MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
McGranahan
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Reannacháin (“son of Reannachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of reannach, variant of rinneach (“pointed, sharp; keen, biting”).
Frischmann
Borrowed from German Frischmann, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Boase
From a variant spelling of the Hebrew personal name Boaz. This surname is typical of Cornwall.
McInturff
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Tairbh (“son of the bull”), from tarbh (“bull”).
Luckow
Borrowed from German Luckow or a variant of Polish Luków.
orfevrerie
From Middle English orfeovre, from Middle French orfaverie, orfavrerie (modern orfèvrerie).
Strudwick
Habitational surname from a lost place in Sussex, from Old English strōd (“marshy land”) + wīċ (“village”).
Froderberg
Borrowed from Swedish Fröderberg. Compare the name Fröberg.
Risborough
Habitational surname from the town of Princes Risborough, from Old English hrīs (“brushwood; shrubbery”) + beorg (“mountain, hill”).
Donachie
Anglicized form of the Scottish Gaelic personal name Donnchadh, which is composed by the elements donn (“brown”) + cath (“battle”). Compare Donnachie.
Stanion
Recorder as Stanere in the Domesday Book and as Stanerna in the Pipe rolls, the placename probably derives from Old English stān (“stone”) + earn (“house, cottage”).
Ostrow
Jewish and Polish surname Ostrów, from several placenames derived from ostrów (“river island”). Also shortened from Ostrowski.
Stranahan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Sranacháin (“descendant of Sranachán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of srannach (“snoring, stertorous”).
Tiznado
Borrowed from Spanish Tiznado. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
Alyea
Americanized spelling of a French surname, perhaps Allier, Elier or Hélier.
Singles' Day
Calque of Chinese 光棍節 /光棍节 (guānggùnjié). From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.
Miramar
From Spanish Miramar and Portuguese Miramar, both literally "looks at the sea".
Breedon
Habitational surname from the village of Breedon on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the unattested Proto-Celtic word *brez (“hill”) (compare *brixs) + Old English dūn (“hill”).
Staincliffe
From Old English stānclif (“stone cliff”) or stān + clif.
Kra
Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999 from a reconstruction of a Proto-Kra endonym cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa, “slave”).
Mayers
* As an English, German and Dutch surname, variant/patronymic from Mayer.
* As an English and Irish surname, variant of Myers.
Bolehland
From Malay boleh + -land, where the root comes from the expression in Malay Malaysia Boleh (“Malaysia can [do it]”), ultimately from Malay boleh (“can, able to”). The term was based on politicians using the previous phrase while failing to resolve various problems in Malaysian society.
Divje Babe
From Slovene divje (“wild”) + Slovene babe (“old women”).
Ballestero
Borrowed from Spanish Ballestero. This surname is mostly found in Colombia.
Vemuri
Borrowed from Telugu వేమూరి (vēmūri).
Fawthrop
Habitational surname from the village of Farlesthorpe, in Lincolnshire, which is named with the Old Norse personal name Faraldr + þorp (“hamlet, village”).
Farlesthorpe
From the Old Norse personal name Faraldr + þorp (“hamlet, village”).
Maton
From a pet form of the personal name Matthew, or directly borrowed from French Maton.
Fischler
Borrowed from German Fischler, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Seatter
Orcadian habitational surname from a minor place near Stromness, from Old Norse sætr (“mountain pasture”).
Filan
Two main origins:
* Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fialáin (“descendant of Fialán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of fial (“generous”).
* Borrowed from Polish Filan, a derivative of Fila.
Amboyna
Ultimately from Portuguese Amboina, likely through Dutch Amboina, Amboyna, cognate to Old Javanese Ambwan (“Ambon”).
bhoot
From Hindi भूत (bhūt), from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta).
mahawat
PIE word
 *méǵh₂s
Borrowed from Hindi महावत (mahāvat, “elephant keeper”), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).
Toruno
Borrowed from Spanish Toruño. This surname is mostly found in Nicaragua.
Reffett
Americanized spelling of various German surnames, such as Reffert, Refardt, Reifert or Riffert.
Frahill
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Freathail, metathesized form of Ó Fearghail, from which Farrell.
Acland
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from the Old English personal name Acca + lanu (“lane, street”). This surname, evidenced by its modern morphology, merged with a similar surname which itself instead came from Old English āc (“oak”) + land (“land”).
Acklam
From Old English āc (“oak”) + the dative plural of lēah (“clearing”).
McCubbin
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Giobúin, a Gaelicized form of the personal name Gilbert.
Alderbury
Inherited from Middle English Alwarbury, Alwardbury, from Old English Æþelware byriġ, genitive singular of Æþelware burh, from Æþelwaru (a personal name) + burh (“fort”).
tejuino
Borrowed from Spanish tejuino, from Nahuatl tecuin or tecuini.
Schouwen-Duiveland
Borrowed from Dutch Schouwen-Duiveland.
Dairsie
Earlier Deruesin (1162). From Pictish *deru (“oak”) + *es + *in, both place-name suffixes.
Hardwicke
From Old English heord (“herd”) + wīc (“village”). Compare Hardwick, which shares the same etymology.
Utqiagvik
From Inupiaq Utqiaġvik (“place for gathering wild roots”).
Gjerde
Borrowed from Norwegian Gjerde, from Old Norse gerði (“pasture, enclosed land”).
McAmis
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Sheumais (“son of Séamas”). Compare McCamish.
black gang
Borrowed from Chinese 黑幫 /黑帮 (hēibāng, “gangsters, gang”). The first character, 黑, translates as "black" on its own.
DeMunck
Borrowed from Dutch de Munck. This surname is mostly found in Belgium.
Carattini
Borrowed from Italian Carattini. This surname is well-attested in Puerto Rico.
Wrigglesworth
Habitational surname from a place in Yorkshire now called Woodlesford, from Old English wrīdels (a derivative of wrīd (“plant, bush, thicket”)) + ford (“ford”).
Ramsburg
Possibly a habitational surname from German Ramsburg, in Franconia, even though this surname is not found in Germany. Alternatively, it could be a variant of Ramsberg or Ramsberger.
Wiffen
From Old English wīf (“woman; wife”) + -en (“diminutive suffix”).
haggaday
From Middle English hagodai, from Middle English ha (“have”) gōd dai (“good day”); equivalent to have + good + day.
Anticosti
From French Anticosti, from Mi'kmaq Natigôsteg.
Kloss
* As a German surname Klöss, from the personal name Kloss, shortened from Nikolaus. Compare Klos.
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Kloß (“lump, block”).
* Also Germanized from several of Slavic surnames, such as Upper Sorbian kłós, Lower Sorbian kłos, and Polish kłos, all meaning "ear or spike of cereal;" see also Klos.
Whatcom
From Lummi Saanich Xwotʼqom, meaning "noisy water", for what is now Whatcom Falls.
Sumas
From Halkomelem Semá:th, from semá:th (“big level opening”), for the lowland area surrounding Sumas Lake.
tejpat
From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit [Term?] (literally “pungent leaf”).
Tiruchirappalli
Borrowed from Tamil திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி (tiruccirāppaḷḷi).
nokar
Borrowed from Hindi नौकर (naukar), from Classical Persian نَوْکَر (nawkar), from Turkic (compare Chagatai نوکر (nökär), Ottoman Turkish نوكر (nöker), Azerbaijani nökər etc.), from Middle Mongol ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (ṅwykwr /⁠nökör⁠/).
Narramore
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devon, from Old English norþ (“north”) + mōr (“moor”).
bhyacharra
From Hindi भाईचारा (bhāīcārā).
bhoosa
From Sanskrit बुस (busa, “chaff, rubbish”).
bendekai
Probably from Kannada ಬೆಂಡೆಕಾಯಿ (beṇḍekāyi).
ptarmoscopy
From Ancient Greek πταρμός (ptarmós, “sneeze”) + -scopy.
dhammathat
From Burmese ဓမ္မသတ် (dhamma.sat).
Greenham
From Old English grēne (“green”) + hamm (“river meadow”).
cayolaque
From Malay kayu laka. Doublet of lakawood.
golah
Borrowed from Hindi गोला (golā, “ball”), from गोल (gol, “round”), from their typical shape.
Kaoka
From Hokkien 高甲 (Káu-kah).
Downley
From Old English dūn (“hill, mountain”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to dune or down + -ley (“lea”).
Birnbach
Borrowed from German Birnbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Buckby
Habitational surname from the village of Long Buckby, in Northamptonshire, from the Old Norse personal name Bucca + býr (“settlement”).
goldhoard
From Middle English goldhord, golde hord, gold hord, golthord (“treasure”), from Old English goldhord (“treasure; treasury”). By surface analysis, gold + hoard.
extimacy
Calque of French extimité + English -cy (suffix forming nouns of condition, quality, or state). Extimité was coined by the French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan (1901–1981) in 1959–1960), probably from a blend of French externe (“external”) + intimité (“closeness, intimacy”).
Palomeque
Borrowed from Spanish Palomeque. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Ottaway
From either of two Norman personal names: Otoïs or Otewi.
metasomatite
From meta- + somatic + -ite from metamorphosis and Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Berchidda
Borrowed from Italian Berchidda, from Latin Berquilla.
Bulkeley
From Old English bulluc (“bullock”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to bullock + -ley (“lea”).
Altschul
Borrowed from German Altschul, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
sohai
From Cantonese 傻閪 /傻𲈹 (so⁴ hai¹, “stupid cunt”).
Bousfield
Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old Norse buske (“bush”) + Old English feld (“field”).
Measham
From the name of the River Mease + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Loseby
Habitational surname from the village of Lowesby, in Leicestershire, from Old English hlōse (“pigsty”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement, village”).
Northall
From Old English norþ (“north”) + heall (“hall, dwelling”).
Christodoulou
Borrowed from Greek Χριστοδούλου (Christodoúlou).
Railton
Habitational surname from a lost place in England, from Old English rǣge (“female roe deer”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
mohurrer
Ultimately from Arabic مُحَرِّر (muḥarrir, “editor”), from مُـ (mu-) + حَرَّرَ (ḥarrara).
Sundarbans
From Bengali সুন্দরবন (śundorbon); see there for more.
Tanjore
Borrowed from Tamil தஞ்சாவூர் (tañcāvūr).
Bandel
Borrowed from Bengali ব্যান্ডেল (bênḍel), ব্যাণ্ডেল (bênḍel), বাণ্ডেল (banḍel), from Portuguese Bandel.
Borrowed from South German Bandel.
visitatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin vīsitātrīx. By surface analysis, visitator + -trix.
Toller Porcorum
Toller refers to the River Toller, since renamed the River Hooke, although there still is the Toller Brook, which joins the Hooke at the village. Porcorum is from Latin porcorum (“of the pigs”).
koleroga
From Kannada ಕೊಳೆರೋಗ (koḷerōga), literally "rot disease".
amshom
Borrowed from Malayalam അംശം (aṁśaṁ), from Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa, “a part”).
Arcot
From Tamil ஆற்காடு (āṟkāṭu).
Wertzberger
Borrowed from German Wertzberger, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
calingula
Borrowed from Tamil கலிங்கல் (kaliṅkal).
Kalyan
Borrowed from Marathi कल्याण (kalyāṇ).
Cambay
From Gujarati ખંભાત (khambhāt).
Akyab
From the Rakhine name of a former shrine supposedly holding the rear part of the Buddha's jawbone (formerly romanized Akyattaw) and its ridge overlooking the former British port town (Akyatkundaw).
bankshall
From Hindi भंडसाल (bhaṇḍsāl), from Sanskrit भाण्डशाला (bhāṇḍaśālā): भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “goods”) + शाला (śālā, “house, building”). Altered by folk etymology in English after bank, hall.
fratriarchy
From, or as if from, Latin fratriarchia, modelled on fratri- (as in fraternal, fratricide) + -archy (as in patriarchy).
killedar
Borrowed from Marathi किल्लेदार (killedār).
Koh-i-Noor
Borrowed from Classical Persian کوهِ نُور (kōh-i nūr, literally “mountain of light”).
Bodio
* The place in Switzerland is first mentioned in 1227 as Boidi.
* The place in Varese (Bodio Lomnago) is from Piedmontese and Lombard Bœucc, Boog, from Latin vacuus.
Crathorne
From Middle English crak (“crake”) + thorne (“thorn”).
epiplectic
From Ancient Greek ἐπιπληκτικός (epiplēktikós, “given to rebuking”), from ἐπίπληξις (epíplēxis, “rebuke”). See epiplexis.
cataplexis
From Ancient Greek κατάπληξις (katáplēxis, “amazement, consternation”), from καταπλήσσω (kataplḗssō, “to amaze, astound”).
Yarlagadda
Borrowed from Telugu యార్లగడ్డ (yārlagaḍḍa).
Chalkley
Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England, from Old English ċealc (“chalk”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to chalk + -ley (“lea”).
ghoonghat
Borrowed from Hindi घूँघट (ghūṅghaṭ).
harbi
From Arabic حَرْبِيّ (ḥarbiyy, literally “military”), a reference to the House of War.
Littledale
From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + dæl (“dale, valley”).
aurung
From Hindi [Term?], from Portuguese [Term?] (“a place where goods are manufactured; a depot for such goods”).
bargir
Borrowed from Hindi बरगीर (bargīr), from Persian بارگیر (bârgir, “baggage-horse”), from بار (bâr, “load, burden, cargo”) + گیر (gir, “carrying”), the present stem of گرفتن (gereftan).
Weobley
From the Old English personal name *Wiobba + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Nagapattinam
From Tamil நாகப்பட்டினம் (nākappaṭṭiṉam).
Nujeeb
From Hindi [Term?], from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb, “noble”).
Kahana
Borrowed from Aramaic כַּהֲנָא (kahǎnā, “cohen; priest”).
Lakomy
From Czech Lakomý or Polish Łakomy, from Proto-Slavic *olkomъ.
akja
Borrowed from German Akja, Swedish ackja, Finnish akkia, from older Finnish ahkio or older Sami akio, akje, ultimately from a Proto-Uralic *aškɜ, or Proto-Norse *ᚨᚲᛃᛟ (*akjō), corresponding to Swedish äcka, Icelandic ekja (“driving, fording”), to the root ak (Swedish åk), “drive, ford, ride”.
Cognates include: Finnish ahkio, akkio, akkia; Karelian ahkivo, Sami akio, akje; Swedish ackja, German Akia, Akja, Ackja.
jadoogur
Borrowed from Hindi जादूगर (jādūgar), from Persian جادوگر (jâdugar).
Panagopoulos
Borrowed from Greek Παναγόπουλος (Panagópoulos).
Orellano
Borrowed from Spanish Orellano. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
bylee
From Hindi बहली (bahlī), from Sanskrit वह् (vah, “to carry”).
Courseulles-sur-Mer
Borrowed from French Courseulles-sur-Mer.
Ohio River
From Seneca ohiːyoʼ, a proper name derived from ohiːyoːh (“good river”), itself already containing the term "river" in Seneca. See more at Ohio.
tuo zaafi
Borrowed from Hausa tuo (“cooked flour”) + zaafi (“hot”).
McConville
Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac Conmhaoil (“son of Conmhaol”), a personal name composed of the elements cú (“hound”) and maol (“bald”).
Guralnick
From Ukrainian Ґуральник (Guralʹnyk), from ґуральник (guralʹnyk, “distiller”).
budae jjigae
From Korean 부대(部隊)찌개 (budaejjigae).
Mumin
Borrowed from Arabic مُؤْمِن (muʔmin, “believer”). This surname is predominantly found in Somalia.
hubba
Borrowed from Hindustani حَبَّہ (habba) / हब्बा (habbā), from Classical Persian حبه (habba), from Arabic حَبَّة (ḥabba).
Folker
Variant of Fulcher or an Americanized spelling of German Volker.
Gaydos
Americanized spelling of Czech, Slovak Gajdoš and Hungarian Gajdos.
Janjira
Borrowed from Marathi जंजिरा (jañjirā), from Classical Persian جزیره (jazīra), from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).
Brickhill
From Breton breg (“hill”) + Old English hyll (“hill”).
Kelby
From Old English ċild (“child”) + Old Norse býr (“settlement”). Compare Kilby, which shares the same etymology.
waishengren
From Mandarin 外省人 (wàishěngrén), literally "outside province people" (from the point of view that Taiwan was a province of the Republic of China and they were migrants from other provinces).
Grimoldby
From the Old Norse personal name Grimaldi + býr (“farmstead”).
Manby
From the Old Norse personal name Manni + býr (“farmstead; town”).
Gooley
Two main origins:
* An Americanized spelling of French Goulet.
* A reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Gabhlaigh (“descendant of Gabhlach”), a byname from gabhlach (“forked; branching”).
Dager
* As a Catalan surname, variant of Daguer, from the noun daguer (“knifesmith”).
* As a Hispanic (Spanish) surname, variant of Basque (Gipuzkoa) Daguer, a variant of French Daguerre, a habitational name from de + Aguerre, a place in Béarn, itself from Basque. See Aguirre.
inunct
From Latin inunctus, perfect passive participle of inunguere (“to anoint”). Doublet of anoint.
Cada
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Czech Čada.
* Borrowed from Tagalog Cada.
Thirlby
From the Old Norse personal name Þrilli or Þrylli + býr (“village, settlement”).
Roughan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruadhacháin (“descendant of Ruadhachán”), a double diminutive of ruadh (“red”).
benshengren
From Mandarin 本省人 (běnshěngrén), literally "original province people" (from the point of view that Taiwan is a province of the Republic of China).
Temujin
Borrowed from Middle Mongol ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠵᠢᠨ (temüǰin). Possibly from Proto-Turkic *temürči(n) (“blacksmith”).
qathet
From Comox for "working together". It is intentionally lowercase as Tla'amin Nation traditional orthography does not include capital letters.
qathet Regional District
From Comox term for "working together" + regional district. It is intentionally lowercase as Tla'amin Nation traditional orthography does not include capital letters.
hototay
Borrowed from Cantonese 好到底 (hou² dou³ dai², “good to the last drop”, literally “good till the bottom”), according to Manuel (1948). Compare Tagalog hototay.
Sparham
From either the Old English noun *spearr (“spear, shaft”) or Old Norse sparri (“wooden beam, rafter”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Tudge
Unexplained, but possibly from Old French toche, tosche (“small wood surrounded by cleared groves”).
Baxenden
From Old English bæcstān (“baking stone”) + denu (“valley”).
Fagerstrom
Borrowed from Swedish Fagerström, a compound of fager (“pretty”) + ström (“stream, river”).
Hariharan
Borrowed from Tamil அரிஅரன் (ari’araṉ), from Sanskrit हरिहर (harihara). This surname is predominantly found in Tamil Nadu.
McEnaney
Anglicized form of Irish Mac an Deaghánaigh (“son of the deacon”), from deagánach (“deacon”).
Jines
* As a rare English surname, variant of Joines, itself a midlands variant of Jones.
* As a southern Spanish surname Jinés, probably a variant of the Catalan surname Ginés, see Gines.
syndyastic
From Ancient Greek συνδιαστικός (sundiastikós, literally “connecting two”), a hapax coined in the Ethics of Aristotle, introduced by Kurt Klaus Loewit and Klaus Michael Beier who in Berlin 2004 wrote a coursebook about Sexual Medicine in Clinical Practice inventing syndyastic sexual therapy, which makes it naturally a calque of German syndyastisch now chiefly encountered in Berolinese sources.
Fishlock
Habitational surname from the village of Fishlake, in South Yorkshire, from Old English fisċ (“fish”) + lacu (“pool, pond”).
Madawaska
Derived from Mi'kmaq matues (“porcupine”) + kak (“place”).
Aroostook
From Malecite-Passamaquoddy Wool-ahs-took (“good river for everything”).
Congazcicul de Sus
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Congazcicul de Sus.
darwaza bund
From Hindustani دروازہ / दरवाज़ा (darvāzā) + بند / बंद (band).
Dwarka
Transliteration of Gujarati દ્વારકા (dvārkā), Hindustani دوارکا (dvārkā) / द्वारका (dvārkā), Bengali দ্বারকা (darka), from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā).
FIDE
Borrowed from French FIDE, from French Fédération Internationale des Échecs (“International Chess Federation”).
phaora
Borrowed from Hindustani پھاوڑا (phāoṛā) / फावड़ा (phāvṛā).
Farraway
Habitational surname from the village of Farway, in Devon, from Old English fær (“journey; passage”) + weġ (“way, path”).
Porteous
Two possible origins:
* A topographic surname for someone who lived in the lodge at the entrance to a manor house, from Middle English port (“gateway, entrance”) + hous (“house”).
* From Anglo-Norman porteose (“porteous”), a metonymic occupational surname for a scribe employed in writing portable prayerbooks.
Beardwood
From the Old English personal name Bearda + worþ (“enclosure”). The second element later developed into wood.
shikho
From Burmese ရှိခိုး (hri.hkui:).
i'jam
Borrowed from Arabic إِعْجَام (ʔiʕjām)
Blurton
Perhaps from Old English blor (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
halalcore
Borrowed from Hindustani حَلال خور (halāl xor) / हलालख़ोर (halālxor), from Classical Persian حلال خور (halāl xor).
mancheel
From Malayalam, from Sanskrit or from Classical Persian مَنْزِل (manzil), from Arabic مَنْزِل (manzil, “house; inn; stage of a journey, day's travel”).
Pixton
Perhaps from an unattested Old English personal name composed of the elements pīc (“pointed object”) + stān (“stone”).
Zirbad
From Persian [Term?] (literally “below the wind; leeward”).
Bramham
Perhaps from Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).
dustuck
From Persian دستک (dastak, “a little hand; hand-clapping to attract attention; a notice”).
kappal
Etymology tree
Malay kapalbor.
English kappal
Borrowed from Malay kapal.
Alderwick
Seemingly from Old English alor (“alder”) + wīċ (“hamlet, farm”). However, probably actually a misconstrued version of Aldrick, itself a variant of Aldridge.
skiamorph
From Ancient Greek σκῐᾱ́ (skĭā́, “shadow”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).
reboisation
From Indonesian reboisasi, from Dutch reboisatie, reboïsatie (“reforestation”). Compare French reboisement (“reforestation”).
Thoothukudi
Borrowed from Tamil தூத்துக்குடி (tūttukkuṭi).
mort de chien
A fanciful French corruption ("mort de chien" = "dog's death") of Portuguese mordexim.
mehtar
From Persian مهتر (“prince, chief, elder, great personage”). Regarding the sense of a scavenger, Yule & Burnell (see References) state that the term was "applied to the class in question in irony, or rather in consolation".
dhoon
Borrowed from Hindustani دُون (dūn) / दून (dūn).
Poonamallee
From Tamil பூந்தமல்லி (pūntamalli), from பூவிருந்தவல்லி (pūviruntavalli).
Yurchak
Borrowed from Ukrainian Юрчак (Jurčak) or an Americanized spelling of Polish Jurczak.
Urista
Borrowed from Spanish Urista, probably a surname of Basque origin.
Mataram
From Indonesian Mataram, ultimately from Sanskrit मातरं (mātaraṃ), the singular accusative noun form of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”).
scyphate
From Latin scyphātus, erroneously interpreted as scyphus (“cup, goblet”) + -ātus; in reality, probably derives from Arabic شَفَة (šafa, “edge, rim”), and refers to the distinctive and conspicuous border of the early histamena gold coins.
oratiuncle
Borrowed from Latin ōrātiuncula, from ōrātiō (“speech”) + -uncula (feminine diminutive suffix).
Crask
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Crasg.
From Middle English craske (“fat, lusty”), a nickname for a lusty man.
scob
The Scottish National Dictionary derives the weaving sense from earlier Scottish and Northern English dialectal use of scob to refer to a split or splinter or piece of wood, which it derives from the Middle Irish [Term?] source of Irish scolb (“splinter”); compare Scots skelf.
Sandall
Habitational surname from either of two places in South Yorkshire, from Old English sand (“sand”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).
Bullingham
Habitational surname from a minor place in Herefordshire, from the Old English personal name Bulla + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”).
pocket monster
Borrowed from Japanese ポケットモンスター (Poketto Monsutā), itself from English pocket + monster.
Ballasalla
From Manx Balley Sallagh, from Old Irish baile (“place, town”) + sail (“willow”), Ballasalla thus means 'place of the willows'.
Navarrenx
Borrowed from French Navarrenx, itself from Occitan Navarrencs.
Mulla
Borrowed from Arabic ملا (mullā, “mullah”). This surname is predominantly found in India.
Neumiller
Partial translation of German Neumüller, from neu (“new”) + Müller (“miller”).
gynee
Borrowed from Hindustani گَینِی (gainī) - गैनी (gainī).
Binnington
From an Old English personal name + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
mu xu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 木須 /木须 (mùxū).