MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Vrobel
From a Slavic word meaning "sparrow", e.g. dialectal Czech or Slovak vrobel or vrobeľ, Lower Sorbian wrobel, Upper Sorbian wrobl, or Polish wróbel, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.
Vrubel
From Polish wróbel or dialectal Czech or Slovak vrubel or vrúbel, all meaning sparrow. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vorbьľь.
Volodymyr
From Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ). A Ukrainian cognate of Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir). Doublet of Vladimir.
Huy
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Vietnamese Huy.
* Borrowed from German Huy.
Elain
From Welsh Elain. Alternatively, a variant of English Elaine.
Eidsvold
From Norwegian, since 1918 revised to Eidsvoll.
mabkhara
From Arabic مِبْخَرَة (mibḵara) (dialects tend to pronounce the prefix ma-).
angkong
From Tagalog angkong, from Hokkien 俺公 (án-kong, “paternal grandfather”).
Qajar
Ultimately from Azerbaijani Qacar (“Qajar (member of the Qajar tribe)”).
fishhouse
From Middle English fyschehous, from Old English fisċhūs; equivalent to fish + house.
light-witted
From Middle English light-witted, from light (adjective) + witted (“having intelligence or understanding”, adjective), from the noun wit. See more at light, wit, -ed.
Kashuba
From Polish Kaszuba (“Kashubian”), or surnames of the same origin, e.g. Russian Кашуба (Kašuba) or Lithuanian Kašuba.
Elagabalus
From Latin Elagabalus. The emperor is named for the deity, whose name is from a Semitic language and means "god of the mountain"; see the Latin entry for more.
CHAdeMO
Blend of charge + de + move (charge and then move). Punning on the Japanese abbreviated phrase. From Japanese 茶でも (cha-demo, “Tea?”), from Japanese お茶でもどうですか (O-cha demo ikaga desu-ka, “How about a cup of tea?”).
Baisha
From the Mandarin 白沙 (Báishā, literally “white sand”).
Brundall
From an unclear first element, perhaps Old English brōmig (“broomy, overgrown with broom”), + healh (“nook, corner, angle”).
Brigg
From Middle English brigge, from Old English brycġ (“bridge”). Doublet of bridge and Bruges.
Livesey
From an unrecorded Old English cognate of Old Norse hlíf (“cover, protection”) + īeġ (“island”).
Bigland
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from Old Norse bygg (“barley”) + Old English land (“land”).
Huxi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湖西 (Húxī).
chittim
From Hebrew שִׁטִּים, plural of שִׁטָּה, with the spelling change from shittim perhaps chosen to avoid any association with shit.
Uchitel
From Ukrainian учитель (učytelʹ) or Russian учитель (učitelʹ, “teacher”).
imala
From Arabic إمالة (ʔimāla, literally “inclination”). The earliest form of the process, described by the Arab grammarians, was conditioned on the existence of an /i/ before or after the /a/ (somewhat similarly to Germanic umlaut). Hence the /a/ was said to “incline” towards the /i/. In many modern dialects, however, imala is only conditioned by surrounding consonants, and it is typically hindered by certain adjacent consonants (especially emphatics).
Cishan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 磁山 (Císhān).
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旗山 (Císhan).
inu hariko
Borrowed from Japanese 犬張子 (inu hariko).
Nullarbor
From Latin nulla arbor (“no tree”), as the area is nearly treeless.
olotera
Borrowed from Spanish olotera, from olote (“corncob”) + -era.
groak
Unknown. Adapted into English from the Scots groak, growk with an unchanged meaning; groak in Scotland and growk in Ulster. The earliest recorded English usage of this term is as grouk in 1808 (see sense 2).
spreath
From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic sprèidh, from Middle Irish spréid (“cattle, wealth”), from Latin praeda (“plunder, spoils; profit; prey”), thus a doublet of prey. Per one hypothesis, also a doublet of spree.
Berrow
From Old English bearu (“grove”), which is from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”). Compare Beer (“a village in East Devon”).
head to foot
From Middle English (fro) hived to þe fot, (fro) þe hed vnto þe feet, (fra) þe hefd vnto þe fote.
Southam
From Old English sūþ (“south”) + hām (“homestead”).
Asherah
From Hebrew אֲשֵׁרָה ('asherá).
Copplestone
Perhaps from Old English copel (“unsteady, rocking”) + stān (“stone”). Alternatively, the first element might be related to Old English copp (“top, summit”), through the adjective coppel (“peaked, rounded”).
lightliness
Possibly from Middle English lightlines, lightlinesse, from Middle English lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche + -nes, -nesse. Equivalent to lightly + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Ugarit
Learned borrowing from Ugaritic 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚 (ủgrt /⁠ʾugarītu⁠/).
Eastalgia
Blend of East + nostalgia, a calque of German Ostalgie.
Oxenholme
From Old English oxna, genitive plural of oxa (“ox”) + Old Norse holmr (“pasture near a water source”).
Boreham
From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”) + hām (“village, hamlet”).
Blaencwm
Borrowed from Welsh Blaencwm, from blaen (“point, apex”) + cwm (“a valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre”).
Zwergspitz
Borrowing from German Zwergspitz (literally “dwarf spitz”).
Hynes
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhin (“descendant of Eidhin”).
bharta
From Hindi भरता (bhartā) / भुरता (bhurtā) (cf. Bengali ভর্তা (bhorta)).
Balcombe
Recorded as Baldecombe (1279) and Balecumba (late 11th century). Probably from the Old English personal name *Bealda + cumb (“valley”).
Most Serene Republic of Venice
A calque, partially via Italian and Latin, of Venetan Serenísima Repúblega de Venèsia.
Widdrington
From the Old English personal name *Widuhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Binstead
From Old English bēan (“bean”) + stede (“stead”); compare the doublet Binsted.
Wincarnis
Trade name, from wine and Latin carnis (“of meat”); the original 19th-century formulation contained Liebig's extract, from meat.
Hirabayashi
Borrowed from Japanese 平林 (Hirabayashi).
peccata clamantia
From Latin peccāta clāmantia, literally "screaming sins".
Toyosaburo
Borrowed from Japanese 豊三郎 (Toyosaburō).
Shimose powder
From Shimose + powder. Calque of Japanese 下瀬火薬 (Shimose kayaku), from 下瀬 (Shimose, surname) + 火薬 (kayaku, “gunpowder”, literally “fire chemical”).
Named after Japanese chemist 下瀬雅允 (Shimose Masachika) (1860–1911), the developer of the powder.
Ciaotou
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 橋頭 (Ciáotóu).
aibika
From Tok Pisin aibika, from Tolai ibika.
Oste
At least partially from French Oste, itself from Occitan Oste.
Damocritus
From Ancient Greek Δᾱμόκρῐτος (Dāmókrĭtos), a variant of Δημόκρῐτος (Dēmókrĭtos). The well-known philosopher bearing the latter name, Democritus, is occasionally mixed up with this lesser-known author due to the similarity of their names.
lauriat
Ultimately from Philippine Hokkien 鬧熱 /闹热 (lāu-lia̍t, “bustling; filled with activity”), with semantic shift and slight phonological change due to /l/~/ɾ/ allophony in Hokkien.
nazuki
Borrowed from Georgian ნაზუქი (nazuki), possibly related to Նազուկ (Nazuk).
Tisbury
From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).
Huxtable
Habitational surname typical of Devon, from Old English hoc (“hook or spur of land”) + stapol (“post”).
Carstairs
From Cumbric *cayr (“fort”) + Cumbric *Tarras, a river name.
Fusha
Borrowed from Arabic فُصْحَى (fuṣḥā).
Ammiyya
Borrowed from Arabic الْعَامِّيَّة (al-ʕāmmiyya).
Sinshih
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Sinshìh.
Vigan
Borrowed from Spanish Vigan, also spelled as Bigan in early maps like the Velarde map (1734), originally from Ilocano Bigaan, derived from biga (“giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)”) + -an (locative suffix), meaning "the place where giant taro abounds" possibly referring to the Alocasia macrorrhizos plants that once grew abundantly along the banks of the Mestizo River.
Orchy
Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *argoɨd (“surrounding forest”).
pecuniar
From Anglo-Norman pecunier, Middle French pécunier, alteration of pecuniaire, from Latin pecūniārius.
Longci
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 龍崎 (Lóngcí).
Gaosyong
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高雄 (Gaosyóng).
Lioujiao
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六腳 (Liòujiǎo).
Gueiren
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 歸仁 (Gueirén).
talaje
Borrowed from Spanish talaje, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) + āxin.
Syuejia
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 學甲 (Syuéjiǎ).
Lioujia
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 六甲 (Liòujiǎ).
mahleb
From Arabic مَحْلَب (maḥlab, “mahaleb cherry”), from حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “to milk”).
Yanshuei
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鹽水 (Yánshuěi).
Yanshui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鹽水 (Yánshuǐ).
Yenshui
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鹽水 (Yen²-shui³).
Nansi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南四.
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 楠西 (Nánsi, literally “west of Nanzihsian River”).
San Clemente
From Spanish San Clemente (“St. Clement”), various places named in honor of Clement of Rome, from Latin Clemens, from clemens (“merciful”).
Groton
In Suffolk, recorded as Grotena in 1086 (DB), probably from Old English groten + ēa (“sandy or gravelly stream”). Places in the United States were directly or indirectly named after this village.
Liukuei
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 六龜 (Liu⁴-kuei¹).
Chichin
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 旗津 (Chʻi²-chin¹).
Sigang
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 西港 (Sigǎng).
Cigu
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 七股 (Cigǔ).
Khabarovsk Krai
Borrowed from Russian Хаба́ровский край (Xabárovskij kraj).
Liouying
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 柳營 (Liǒuyíng).
Liuying
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 柳營 (Liu³-ying²).
Sinhua
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 新化 (Sinhuà).
Kao-hsiung
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 高雄 (Kao¹-hsiung²).
Takow
From either Mandarin 打狗 (Dǎgǒu) or directly from Hokkien, specifically Taiwanese Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).
Takau
Borrowed from Hokkien, specifically Taiwanese Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).
Pei-p'ing
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 北平 (Pei³-pʻing²).
pipkrake
From Swedish pipkrake, from pip (“tube”) + krake (“thin, fine, weak”), coined by Swedish botanist Henrik Hesselman in 1907.
flying white
Calque from Chinese 飛白／飞白 (fēibái).
Havre de Grace
From French Le Havre-de-Grâce (literally “the harbor of grace”), the original name of Le Havre in France.
Laboya
From Laboya Laboya, from the de-prenasalization of earlier Lamboya.
headlings
From Middle English hedlinges, hedlynges, equivalent to headling + -s. Cognate with Scots heidlingis (“headlong”).
Naufal
From Arabic نَوْفَل (nawfal), meaning "extremely generous". It can also mean "handsome young man" or "sea" or "ocean".
Logi
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Logi (“jötunn of fire”), personification of logi (“flame, blaze”).
Related to Middle High German lohe, more distantly to Latin lucere (“to shine, to light”), Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).
Compare Old Norse Hálogi.
Tallurutiup Imanga
From Inuktitut Tallurutiup Imanga (ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓ (tallorotiop imanga)).
Soham
Inherited from Old English Sǣgham, from a compound of *sǣġe and hām (“homestead”).
Shelford
From Old English sċeald (“shallow”) + forde (“ford”). Doublet of Scalford and Shalford.
Bosham
Inherited from Middle English Boseham, from Old English Bosanhām, fro Bosa (a personal name) + hām (“homestead”).
Conisbrough
From Old English Cyningesburg, from cyninges (“king's”) + burh (“fort; manor; town”). Doublet of Kingsbury, Kingsberry, Kingsburg, and Kingsburgh. Cf. also Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, Kingsville, Coniston, Coniston Cold, Coningsby, and Conington.
Bayingolin
Borrowed from Uyghur بايىنغولىن (bayin'gholin), from Mongolian ᠪᠠᠶᠠᠨᠭᠣᠣᠯ (bayanɣool).
Pei-ching
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 北京 (Pei³-ching¹).
Kirkby
From kirk + -by. From Old Scandinavian / Old Norse kirkja+býr, a village with a church.
Fengshan
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鳳山 /凤山 (Fêng⁴-shan¹), reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.
Clitus
From Ancient Greek κλειτός (kleitós), from κλέω (kléō, “to celebrate”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective suffix).
Berrington
Perhaps from Old English burg (“fortified place, stronghold”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Hendy
From Welsh and cognate with hendref (“winter dwelling”).
Nickname for a pleasant and affable man, from Middle English hende (“courteous, kind, gentle”).
Bougainville
From French Bougainville
* (placename in Papua): Named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
Lingwood
From either Old Norse lyng (“heather”) or Old English hlinc (“hill, slope, ridge, bank”) + wudu (“wood”).
wilful homicide
Calque of Maltese omiċidju volontarju.
Oulton
Various origins:
* The hamlet in Cumbria derives from the Old English personal name *Wulfa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Norfolk derives from the Old Norse personal name Ouðulf + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in West Yorkshire derives from Old English eald (“old”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Compare Olton, Outen.
Iambe
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάμβη (Iámbē).
majhul
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَجْهُول (majhūl), from Arabic مَجْهُول (majhūl, “unknown”).
Ruoqiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 若羌 (Ruòqiāng).
office plankton
Calque of Russian о́фисный планкто́н (ófisnyj planktón) having the same meaning.
Aberdour
From Pictish *aber (“estuary”) + Dour, a river-name.
Grasmere
From Old English græs (“grass”) + mere (“lake”); "the lake with grassy shores".
Goldwyn
From Middle English Goldwyn, Goldwine, from Old English Goldwine (given name), from gold (“gold”) + wine (“friend”).
Gresley
Habitational surname from Church Gresley or Castle Gresley, two villages in Derbyshire, from Old English greōsn (“gravel”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Pewsey
From the unrecorded Old English personal name *Pefi + -s- + īeġ (“island; well-watered land”).
Amlwch
From Welsh, am (“at, near”) + lwch (“water”).
Bathgate
From Cumbric *bayð (boar) + *cɛ̄d (wood), recorded as Batket c. 1160.
Qiemo
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 且末.
Qarqan
Borrowed from Uyghur چەرچەن (cherchen).
Bayinguoleng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng).
Blanc de Hotot
Borrowed from French Blanc de Hotot (“White of Hotot”), after Hotot-en-Auge (a commune in Normandy, France).
Feng-shan
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 鳳山 (Fêng⁴-shan¹).
Carmarthen
Inherited from Middle English Keyrmerthyn, Kairmerthen, from an earlier form of Welsh Caerfyrddin.
Minfeng
From the Mandarin 民豐 /民丰 (Mínfēng).
feltwort
From Old English feltwyrt, equivalent to felt + wort, after its felty, flannellike leaves, therefore it is also called feltpypt in Middle English and in German Wollkraut, and listed English names include flannel leaf, old man's flannel, velvet plant. Hence unrelated to felwort, fieldwort.
grammelot
Unknown. Dario Fo claims a French origin, and it has been linked to grommeler (“to grumble”).
Ffestiniog
From Welsh Ffestiniog, from Latin Festinius? + -iog.
Rushden
From Old English rysċ ("rush", the plant) + dene (“valley”); "valley where the rushes grow".
Golborne
From Old English golde (“marigold”) + burna (“stream, bourn”).
katamari
From Japanese 固(かた)まり (katamari, “clump”), popularized by the 2004 video game Katamari Damacy and its sequels, in which players have to roll everyday objects into huge balls.
Canonbury
From canon + -bury, recorded as Canonesbury 1373, from Middle English canoun + Old English burh, byrig.
Plumpton
From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.
Yutian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 于田 (Yútián).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 于闐 (Yútián).
udjat
From Egyptian wḏꜣt:
w-DA-A-t-wDAt
Irminones
From Ancient Greek Ἑρμίονες (Hermíones).
Northumber
From Middle English Northhumbre, from Old English Norþhymbre, variant of Norþanhymbre.
Hunslet
From Old English Hūn (“Personal name”) + flēt (“creek, inlet”).
Darya Boyi
Borrowed from Uyghur دەريا بويى (derya boyi, literally “along the big river; riverside”).
Arele
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 阿熱勒／阿热勒 (Ārèlè).
Dalston
From Middle English Derleston, Dorleston; from Old English Dēorlāf + tūn. Doublet of Darlaston.
Charklik
Borrowed from Uyghur چاقىلىق (chaqiliq).
Rosslare
From Irish Ros Láir, from ros + láir, literally “middle promontory”.
Coleraine
From Irish Cúil Raithin (literally “nook of ferns”).
Drogheda
From Irish Droichead Átha (literally “bridge of the ford”).
allodge
From Middle English aloge, partly from Old French alogier and partly from Italian alloggiare.
Hyacinthe
Borrowed from French Hyacinthe; this surname is predominantly found in Chad and Haiti.
Jo-ch'iang
From Mandarin 婼羌 Wade–Giles romanization: Jo⁴-chʻiang¹.
Min-feng
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 民豐 /民丰 (Min²-feng¹).
Kokyar
From Uyghur كۆكيار (kökyar).
Yu-tien
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 于田 (Yü²-t'ien²).
Yutien
From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 于田 (Yü²-t'ien²).
Westerleigh
From Old English westerra (“western”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”).
Beeston
From Middle English Bestone, from Old English *Bēostūn, from *bēos (“bentgrass”) (from Proto-West Germanic *beusu (“rush”)) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
gukja
From Korean 국자(國字) (gukja). Doublet of kokuji.
Ferryhill
Inherited from Middle English Ferye on the Hill, for earlier Ferie, Feregenne (perhaps to distinguish it from Ferrybridge), from Anglian Old English fergen (“wooded mountain”), from Proto-West Germanic *fergunī, from Proto-Germanic *fergunją. For the phonological development, compare eerie and dialectal swally (“to swallow”).
Cele
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 策勒 (Cèlè).
Damagou
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 達瑪溝／达玛沟 (Dámǎgōu).
Damiku
Borrowed from Uyghur دامىكۇ (damiku).
chantment
From Middle English chauntement, a clipping of enchauntement (modern English enchantment).
schmeckle
From Yiddish שמעקל (shmekl), a diminutive of Yiddish שמאָק (shmok), from which schmuck is borrowed.
Batley
From the Old English personal name Bata + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Sampul
Borrowed from Uyghur سامپۇل (sampul).
Quainton
From Old English *Cwēntūn, from cwēn (“queen”) + tūn (“town”). Doublet of Queenstown and Queenston.
Luopu
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 洛浦 (Luòpǔ).
Lo-p'u
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 洛浦 (Lo⁴-pʻu³).
Aqqik
Borrowed from Uyghur ئاچچىق (achchiq).
Arrien-en-Bethmale
French Arrien-en-Bethmale.
Lidlington
From the Old English personal name *Lytel + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
heatiness
From heaty + -ness. A translation of Chinese 熱 /热 (rè).
Gulbenkian
Borrowed from Armenian Գյուլբենկյան (Gyulbenkyan) and Կյուլպենկյան (Kyulpenkyan), originating as a patronymic.
Kilrush
From Irish Cill Rois, a compound of cill (“church”) + ros (“headland”).
Mullingar
From Irish Muileann gCearr (literally “crooked mill”).
zodiograph
From Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “little animal”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).
zodiographer
From Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion) (diminutive of ζῶον (zôon, “animal”)) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) + -er.
Duolu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 多魯 /多鲁 (Duōlǔ).
Andes Mountains
Compound of Andes + Mountains, Andes from Spanish Andes, perhaps from Quechua andi (“high crest”).
Palmyrena
From Latin Palmȳrēna, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Farnley
From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to fern + -ley (“lea”) and a doublet of Farley.
belna
Borrowed from Hindi बेलना (belnā), Punjabi ਬੇਲਣਾ (belṇā), Guyanese Creole English belna and Mauritian Creole belna. First attested in 1868.
paddock-stool
From Middle English paddocstol, paddok stule; equivalent to paddock (“frog; toad”) + stool.
Whiston
Various origins:
* The villages in Merseyside and South Yorkshire are named from Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”).
* The villages in Staffordshire are named from the unattested Old English personal name *Witi + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is probably named from Old English Hwiċċe (“a local tribe”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Droylsden
From Old English dryge (“dry”) + wella (“spring, well”) + denu (“valley”).
Damascena
From Latin Damascēna, from Ancient Greek Δαμασκηνή (Damaskēnḗ).
Taklamakan
Most researchers agree that the second part is derived from Persian مکان (makân, “place”), from Arabic مَكَان (makān). The etymology of Takla is less clear, however. Being first attested in Chagatai as ترک مکان (trk mkān /⁠tark-i makān⁠/), likely from ترک (trk /⁠tark⁠/, “abandonment”) + مکان (mkān /⁠makān⁠/, “place”).
T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 塔克拉瑪干 (Tʻa³-kʻo⁴-la¹-ma³-kan¹).
berlock dermatitis
From German Berlocke (“pendant”) or French breloque (“charm, pendant”).
Ampthill
Mentioned as Ammetelle in the Domesday Book, this placename derives from Old English ǣmethyll (“anthill”), probably because this site was once infested by ants.
Okeanos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of Oceanus and ocean.
Millbrook
From Old English mylen (“mill”) + brōc (“brook, stream”), equivalent to mill + brook.
Sharnbrook
From Old English sċearn (“dung”) + brōc (“brook, rivulet”).
Desborough
From the Old English personal name Deor + -s- + burg (“fortress, stronghold”).
Sileby
From Old Norse Sigólfr (“a personal name”) + býr (“settlement”).
Berytian
From Berytus + -ian (suffix meaning ‘from, related to, or like’; or ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’). Berytus is derived from Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from a Semitic source.
Wa-shih-hsia
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 瓦石峽 /瓦石峡 (Wa³-shih²-hsia²).
Washixia
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瓦石峽 /瓦石峡 (Wǎshíxiá).
Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Calque of Polish województwo małopolskie, Lesser Poland being the established translation of Małopolska, the historical region for which the voivodeship was named.
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Calque of Polish województwo wielkopolskie, Greater Poland being the established translation of Wielkopolska, the historical region for which the voivodeship was named.
punctule
From Latin pūnctulum. By surface analysis, punct(us) + -ule.
Yeyik
Borrowed from Uyghur يېيىق (yëyiq).
Bulong
Borrowed from Mandarin 布朗 (Bùlǎng).
Tai'erzhuang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臺兒莊 /台兒莊 /台儿庄 (Tái'érzhuāng).
T'ai-erh-chuang
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 臺兒莊 /台兒莊 /台儿庄 (Tʻai²-êrh²-chuang¹).
Genghis
Italian romanization of Mongolian ᠴᠢᠩᠭᠢᠰ (činggis)/Чингис (Čingis)
Langru
Borrowed from Uyghur لاڭرۇ (langru).
Lang-ju
From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 朗如 (Lang³-ju²).
Khaneriq
Borrowed from Uyghur خانئېرىق (xan'ëriq).
Han'airike
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 罕艾日克 (Hǎn'àirìkè).
Hanerik
Borrowed from Uyghur خانئېرىق (xan'ëriq).
bouleutes
From Ancient Greek βουλευτής (bouleutḗs).
Seghizkol
Borrowed from Uyghur سېغىزكۆل (sëghizköl).
Donghak
Borrowed from Korean 동학 (donghak, literally “Eastern learning”).
psychological moment
Derived from a misunderstanding of German psychologische Moment, where Moment actually means momentum.
Seaford
Inherited from Middle English Seford, Sevord, from Old English *Sǣford, from Old English sǣ (“sea”) + ford (“ford”); equivalent to sea + ford.
dry mass
From dry + mass. In the liturgical sense, a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin missa sicca.