MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
dysodile
From Ancient Greek δῠσώδης (dŭsṓdēs, “ill-smelling”), from δῠσ- (dŭs-) + ὄζω (ózō, “smell”), + -ile.
durene
From Latin durus (“hard”) (because solid at ordinary temperatures) + -ene.
waferer
From Middle English wafrer, from Anglo-Norman wafrer; equivalent to wafer + -er.
blandiloquence
From Latin blandus (“flattering”) + loquor (“speak”).
Kollam
From Malayalam കൊല്ലം (kollaṁ), from കോ (kō, “king”) + ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house”).
Olave
Borrowed from Spanish Olave, a Castilianized form of Basque Olabe.
Cooney
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuana (“descendant of Cuana”), a personal name either derived from cú (“hound”) or cuanna (“elegant, comely”).
Liss
A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.
From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise (“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa (“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe (“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe.
From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan (“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa (“to soften, weaken”). See above.
typolite
From Ancient Greek τύπος (túpos, “impression”) + -lite.
palingenesy
Borrowed from Middle French, French palingénésie, from Late Latin palingenesia: see further at palingenesis.
palingenesia
Learned borrowing from Late Latin palingenesia (“rebirth; regeneration”), from Koine Greek παλιγγενεσία (palingenesía, “rebirth”), from Ancient Greek πᾰ́λῐν (pắlĭn, “again, anew, once more”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn (end-over-end); to revolve around; to dwell, sojourn”)) + γένεσις (génesis, “creation; manner of birth; origin, source”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
duodecennial
From Latin duodecennium (“12-year period”) + English -al (“forming adjs”), equivalent to borrowing the unattested duodecennialis.
duodecimfid
From Latin duodecemfidus, from duodecim (“twelve”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).
Dunker
From German Tunker (“immersionist”), related to dunk (“dip, submerge”).
dynactinometer
From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”) + actino- + -meter.
dagoba
Borrowed from Sinhalese දාගැබ (dāgæba).
darlingtonia
From the taxonomic name Darlingtonia.
Named after Darlingtonia californica, common in the region, from Darlington + Latin -ia.
agalloch
From Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon).
agallochum
Borrowed from Latin agallochum, from Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon).
acne rosacea
Borrowed from New Latin acnē rosācea (literally “rose-colored acne”), from its resemblance to acne, which it is no longer considered as such.
decemvirate
From Latin decemvirātus, equivalent to decemvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
cassareep
Borrowed from Kari'na kasirìpo, perhaps by way of some intermediary language.
bafta
Uncertain. Possibly from Persian بافته (“woven, wrought”).
bajocco
From an archaic spelling of Italian baiocco, from baio (“brown”), after its color.
stelocyttarous
From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + ?
gymnodomous
From gymno- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -ous.
ruthfully
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną
Proto-West Germanic *hreuwan
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Germanic *-ō
Proto-West Germanic *-u
Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu
Old English hrēow
Middle English rewe
Middle English -the
Old Norse hrygðinflu.
Middle English reuþe
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
Proto-Germanic *fullaz
Proto-Germanic *-fullaz
Old English -ful
Middle English -ful
Middle English reuþful
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
Middle English rewthfully
English ruthfully
From Middle English rewthfully, equivalent to ruthful + -ly.
evitative
From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).
remblai
Borrowed from French remblai, from remblayer (“to fill up an excavation, to embank”).
cafila
From Arabic قَافِلَة (qāfila). Doublet of coffle.
Judas Iscariot
From Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas) Ἰσκαριώτης (Iskariṓtēs)/ Ἰσκαριώθ (Iskariṓth); the original Hebrew or Aramaic term is unknown and the subject of much debate. For more information, see Judas Iscariot § Name and background.
Kivi
Etymology tree
Proto-Finnic *kivi
Estonian kivi
Estonian Kivibor.
Proto-Finnic *kivi
Finnish kivi
Finnish Kivibor.
English Kivi
Borrowed from Estonian and Finnish Kivi.
Omotic
Named after the Omo River in Ethiopia, + -ic. The river's name could ultimately be from Ganza wá-ma, ó-má (“river”).
kingric
Inherited from Northern Middle English kingrike, equivalent to king + -ric. Cognate with Dutch koninkrijk, German Königreich, Danish kongerige, Swedish konungarike, Icelandic konungsríki. Compare Middle English kineriche, whence Scots kinrick.
kine-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂-der.
Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō)der.
New Latinder.
English kine-
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to move”).
dumbhead
From dumb + head or dumb + -head, calque of Dutch domkop through its early form dom cop. Compare German Dummkopf (“dumbhead”).
majoration
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin maiōrātiō, from maiōrō (“to augment”), from Latin maior. By surface analysis, majorate + -ion. Compare French majoration.
Livingston
Inherited from Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?]. Doublet of Livingstone. Cognate with Scots Leivinstoun.
jheel
Borrowed from Hindustani جھیل (jhīl) / झील (jhīl).
Nagorny Karabakh
Borrowed from Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx, “Mountainous Karabakh”).
vinew
Variant of finew, from Middle English *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *funją (“moisture, mold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pan- (“mud, slush, morass”). Related to Middle Low German vunsch and Middle Dutch vunsc (“musty”), Old English fenn (“swamp, bog”). More at fen.
tezontle
Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
fientive
From Latin fīēns (“becoming; happening”, present active participle of fīō (“to become; to happen”)), on the pattern of words such as stative, durative, iterative, causative etc.
sticheron
From Greek στιχηρό (stichiró), from Ancient Greek στιχηρός (stikhērós, “written in lines”).
periagua
From Spanish piragua, in turn from Kari'na [Term?] (“dugout”). Doublet of pirogue.
ratteen
From French ratine, from Old French rastin, from Latin raster (“to scrape”), ultimately from Latin rādere (“rash”).
Yellow River
Calque of Chinese 黃河 /黄河 (Huáng Hé), chiefly from the river's golden appearance as far west as Lanzhou caused by the enormous levels of silt it acquires from the Loess Plateau but also influenced by the color schema in wuxing ("Five Element") theory, which associates earth with the color 黃 /黄 (huáng), usually translated as "yellow" but also inclusive of shades modern English would consider golden, orange, brown, tan, etc. The earliest Chinese sources simply describe it as 河 (hé, “The River”) but it was later distinguished as the Yellow River after 河 (hé) began to replace 水 (shuǐ) as a generic term for creeks and smaller rivers.
overhope
From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.
hysterophyte
From New Latin hysterophȳtum, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb, figuratively the earth”) + φῡτόν (phūtón, “plant”). By surface analysis, hystero- + -phyte.
shoepac
Borrowed from Unami chipakw/chipàkw (“shoe”); the spelling altered under the influence of the English words shoe and pack.
purseful
From Middle English pursfull, porsful, equivalent to purse + -ful.
sibo
Derived from Hokkien 是無／是无 (sī-bô, “is not”).
hackmatack
Believed to derive from Abenaki, though no specific etymon has been found. The term is first attested in the 1760s–90s, when it was spelled hakmantak and referred to dense forest.
In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover. Compare the late 19th century German Low German term Hackemtackem (“tacamahac (medicinal resin)”).
Homoean
From Latin homoeus, from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “like, similar”), + -an.
Tibet Autonomous Region
Calque from Mandarin 西藏自治區／西藏自治区 (Xīzàng Zìzhìqū).
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Calque of Urdu آزاد جموں و کشمیر (āzād jammū̃ o kaśmīr, literally “free Jammu and Kashmir”), from آزاد (āzād, “free, independent”) + جموں (jammū̃) + و (o, “and”) + کشمیر (kaśmīr, “Kashmir”), from Persian.
Yunus
From Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā), all meaning Jonah. Doublet of Younis and Younus.
Dyophysite
From ecclesiastical Ancient Greek δυοφυσῖται (duophusîtai), from δύο (dúo, “two”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”).
pithecoid
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῐθηκοειδής (pĭthēkoeidḗs, “ape-like”).
Pardew
From Middle English Pardey, Pardeu, from Old French par (“by”) + Deu (“God”), an oath name, perhaps shortened from de par Dieu (“in God's name”).
Salih
Borrowed from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ, literally “pious”).
Selim
Borrowed from Arabic سليم (salīm). This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
Ladakh
From Hindi लद्दाख़ (laddāx), itself from Classical Persian لداخ (ladāx), ultimately from Tibetan ལ་དྭགས (la dwags),
Hami
From Mandarin 哈密 (Hāmì) Wade–Giles romanization: Ha¹-mi⁴, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.
Emin
From Mandarin 額敏 /额敏 (Émǐn).
Cognate with Amin, ultimately from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
Tay
Borrowed from Hokkien 鄭／郑 (Tēⁿ), Teochew 鄭／郑 (dên7), Hokkien 戴 (Tè), or a variant of the English surname Tee.
salpingopharyngeus
Borrowed from New Latin salpingopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus salpingopharyngeus (“salpingopharyngeal muscle”).
ectype
From Ancient Greek ἔκτυπος (éktupos, “worked in relief”), from ἐκ- (ek-) + τύπος (túpos).
Ellingsen
Borrowed from Norwegian Ellingsen, from Elling + -sen (son).
alonely
From Middle English aloonly, alonly, al only, equivalent to alone + -ly, or more strictly, all- + one + -ly.
chare
From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.
antidoron
From Byzantine Greek αντίδωρον (antídōron) from Koine Greek ἀντίδωρον (antídōron) from Ancient Greek ἀντί + δῶρον (antí + dôron, “gift in return; instead of a gift”).
antithet
From Latin antithetum, antitheton, from Ancient Greek ἀντίθετον (antítheton), substantivization of the neuter form of ἀντίθετος (antíthetos, “opposing, contrasting”).
rhizomatic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥιζωματικός (rhizōmatikós).
moneyer
From Middle English moneyour, partly from Middle English money + -our, and partly from Anglo-Norman monoiier, monneiere, monnier. Equivalent to money + -er.
filioque
From Latin filioque, from filiō (“from the son”, ablative) + -que (“and”).
nasky
From Middle English naxty, of uncertain origin, but probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Swedish naskug, naskig, nasket (“dirty, nasty”), Danish nasket (“nasty”). More at nasty.
clashy
A corruption of a form similar to khalasi, likely Marathi खलाशी (khalāśī).
Sera
From Hebrew שָׂרָה (sará, “lady, princess”), which was originally converted from the given name שָׂרָי (saráy, “Sarai”).
Soyer
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Turkish Soyer.
* Borrowed from French Soyer.
comeling
From Middle English comeling, comlynge, cumeling, cumlyng, from Old English *cymeling, equivalent to come + -ling. Cognate with Old High German chomeling, chumelinc (“a comeling”).
lichi
Borrowed from Spanish lichi, from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi).
needs-cost
From Middle English needis cost, nedes cost, from needes (genitive of need (“need”)) + cost (“means”); synchronically analyzable as a univerbation of needs + cost.
scorched earth
Calque from Chinese 焦土 (jiāotǔ, “scorched earth; ravages of war”), originally in reference to the strategy adopted by the Chinese government in the Second Sino-Japanese War. First attested in 1937 as an idiom.
adlect
From adlēct-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin adlegō, an alternative spelling of allegō (“to select, choose, recruit, or elect; to admit (to or into something)”).
Hayat
Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
Soyuz
From Russian Сою́з (Sojúz), from сою́з (sojúz, “union”).
angon
From Byzantine Greek ἄγγων (ángōn, “prong, hook”); ultimately of Gothic *𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰 (*agga, “prong, hook”) and that from Proto-Germanic *angô (“hook; barb; angle”).
Borrowed from Spanish Angón. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
katara
Borrowed from Hindustani کَٹَار (kaṭār) / कटार (kaṭār, “dagger, saber”).
bec de corbin
Learned borrowing from Old French bec de corbin (literally “crow's beak”).
guandao
From Mandarin 關刀 /关刀 (guāndāo, “Guan Yu's halberd”).
neeze
From Middle English nesen, from Old English *hnēosan (“to sneeze”), from Proto-West Germanic *hneusan, from Proto-Germanic *hneusaną (“to sneeze”), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(s)knus- (“to sneeze”) and Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to gasp, pant, breathe”). See sneeze. Compare Dutch niezen, German niesen, Swedish nysa
Ackinchesacky
From Unami ahkinkèshaki (“stony ground”, or “hook mouth”, or “on low ground”), whence also Hackensack.
sargasso
From Portuguese sargaço (“(originally) the Lisbon false sun-rose or woolly rock rose (Halimium lasianthum); (now) gulfweed, sargasso”), ultimately from Latin salicastrum (“kind of wild vine found in willow-thickets”), from salix (“plant of the genus Salix; willow”) + -astrum (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance). Salix is derived from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”). The English word is cognate with French sargasse, Spanish sargazo. The capitalized form of sense 2 (“a confused, tangled mass or situation”), Sargasso, is probably a reference to the Sargasso Sea.
cephalophore
From Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρω (phérō, “I bear, I carry”); in the Christian sense, via French céphalophore, coined by Marcel Hébert in 1914.
curculio
Borrowed from translingual Curculio, from Latin curculiō (“weevil”).
bedoven
From Middle English bedoven, from Old English bedofen, past particle of Old English bedūfan (“to bedive, to put under, immerse, submerge, drown”), equivalent to be- + dive. Cognate with Middle Low German bedöven (“immersed”).
Heilong Jiang
From Chinese 黑龍江／黑龙江 (Hēilóng Jiāng).
roselle
Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of French oseille denoting this plant, specific use of oseille sorrel; perhaps compare also sorrel.
Akel
Borrowed from Turkish Akel and Arabic عَقْل (ʕaql, “wisdom, reason”).
Kenan
* Borrowed from Hebrew קֵינָן (qēnå̄n).
* Alternatively, possibly a variant of Keenan, from Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.
betimber
From Middle English *betimbren, from Old English betimbran, betimbrian (“to construct, build”), equivalent to be- + timber.
bethrow
From Middle English bethrowen, from Old English beþrāwan (“to twist”), equivalent to be- + throw. Cognate with West Frisian bedraaie (“to cheat, deceive”), Dutch bedraaien (“to involve”), German bedrehen (“to heave to, come to”).
retinula
Borrowed from New Latin rētinula, diminutive of Medieval Latin rētina. By surface analysis, retin(a) + -ula.
retinaculum
From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”).
ahegao
From Japanese アヘ顔(がお) (ahegao), from アヘアヘ (aheahe, “panting”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”).
univerbation
Probably from French univerbation, from uni- (“uni-”) + Latin verbum (“word”) + French -ation (“-ation”).
grammaticalization
From French grammaticalisation, coined in 1912 by the French linguist Antoine Meillet, corresponding to grammatical + -ization.
resetter
Borrowed from Middle Scots resettar, ressettar, from Early Scots resettour, from Anglo-Norman recettour, recettour, from Latin receptātor; by surface analysis, reset (“to receive stolen goods”) + -er.
coulibiac
Borrowed from Russian кулебя́ка (kulebjáka).
klepht
From Greek κλέφτης (kléftis, “thief”).
Slovincian
From Kashubian Słowińc (“Slovincian”, person) + -ian. The ultimate origin is uncertain; the name is often said to be coined by Alexander Hilferding, but it actually predates his research, being found in (17th century) German slowinzisch, related to wendisch and often mistaken with Latin vandalicus.
shibari
Borrowed from Japanese 縛(しば)り (shibari).
Cloelia
From Latin Cloelia, feminine form of the gens name Cloelius, Cluilius, from clueo.
Lach
* As a Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish surname, from the noun Lach (“Pole”).
* As a German surname, from the noun Lache (“pond”).
* As a Slovene surname, Germanized from Lah.
Freyja
Borrowed from Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.
agrostis
From New Latin agrōstis, via the genus name taxonomic name Agrostis.
woodward
Inherited from Middle English wodeward, from Old English wuduweard; equivalent to wood + ward.
whereso
From Middle English whereso; equivalent to where + so; compare Old English hwǣr swā.
betread
From Middle English bitreden, from Old English betredan, equivalent to be- + tread.
Cognate with German betreten, Middle Low German betreden, Dutch betreden, Swedish beträda, Norwegian Bokmål betrede, betre and Danish betræde.
unhopeful
Etymology tree
Middle English unhopful
English unhopeful
From Middle English unhopful, unhopfulle, equivalent to un- + hopeful.
unglad
From Middle English unglad, from Old English unglæd, from Proto-West Germanic *unglad, from Proto-Germanic *ungladaz, equivalent to un- + glad. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uunglääd, West Frisian ûnglêd, Dutch onglad, German Low German ungladd, German unglatt, Danish uglad, Swedish oglad, Icelandic óglaður.
jawan
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwHō
Proto-Indo-Iranian *HyúHā
Proto-Iranian *HyúHā
Middle Persian [script needed] (yw'n /⁠ǰuwān⁠/)
Classical Persian جَوَان (jawān)bor.
Hindi जवान (javān)bor.
English jawan
Borrowed from Hindustani جوان (jvān) / जवान (javān), from Classical Persian جوان (jawān, “young, a youth”).
From Arabic جَوَان (jawān), plural of جِنّ (jinn).
unkindliness
From Middle English wnkyndlynes (“unnatural hostility or wickedness”); equivalent to unkindly + -ness.
unrebuked
From Middle English unrebukid; equivalent to un- + rebuked.
unreeve
From Middle English *unreven (attested only in past participle unrevyn) equivalent to un- + reeve.
unworth
From Middle English unworth, unwurth, equivalent to un- + worth.
From Middle English unworth, unwurth, from Old English unweorþ, unweorþe (“unworthy, poor, mean, of low estate, worthless, contemptible, ignoble”), equivalent to un- + worth.
kemb
From Middle English kemben, from Old English cemban, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb”). Cognate with Dutch kemmen (“to comb”), German kämmen (“to comb”), Danish kæmme (“to comb”), Icelandic kemba (“to comb; card; debug”).
kithara
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek κιθάρᾱ (kithárā). Doublet of cithara, etc.
injust
From Middle English injuste, from Old French injuste; equivalent to in- + just.
paleocrystic
From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κρύος (krúos, “frost”).
guotie
Borrowed from Mandarin 鍋貼／锅贴 (guōtiē).
anthropopeia
From the Ancient Greek ἀνθρωποποιΐα (anthrōpopoiḯa), from ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human being”) + -ποιία (-poiía, “making”).
theosis
Learned borrowing from Late Latin theōsis, from Koine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).
Monothelete
Variant form of Monothelite after its etymon, Byzantine Greek μονοθελήτης (monothelḗtēs).
coble
From Middle English coble, from the Cumbric equivalent of Welsh ceubal (“skiff”); ultimately from Latin caupulus.
* As an English surname, from Middle English cobel (“coble, rowboat”), a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of such or a sailor. See modern coble.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Kobel, Goebel.
proskynesis
From Ancient Greek προσκύνησις (proskúnēsis).
acheiropoieton
From Byzantine Greek ἀχειροποίητον (akheiropoíēton), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, the alpha privative”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ποιεῖν (poieîn, “to make”).
kontakion
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κοντάκιον (kontákion).
desmin
Possibly from Ancient Greek δέσμη (désmē, “bundle”) + -in
kerite
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -ite.
Qarmatian
From Arabic قَرْمَطِيّ (qarmaṭiyy, “one who writes in small letters”) + -ian.
betrust
From Middle English betrusten, bitristen, equivalent to be- (“on, upon”) + trust.
chantress
From Middle English chaunteresse, from Old French chanteresse; equivalent to chanter + -ess.
Mineralnye Vody
Borrowed from Russian Минеральные Воды (Mineralʹnyje Vody, “mineral waters”).
feastly
From Middle English festlich, equivalent to feast + -ly. Compare Dutch feestelijk (“festive”), German festlich (“festive, solemn”), Danish and Swedish festlig (“festive, solemn”).
lytta
From Ancient Greek λύττα (lútta), variant of λύσσα (lússa, “lyssa, rabies”), then "sign of rabies under the tongue"; compare French lysses.
kathoey
Borrowed from Thai กะเทย (gà-təəi), from Khmer ខ្ទើយ (khtəəy), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɡɗəəj.
crappo
Borrowed from Guyanese Creole English crappo, from French crapaud (“toad”), from Middle French crapaud, from Old French crapaut, crapot (“frog; toad”), from Frankish *krappō, *krappa (“claw, hook”) (because of a toad’s hooked feet; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *greb-) + -aud (suffix forming diminutives or nouns having a pejorative connotation). Doublet of crapaud.
Borrowed from Trinidadian Creole English crappo, crapaud, a modification of either Lokono carapa, kálaba, karaba, or Kari'na karapa.
Cognates
* Dutch krapboom
* Sranan Tongo krapa
lunistice
Borrowed from Latin *lūnistitium, coined from lūna + sistō (“to stand, place”) in 1650, on the model of solstitium (“solstice”).
tainture
Perhaps taint + -ure; perhaps from Middle French tainture (“dye; dyeing; tincture”). Doublet of teinture, tinctura, and tincture.
cley
From Middle English cle, clea, from Old English clēa (“claw”) (where the oblique forms > English claw).
From Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”).
querk
From Middle English querken (also as querkenen), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to strangle”), from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷergʷ-, *gʷerkʷ-, *gʷerw- (“throat, neck”). Cognate with Old Frisian querka ("to strangle"; > North Frisian querke, quirke (“to querk”)), Danish kværke (“to throttle, strangle, suffocate”), Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja (“to throttle, strangle”), Middle Low German querken (“to strangle”), Middle Low German querke, quarke (“throat, gullet”), Old High German querka, querkela (“throat, gullet”), Latin gurguliō (“throat”). More at gurgle.
Nerys
From Welsh, probably derived from Old Welsh Generys (literally “white lady”).
pistle
The noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; epistle”) [and other forms], from Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), an aphetic form of epistol, epistola, from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”): see further at epistle.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
Scots pistil, pistle
queal
From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.
podalgia
From Ancient Greek ποδαλγία (podalgía). By surface analysis, pod- + -algia.
beclap
From Middle English biclappen (“to grasp, insnare, catch, to trap suddenly, to grab suddenly”). By surface analysis, be- + clap.