφυ- (diphu-), from διφυής (diphuḗs, “double”).
empyreuma
From Ancient Greek ἐμπύρευμα (empúreuma, “a live coal covered with ashes”). Compare French empyreume. See empyreal.
atrist
From a- + trist (“to trust”), from Middle English tristen, variant of trusten (“to trust”). More at trust.
Allu
From Telugu అల్లు (allu, “to plait, braid, weave, wattle (rods, twigs, etc.) together”).
Bhamidipati
Borrowed from Telugu భమిడిపాటి (bhamiḍipāṭi).
Rayaprolu
Borrowed from Telugu రాయప్రోలు (rāyaprōlu).
Nandamuri
Borrowed from Telugu నందమూరి (nandamūri). This surname is predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh.
phonate
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after phonation, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”).
astipulate
From Latin astipulari, from ad- + stipulari (“to stipulate”).
argala
From Latin argala, from Bengali হাড়গিলা (haṛgila), also transcribed hurghila.
scissiparity
From Latin scissus, past participle of scindere (“to split”) + parere (“to bring forth”). Compare French scissiparité.
dactyliology
From Ancient Greek δακτύλιος (daktúlios, “finger ring”) + -logy.
desmodont
From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, connection”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”).
panification
From Latin panis (“bread”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). Compare French panification.
Susanoo
Borrowed from Japanese 須佐之男(すさのお) (Susanoo).
Troyish
From Middle English Troiish, troisse, from Old English Trōiesċ, Trōisċ (“Trojan”), equivalent to Troy + -ish.
palampore
From Hindi पलंग पोश (palaṅg poś, “coverlet”), from पलंग (palaṅg, “bed”) + early modern Persian پوش (“cover”).
deplication
From Latin deplicare (“to unfold”), from de- + plicare (“to fold”).
noctivagous
From Latin noctivagus, from nox, noctis + vagus (“wandering”).
tenerity
From ten(d)er + -ity, from Latin teneritas. See tender.
stillatitious
From Latin stillaticius, from stillare (“to drop”), stilla (“a drop”).
marram
From Old Norse maralmr, a compound of marr (“sea”) and halmr (“straw, reed”).
stephanion
From Ancient Greek στέφανος (stéphanos, “a crown”) + -ion (“craniometric feature”).
euchymy
From Ancient Greek εὐχυμία (eukhumía), from χυμός (khumós, “juice”). Attested in English from 17th century.
pyo-
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “pus”), from Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English ful (“foul”).
troching
From Old French troche (“cluster, group”). Compare French trochure (“a surantler”), trochée (“branches of a seedling”), trochet (“cluster of flowers or fruits”).
Hexapla
From hexapla, from Ancient Greek ἑξαπλά (hexaplá), neuter plural of ἑξαπλοῦς (hexaploûs, “sixfold”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “hexa-: six”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”), used as the title of such an edition by Origen.
From Ancient Greek ἑξαπλᾶ (hexaplâ), neuter plural of ἑξαπλοῦς (hexaploûs, “sixfold”), from ἑξα- (hexa-, “hexa-: six”) + -πλόος (-plóos, “-fold”).
compulsative
From Late Latin compulsāt-, participial stem of compulsāre, intensitive form of Latin compellere (“to compel”).
prelibation
From Latin praelibatio, from praelibare (“to taste beforehand”).
ambrosin
From Latin ambrosīnus (nummus), from Ambrosius (“Ambrose”), the patron saint of Milan.
promanation
From pro- + Latin manatio (“a flowing”), from manare (“to flow”).
sempervive
From Latin semperviva, sempervivum, from sempervivus (“ever-living”), from semper (“always”) + vivus (“living”).
tripody
From tri + -pody, from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”) and πούς, ποδός (poús, podós, “foot”).
holmos
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὅλμος (hólmos).
terebratula
Borrowed from translingual Terebratula. Further from Latin terebrātus (“boring, drilling”) + Latin -ula (diminutive suffix), from terebrō (“to bore, to drill”), terebra (“borer, drill, gimlet”), and terō (“to rub, to wear upon”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn, to pierce, to drill”).
amphictyonic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτυονικός (Amphiktuonikós). By surface analysis, amphictyon + -ic.
becry
From Middle English becrien, equivalent to be- (“about, at, over, upon”) + cry.
Eupatrid
From Ancient Greek εὐπατρίδης (eupatrídēs), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).
stratography
From Ancient Greek στρατός (stratós, “army”) + -graphy.
Wenzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 溫州 /温州 (Wēnzhōu).
Gujranwala
Borrowed from Urdu گوجْران٘وَالَہ (gujrānvālā), from Punjabi گوجرانوالہ (gujranvālā).
Taoyuan
From Mandarin 桃園 (Táoyuán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻao²-yüan².
From Mandarin 桃源 (Táoyuán).
Asansol
Borrowed from Bengali আসানসোল (aśanśōl), আসনসোল (aśonśōl).
Kitakyushu
Borrowed from Japanese 北九州 (Kitakyūshū).
Kolhapur
Borrowed from Marathi कोल्हापूर (kolhāpūr).
Mosul
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish موصل (mosul) , from Arabic الْمَوْصِل (al-mawṣil).
Taizhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 台州 (Tāizhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 泰州 (Tàizhōu).
Weifang
From Mandarin 濰坊 /潍坊 (Wéifāng).
Kozhikode
From Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ). The name probably corresponds to Ancient Greek Καλαικαρίας (Kalaikarías), mentioned by Ptolemy, of uncertain meaning. The second element is likely Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fortress, palace”). The first element could be from Kali, wife of Shiva, meaning "palace of Kali," or it could instead be a Dravidian name கல்லியை (kalliyai).
The anglicized variant of the name is Calicut.
Calicut
Borrowed from Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”).
Mandalay
Borrowed from Burmese မန္တလေး (manta.le:).
arrosion
From Latin arrodere, arrosum (“to gnaw”). Compare French arrosion.
prytany
From Ancient Greek πρυτανεία (prutaneía, “presidency”), from πρύτανις (prútanis).
plutology
From Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + -logy.
apotelesmatic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀποτελεσματικός (apotelesmatikós), from ἀποτέλεσμα (apotélesma, “effect of the stars on human destiny”). Morphologically, from apotelesm + -atic.
stercorary
From Latin stercorarium, from stercorarius (“relating to dung”), from stercus.
rhodeoretin
From Ancient Greek ῥόδεος (rhódeos, “rose”) + ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “resin”).
cholochrome
From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”) + -chrome.
pinacone
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῐ́νᾰξ (pĭ́năx)
German Ketonbor.
English ketone
English -one
English pinacone
From Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”) ̺+ -one. So called because it unites with water to form tablet-shaped crystals.
amphictyon
Borrowed from Latin Amphictyones, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμφικτύονες (Amphiktúones), both of which are only attested in the plural. Probably the word originally meant "dwellers around, neighbours".
hydragogue
From Latin hydragogus (“conveying off water”), from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγός (hudragōgós, “to lead”). Compare French hydragogue.
syrma
From Ancient Greek σύρμα (súrma), from σύρω (súrō, “to drag”).
ychosen
From Middle English ichosen, ȝechosen, for earlier ȝecoren (“chosen”), from Old English ġecoren (“chosen”), past participle of ċēosan (“to choose”), equivalent to y- + chosen. More at choose.
ycomen
From Middle English ycomen, icumen, ȝecumen, from Old English ġecumen, past participle of cuman (“to come”), equivalent to y- + comen. More at come.
bowssen
Ultimately borrowed from Cornish beudhi or Breton beuziñ (“to drown”).
coalite
Back-formation from coalition, from Latin coalitus, past participle of coalēscō (see coalesce).
theolog
From Ancient Greek θεόλογος (theólogos, “one who discourses of the gods”). By surface analysis, theo- + -log.
nuncius
Borrowed from Latin nūncius, medieval form of nūntius (“messenger”).
trophosperm
From tropho- + Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). Compare French trophosperme.
incommodity
From Latin incommoditas. Compare French incommodité. See incommodious.
sandix
From Latin sandix, sandyx (“vermilion, or a colour like vermilion”), from Ancient Greek σάνδυξ (sándux).
nitency
From Latin nitens, present participle of niti (“to strive”).
From Latin nitens, present participle of nitere (“to shine”).
hematinon
From Ancient Greek αἱμάτινος (haimátinos, “like blood”), from αἷμα (haîma).
perpotation
From Latin perpotatio, from perpotate. See per- and potation.
podical
From Latin pōdicis (“anus, butt”), genitive form of pōdex.
conistra
From Ancient Greek κονίστρα (konístra), from κονίς (konís, “dust”).
antalgic
From anti- + Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ic. Compare French antalgique.
palmary
From Latin palmarius, palmaris (“belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize”). Cognate to Spanish palmario.
Patripassian
From Latin patripassianus, from pater (“father”) + passiō (“suffering”) + -ānus.
anacharis
From Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + χάρις (kháris, “grace”).
pinder
Etymology tree
Kongo mpindader.
Gullah
English pinder
Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”), also borrowed in Dutch as pinda.
From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) + -er.
glaum
Alteration of dialectal clam, claum (“to grope or grasp ineffectually, snatch”), from Middle English *clammen, *clemmen, from Old English clæmman, clemman, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną. In some senses, likely influenced by clamber. Compare dialectal glaump, glamp (“to grasp, snatch at, clutch, grope", also "gulp”), Scots clam, claum (“to grope or grasp ineffectually, snatch”), Norwegian klemme (“to seize with claws”), Middle High German klemmen (“to squeeze”). Doublet of glom. Related also to English clamp.
From Middle English gloumen, glomen (“to look glum or sullen, scowl, frown at, lower”), from Old Norse glám- (in compounds), cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk glåma (“to stare”).
twenty-five-thousander
From twenty-five thousand + -er, a calque of Russian двадцатипятитысячники (dvadcatipjatitysjačniki).
barracan
From Middle French barracan, from Arabic بَرَّكَان (barrakān).
Dumfries
From Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phris (“Fort of the Thicket”).
horseheal
From Middle English horshelne, from Old English horselene, a compound of hors (“horse”) and elene (“elecampane”). The compound was later reinterpreted as being formed of horse + heal, as it was supposed to cure diseases of horses.
Falkirk
Inherited from Middle English Faukirke, from Old English fāg (“multicoloured”) + ċiriċe (“church”), a calque of Middle Irish Eiglesbrec (literally “speckled church”), probably ultimately from Cumbric *eglēs (“church”) + Cumbric *vreith (“speckled”). The l is first attested in the 15th century, likely a hypercorrection by analogy with terms such as wall (Scots wa). Compare Medieval Latin Varia Capella (“Falkirk”).