MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
dauphine
Borrowed from French dauphine, equivalent to dauphin + -ine.
molcajete
Borrowed from Spanish molcajete, from Classical Nahuatl mōlcaxitl.
hoven
From Middle English hoven, alteration of Old English hafen, ġehafen by analogy with class 4 strong verbs (compare broken, past participle of breken (“to break”)), from Proto-Germanic *habanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”), equivalent to hove + -en. Compare German Low German hoven (“hoven”, past participle), German gehoben (“hoven”, past participle). More at heave.
bleck
From Middle English blek (“ink”), from Old Norse blek (“black tint, ink”), from Old English blæc (“black tint or dye, ink”), from Proto-West Germanic *blak, from Proto-Germanic *blaką (“that which is black; blackness”).
From Middle English blekken, from the noun above.
emunctory
From Latin ēmūnctus, past participle of ēmungō (“to blow one's nose”) + -ory.
lumbrical
From New Latin lumbricalis, from lumbricus (“intestinal worm, earthworm”) + -alis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
feticide
From fetus + -cide or fetus + -icide, from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”) and its derivation -cīdium (“killing”), from -cīd (combining form of caedō (“cut, kill”)) + -a (“-er”, forming agent nouns).
unlearned
From Middle English unlerned (“not taught, uneducated”). By surface analysis, un- (“not”) + learned (“educated”).
From Middle English unlernyd (“obliterated from memory, forgotten”), equivalent to unlearn + -ed.
belike
From Middle English beliken (“to simulate, feign”), equivalent to be- + like.
Arlington
From the Old English personal name Ælfrēd + -ing (“called after”) + tūn (“estate”), literally, “estate named after Alfred”.
Many of the place names in the United States derive from Arlington House, formerly the plantation of Robert E. Lee.
incant
First attested in 1546; borrowed from Latin incantō. Doublet of enchant and incantate.
rosen
From Middle English rosen (“made of roses; rosy”), from Old English rōsen (“of roses; rosy”), equivalent to rose + -en.
Jewish, German, Swedish, and English surname, all related to the noun rose and the name Rose. Compare Rosén, Roseen, Rosene.
casuarina
From the genus name, ultimately a derivative of Malay kasuari (“cassowary”), from the resemblance of the leaves to the bird's feathers.
misdo
From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.
anasyrma
From Ancient Greek ἀνάσυρμα (anásurma).
mishandle
From Middle English mishandlen, equivalent to mis- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mishondelje, West Frisian mishandelje, Dutch mishandelen (“to mistreat”), German misshandeln (“to mistreat”).
misreport
From Middle English misreporten, equivalent to mis- + report.
From Middle English mysreport, equivalent to mis- + report.
giudecca
Borrowed from Italian giudecca.
Borrowed from Italian Giudecca, from giudecca (“Jewish ghetto”), from Medieval Latin iudeca, from Latin iūdaica, feminine form of iūdaicus (“Judaic, Jewish”), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). Doublet of Judaica and Judecca.
Despite the name, there is no evidence of any ancient Jewish settlements on the island.
stemma
Borrowed from Latin stemma, from Ancient Greek στέμμα (stémma).
pulgada
From Spanish pulgada, from Vulgar Latin *pollicata, from Latin pollicaris (“of or related to a thumb”), from pollex (“thumb”) + -āris (“-ary: forming adjectives”). Doublet of polegada.
almas
From Russian алма́з (almáz, “diamond”).
Various origins:
* Borrowed from Arabic أَلْمَاس (ʔalmās, “diamond”), a surname predominantly found in Pakistan.
* Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Almas, plural form of Alma.
* Borrowed from Hungarian Almás, from alma (“apple”), thus a metonymic occupational surname for a grower or seller of apples.
self-will
From Middle English self-wil, self-wille, from Old English sylfwill, selfwill, selfwille (“self-will”), from Proto-West Germanic *selbawilljō, from Proto-Germanic *selbawiljô (“self-will”), equivalent to self- + will. Cognate with Old High German selbwillo, selpwillo, Old Norse sjalfvili.
foeman
From Middle English foman (“an enemy, devil, demon”), from Old English fāhman (“enemy”), equivalent to foe + man.
neutralization
Borrowed from French neutralisation. By surface analysis, neutral + -ization or neutralize + -ation.
battue
From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.
Arctica
From Latin arctica, from arcticus (“northern”), from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern”), from Ἄρκτος (Árktos, “Arctos, the Great Bear Constellation”), the constellation Ursa Major which points to the North Celestial Pole, from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”), the star pattern shape of the constellation Arctos.
wharfage
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną
Proto-West Germanic *hwerban
Old English hweorfan
Middle English wharf
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
Middle English wharfage
English wharfage
From Middle English wharfage; equivalent to wharf + -age.
halloo
From Middle English hallow (“pursue, urge on”), from Old French haloer, which is imitative.
hangashore
From Irish aindeiseoir (“a sickly person, a wretch”).
bakeapple
Probably bake + apple, influenced by bake in composite words, as suggested by the Oxford English Dictionary. An apparent folk etymology is French baie, qu'appelle which roughly translates as "what's the name of that berry".
Birman
From French birman (“Burmese”).
Variant spelling of Dutch Bierman or German Biermann.
Singapura
Derived from Malay Singapura, from Sanskrit सिंहपुर (siṃhá-pura), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + पुर (pura, “city”).
overgang
From Middle English overgangen, from Old English ofergangan, from Proto-Germanic *uberganganą, made up from *uber (“over”) + *ganganą (“to walk, step”), equivalent to over- + gang (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Scots owergang (“to overwhelm, master, dominate”).
From Middle English *overgang, from Old English ofergang (“a going across”), equivalent to over- + gang (“a going”).
brigue
Borrowed from French brigue, of uncertain origin. Compare Italian briga, Spanish brega.
mutism
From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”), equivalent to mute + -ism.
epenthetic
From Ancient Greek ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós, “inserted”).
Lauri
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལའུ་རི་ (la'u ri).
Mika
* (Japanese given name): Borrowed from Japanese みか (Mika).
* (Hebrew given name): From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)
Sherpa
From Tibetan ཤར་པ། (shar pa, literally “eastern people”), from ཤར (shar, “east”) + པ (pa, nominalizing suffix). The reason for this derivation is unclear, but a common explanation notes that the Sherpas originated in eastern Tibet. The community is based in the Nepalese highlands, however, which is south of Tibet.
decapod
Borrowed from French décapode. By surface analysis, deca- + -pod.
principiate
The verb is first attested in 1613, the adjective in 1654; borrowed from Late Latin prī̆ncipiātus, perfect passive participle of prī̆ncipiō (“to begin to speak, commence”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Latin prī̆ncipium (“beginning, origin; foundation, principle”). With use as noun, compare Latin prī̆ncipiātum (“derivative of a first principle”).
rudd
Akin to rud, ruddy, ruddock. Via Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (whence also red) cognate with German Rotfeder, Irish ruán, Slovene rdečeperka.
Compare typologically Bulgarian червеноперка (červenoperka) (<+ червен (červen)), Macedonian црвеноперка (crvenoperka) (<+ црвен (crven)), Russian краснопёрка (krasnopjórka) (<+ красный (krasnyj)); Turkish kızılkanat (kızıl + kanat).
Originally a nickname from Middle English, meaning "red".
ampliate
Learned borrowing from Latin ampliātus, past participle of ampliō (“to make wider”). By surface analysis, ample + -i- + -ate.
cerecloth
From cere + cloth, from Latin cera (“wax, cere”).
neem
Borrowed from Hindi नीम (nīm) / Urdu نِیم (nīm), from Sanskrit निम्ब (nimba).
epos
From Latin epos, from Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word, song, epic”).
From Shasta ip'-haws (“Perideridia spp. tubers”).
pyree
From Late Latin pyreum, from Ancient Greek πυρεῖον (pureîon).
homeliness
From Middle English homlynesse, homelynesse, hamelynes, equivalent to homely + -ness.
Asya
Borrowed from Russian Ася (Asja), informal pet form of Анастасия (Anastasija, “Ann”)).
advertent
Apparently a back-formation from inadvertent, or a learned borrowing from Latin advertent-, advertens, present participle of advertere, from the verb adverto (“to give or draw attention to”)
Porsche
Borrowed from German Porsche
* (automotive): The surname of the founder, Ferdinand Porsche.
pensile
From classical Latin pēnsilis, from the past participle stem of pendere (“to hang”).
taw
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-West Germanic *tawōn, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *tauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *tawjaną (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”).
Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and possibly to tether.
aculeous
Learned borrowing from Latin aculeus (“needle”) + -ous.
favaginous
Obscure formation from Latin favus (“honeycomb”). Compare deluginous (where the -in- is also unexpected); most -ginous terms derive from Latin words ending in g being suffixed with -īnus (“-inous”).
sea-star
From Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea + star.
teraphim
From ecclesiastical Latin theraphim, from Ancient Greek θεραφίν (theraphín), from Hebrew תְּרָפִים (t'rafím, “household gods”).
asker
From Middle English asker, axer, equivalent to ask + -er.
From Middle English ascre, a variant (with uncertain suffix) of Middle English aske (“newt”). More at ask.
observator
From Middle French observateur, from Latin observator, from the participle stem of observare.
tortile
Borrowed from Latin tortilis, from the participle stem of torqueō (“twist, turn”).
Swabia
From Latin Suābia, earlier Suēbia, from the Suēbī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swēbaz.
bilinguis
Unadapted borrowing from Latin bilinguis (“double-tongued”).
parablepsis
From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) and βλέπω (blépō, “to look at”).
hield
From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”).
Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.
From Middle English held, from Old English hielde (“slope, declivity”), from Proto-Germanic *halþijōn, *halþijō (“inclination, slope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with German Halde (“slope”), Danish hæld (“an incline, slope”).
solisequious
From Latin sol (“sun”) + sequor (“to follow”) + -ous.
gerbe
Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.
Chechnya
From Russian Чечня́ (Čečnjá, “[place] of the Chechens”), derived from East Circassian.
puerpera
Borrowed from Latin puerpera (“woman in labor or childbed”), substantive of puerperus (“parturient, bringing forth children”), from puer (“child, boy”) + pariō (“to bring forth, bear”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
palpebral
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.
Latin palpō
Latin -bra
Latin palpebra
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Late Latin palpebrālisbor.
English palpebral
Borrowed from Late Latin palpebrālis (“of or on the eyelids”), from palpebra (“an eyelid”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to palpebra + -al.
housewifely
From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.
Algernon
From Old French als gernons (“having mustaches”), from als (contraction of a and les) + gernon, variant of grenon (“mustache”), from Vulgar Latin *granonem (“facial hair, mustache”), from Proto-Germanic *granō (“awn, beard-hair, hair-tips, mustache”), related to Old High German grana, granu (“mustache”), Old Norse grǫn (“mustache, (upper) lip”), Old English granu (“mustache”).
Mustaches were often a prominent cultural component for men of some early medieval Germanic societies (contrary to popular culture, beards were uncommon), whence the name originates from. However, the particular distinction owing this name vis-a-vis other families is unclear.
Bosniak
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Bòšnjāk (“Bosniak”), from Bȍsna (“Bosnia”). Equivalent to Bosniac: Bosnia+-ac.
Anand
Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, “joy, delight, pleasure”).
desaparecido
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish desaparecido.
antonomasia
Borrowed from Latin antonomasia, Ancient Greek ἀντονομασία (antonomasía, “antonomasia”).
spiccato
Borrowed from Italian spiccato, past participle of spiccare (“to detach, to separate”).
apparence
From Middle English apparence, from Middle French aparence, from Latin appārentia. Doublet of apparency and appearance.
cithara
From Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára). Doublet of cither, guitar, kithara, kissar, and zither.
fack
From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“division, department, space”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-, *paǵ- (“to fasten, fix”). Cognate with West Frisian fek, Dutch vak (“section, compartment”), German Fach (“compartment”), Swedish fack (“compartment, box, department”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”). Doublet of Fach.
copepod
From translingual Copepoda, from Ancient Greek κώπη (kṓpē, “handle”) + -pod.
kraton
From Javanese ꦏꦿꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (kraton).
Georg
From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
arborio rice
Borrowed from Italian arborio, from Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare English arboreous.
Hesperus
From Latin Hesperus, from Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”).
conveni
Borrowed from Japanese コンビニ (konbini), from English convenience.
indivisibility
From Middle French indivisibilité, from Ecclesiastical Latin indivisibilitas.
ofay
Unknown; perhaps from an African language (possibly Yoruba ófé (“to evade, disappear”)). Pig Latin for foe, though popularly posited, is probably not accurate.
A possible point of origin is Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary, where the word is defined as "Policeman or law enforcement, 'The Man'".
discolour
From Middle English discolouren, discoloren, from Old French discolorer, descolorer, equivalent to dis- + colour.
under-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
From Middle English under-, from Old English under-, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“below”) and *h₁n̥tér (“inside”). For more, see under.
Jemima
From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James.
Bradshaw
From Old English brād + sceaga (“thicket”), equivalent to broad + shaw.
rathskeller
From German Rathskeller, obsolete spelling of Ratskeller. In English the obsolete spelling has often been retained to avoid the association with rodents.
modus tollens
From Latin modus tollendō tollēns (“the mode where the denying denies”), from modus (“mode”) and forms of tollō (“to take away”).
McFarlane
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin (“son of Parthalán”), probably a Gaelicized form of the personal name Bartholomew.
Suzuki
Borrowed from Japanese Suzuki (Suzuki), from Japanese すずき (Suzuki, “surname”) or Japanese スズキ (Suzuki, “automaker”); from Japanese 鈴木 (Suzuki) (automaker from the surname).
kex
From Middle English kex. Origin unknown; but compare Welsh cecys (“hollow stalks”) and Welsh cegid (“hemlock”), apparently from the same source as Latin cicūta (“hemlock”).
dosser
Late Latin dosserum, or French dossier (“bundle of papers, part of a basket resting on the back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”). See dorsal.
inclemency
Learned borrowing from Latin inclēmentia. By surface analysis, inclemen(t) + -cy.
indecorous
By surface analysis, in- + decorous; or, Latin indecōrus.
Transnistria
From Romanian Transnistria, from Latin trans + Romanian Nistru (“Dniester”) + Ancient Greek -ία (-ía): literally “beyond the river Dniester”. Analyzable as trans- + Romanian Nistru + -ia.
Tijuana
Borrowed from Spanish Tijuana, possibly from Kumeyaay Tiwan (literally “by-the-sea”).
drinkless
From Middle English drinkeles, drynkeles, equivalent to drink + -less.
Eostre
A learned borrowing from Old English Ēostre, the Northumbrian variant of West Saxon Ēastre (“a word referring to "the rising dawn" to indicate the season of Spring”) and ēastre (“Easter”), from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ (“Easter, springtime”). Doublet of Easter.
delimitate
From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.
ligure
From Latin ligurius (“type of gemstone”), probably from the region Liguria.
ostracum
From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”).
Balkans
Of Turkic origin; compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”). Probably unrelated to balk (“ridge of land”).
Mother's Night
A calque, or perhaps a continuation, of Old English Mōdraniht.
spleet
From Middle Dutch spleet, splete or Middle Low German splete, North Frisian splēt, related to split.
indeterminable
From Middle French indeterminable, from Late Latin indeterminabilis.
indorse
Alteration influenced by Medieval Latin indorsare of Middle English endosse, from Old French endosser (“to put on back”), from Latin dossum, alternative form of dorsum (“back”), from which also dorsal (“of the back”). That is, the ‘r’ was dropped in Latin dossum, which developed into Old French and then Middle English endosse, and then the ‘r’ was re-introduced into English via the Medieval Latin indorsare, which had retained the ‘r’; at the same time the ‘e’ (French) was changed to ‘i’ (Latin) (in-, rather than en-). Note that the alternative form endorse is now more common, retaining the restored ‘r’ but reverting to the initial ‘e’, rather than the Latinate ‘i’.
unnaturalness
From Middle English unnaturelnesse, equivalent to unnatural + -ness.
unrighteousness
From Middle English unriȝtwisnesse, from Old English unrihtwīsnes; equivalent to un- + righteousness or unrighteous + -ness.
rightfulness
From Middle English riȝtfulnesse, rigtfulnes, riȝtvolnesse, equivalent to rightful + -ness.
cuy
Borrowed from Peruvian Spanish cuy (“guinea pig”) (ultimately from Quechua quwi (“guinea pig”)).
Carolus
From Latin Carolus, Latinized form of the personal name Charles. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.
pan-pan
From French panne (“breakdown”), reduplicated.
From Japanese パンパン (panpan), an ellipsis of パンパンガール (panpangāru).
porte-parole
Unadapted borrowing from French porte-parole.
there be
The expletive there, from Old English þær, to fill the first position in English's historic V2 word order.
detritivore
From German Detritivore, from Latin dētrītus (“the act of rubbing away”) (from dēterō (“to rub away, to rub off, to wear out”), from dē- (“away; down”) + terō (“to rub; to wear away, to wear out”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to rub by twisting; to twist, to turn”)) + Latin vorāre (from vorō (“to devour, to eat greedily; to swallow up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”)). Analyzable as detritus + -i- + -vore.
faute de mieux
Unadapted borrowing from French faute de mieux.
Kagay-anon
Borrowed from Cebuano Kagay-anon, from kagayan, meaning "river".
asperges
From Latin aspergō (“to sprinkle”); the rite is so called from the words "Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor" (Psalm 51).
Ausbruch
From German Ausbruch. Mentioned in English since at least 1775.
Barolo
From Italian barolo, named after Barolo, in whose area it is produced. Possible Celtic origin.
bolete
Borrowed from Latin bōlētus (“edible mushroom”), from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs).
initiatory
From Latin initiāt-, past participial stem of initiō, + -ory. By surface analysis, initiate + -ory.
inquietude
Etymology tree
Latin inquiētūdōlbor.
English inquietude
Learned borrowing from Latin inquiētūdō.
insipidity
Borrowed from Medieval Latin īnsipiditās. By surface analysis, insipid + -ity.
slab
From Middle English sclabbe, slabbe, of uncertain origin; possibly from *slap, related to dialectal slappel (“portion, piece”), along with slape (“slippery”), sleip (“smooth piece of timber”), borrowed through Old Norse sleipr from Proto-Germanic *slaipaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyb-. See also Norwegian sleip (“slippery”) and Icelandic sleipur.
piscivorous
Borrowed from Latin piscivorus. By surface analysis, piscivore + -ous or pisci- + -vorous.
eolithic
From French éolithique; from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “dawn”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ic. By surface analysis, eo- + lith- + -ic.
maidhood
From Middle English maidhod, maidhede, meithhad, from Old English mæġeþhād, corresponding to maid + -hood. Compare maidenhood.
spang
From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”).
vila
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian víla and Slovene vila.
Borrowed from Spanish Vila.
Kartvelian
Etymology tree
Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der.
Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)
Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor.
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Latin -iānusbor.
English -ian
English Kartvelian
Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian.
hominin
From translingual Hominini, from the stem of Latin homo (“man”). Compare hominid.
reconquest
From re- + conquest (noun), probably after either the verb and reconquer, or Middle French reconquest, reconqueste (modern French reconquête).
From Middle English reconquesten, equivalent to re- + conquest (verb), after either Latin reconquestō or Middle French reconquester.
trifid
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Italic *trēs
Latin trēsder.
Latin tri-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti
Proto-Italic *findō
Latin findō
Latin -fidus
Latin trifidusbor.
English trifid
From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).
herber
From Middle English herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”). Doublet of arbour.
sennit
Perhaps from French coussinet, diminutive of coussin (“cushion”) because it is used to protect cables from fraying
sensorial
Either sensorium + -al or sensory + -al. Ultimately from Latin sentiō.
novate
First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin novātus, perfect passive participle of novō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
blancmange
From Middle English blancmanger, blomanger, from Old French blanc mangier (“white food”). The pudding evolved from the chicken dish. Compare French blanc-manger.