MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Tepenixtlahuaca
Borrowed from Spanish Tepenixtlahuaca, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl ixtlahuacan (“a plain”).
Ruislip
From Old English rysċ (“rush”) + hlȳp (“leap”).
Pindari
From Hindi पिंडारी (piṇḍārī).
Rotherhithe
From Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”) + hȳþ (“hithe, a landing place or small harbor”).
McIndoe
Perhaps an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Duibh.
Xiangshui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 响水 (Xiǎngshuǐ).
quinquangle
From Late Latin quīnquangulum, use as noun of neuter of quīnquangulus (“pentagonal”). By surface analysis, quinqu- + -angle.
loong
Borrowed from Mandarin 龍 /龙 (lóng). This spelling is used to differentiate the word from long.
shva
From Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shvá, šəwɔʾ). Doublet of schwa.
Guyu
From Mandarin 穀雨／谷雨 (Gǔyǔ), literally "grain rain".
Central Plain
Calque from Mandarin 中原 (Zhōngyuán).
Buttigieg
Borrowed from Maltese Buttiġieġ, see there for more.
Knightsbridge
From Old English cniht (“young man”) (later interpreted as "knight") + brycg (“bridge”).
Crayford
From Old English Creċġanford, Creċġan ford, Creċċan ford, equivalent to Cray (River) + ford.
King's Daughters
From king + daughter.
From Calque of French Filles du Roi and Calque of Middle French Filles du Roy.
talpacoti
From a Native American language, possibly Classical Nahuatl tlapalcocotli, from tlapalli (“red”), cocotli.
Nur-Sultan
Borrowed from Kazakh Нұр-Сұлтан (Nūr-Sūltan), from the name Нұрсұлтан (Nūrsūltan). Named after the long-ruling president Nursultan Nazarbayev (born 1940) in 2019, shortly after his resignation.
Gollob
Variant of Golob, from Slovene golob (“pigeon, dove”), from Proto-Slavic *golǫbь.
Sydenham
From Old English sīdan, dative of sīd (“large, spacious, wide”) + hamm (“water meadow”).
witch of Agnesi
Named after Italian mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi, who wrote about such curves, and from a mistranslation of Italian versiera, the term she used for them which means "rope", but which is spelled the same as versiera (“witch”).
crepis
From New Latin crepis, from Ancient Greek κρηπῐ́ς (krēpĭ́s, “crepida; foundation”). Doublet of crepida.
Eltham
'Elta's homestead', from Old English personal name *Elta + hām (“homestead”).
hachereau
From French hacher, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).
Stanmore
Recorded as Stanmere in the Domesday Book, the placename is named with Old English stān (“stone”) + mere (“pool”).
Ostrowski
Borrowed from Polish Ostrowski. Compare Ostrow, Ostrowsky, Ostrovsky.
Leyton
From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.
Wanstead
Probably from Old English wenn (“wen, cyst”) + stede (“place”), because the place is on rising ground above the River Roding.
Khattak
Borrowed from Pashto خټک (xəṭṭək).
Wallington
From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Mahindra
Borrowed from Hindi महिंद्रा (mahindrā).
Fulwell
Inherited from Old English fūl (“dirty”), definite form fūla + wella (“spring”).
devale
From Sinhalese දේවාලය (dēwālaya), from Sanskrit देवालय (devālaya).
Sudbury
From Old English suþ (“south”) + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”). Doublet of Southborough and Southbury.
spasmophilia
From spasm + -o- + -philia, or from French spasmophilie?
Kawit
From Tagalog Kawit, from kawit. Doublet of Cavite.
From Cebuano Kawit, from kawit (“type of container”).
guaxima
Said by Century to be from a Tupian word guazima, guajima. (Compare guanxuma, guanxima, sometimes encountered as names of a malva.)
guayabi
From American Spanish [Term?], from Paraguayan Guarani [Term?].
synapticulum
From Ancient Greek συνάπτειν (sunáptein) + -i- + Latin -culum
Notting Hill
Likely from the Saxon personal name Cnotta + Old English -ing (“belonging to”) + hyll (“hill”).
Eastcote
From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Ascot and Ascott.
guazu
From Paraguayan Guarani guazú (“great, big” or “deer”).
Three Principles of the People
Calque of Chinese 三民主義 /三民主义 (sānmínzhǔyì)
Fundy
From French fendu (“split”), from fendre (“to split”).
From being the body of water that splits the Peninsula of Nova Scotia from the mainland.
Mile End
In London, first recorded as La Mile ende in 1288, from Middle English mile ende, representing the distance from Aldgate (actually closer to two miles by today's measurement).
Plumstead
From Old English plūme (“plum”) + stede (“place”).
Athanasellis
Borrowed from Greek Αθανασέλλης (Athanaséllis).
Athanaselis
Borrowed from Greek Αθανασέλης (Athanasélis).
nanukayami fever
Borrowed from Japanese 七日熱 (nanukayami, “7-day fever”), from 七日(なぬか) (nanuka) + 病(や)み (yami).
Mississippi River
From Mississippi + river.
From Ojibwe misi-ziibi (“great river”); itself already containing the term "river" in Ojibwe.
Achlys
From Ancient Greek Ἀχλύς (Akhlús). The planetoid was named after the Greek goddess, which began with the same first letter as the provisional designation 2003 AZ₈₄.
Aion
From Ancient Greek Αἰών (Aiṓn, “Greek god or personification, Gnostic spirit”).
clockmutch
Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“three-piece cap or bonnet, hat with ear-flaps, hooded seal”).
bedlamer
Borrowed from French bête de la mer. The construction and spelling of the loanword was evidently influenced by Bedlam and bedlam, suggesting reanalysis as bedlam + -er. This seems all the more plausible given that these seals are sometimes quite vocal, doing a lot of barking, yelling, and mumbling.
glottogram
From glotto- + -gram. The second sense was borrowed from Japanese グロットグラム (gurottoguramu).
potometer
From Ancient Greek ποτό (potó, “drunken”) + -meter.
alloscutum
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) and from Latin scūtum (“shield”).
Ophion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀφίων (Ophíōn), from Ancient Greek ὄφῐς (óphĭs, “snake”).
jeniguana
Said by Century to be from Cuban Spanish [Term?] "from a native West Indian name".
beflapped
From Middle English biflapped, be-flapped, past participle of Middle English beflappen (“to flog; beat”).
ichnusaite
From Latin Ichnūsa (“Sardinia”, from Ancient Greek Ἰχνοῦσα (Ikhnoûsa)) + -ite.
Rushmoor
From Old English risċ (“rush”) + mōr (“moor”).
Wellentheorie
Unadapted borrowing from German Wellentheorie.
bejutapaut
From Hindi [Term?], from words meaning "without join" and "piece".
callipatty
From Hindi काली पट्टी (kālī paṭṭī), from words meaning "black" and "strip".
alacha
Ultimately of Turkic origin: compare Ottoman Turkish آلاجه (alaca), Azerbaijani alaca (“multi-colored”). Also from Turkic: Persian الاچه (alâča), Russian алача́ (alačá), аладжа́ (aladžá).
cuttanee
Borrowed from Hindustani قُطْنِی (qutnī) / क़ुतनी (qutnī), from Classical Persian قطنى (qutnī).
trichoclasis
From tricho- + Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”).
trichoschisis
From tricho- + Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”).
bysack
PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Old English bīsæc, from Latin bisaccium.
Hekatompedon
From Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπεδον (Hekatómpedon), from ἑκατόν (hekatón) + ποδός (podós), literally “hundred-footer”.
philosopause
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s
Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)
Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós)
Ancient Greek φῐλόσοφος (phĭlósophos)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía)bor.
Latin philosophialbor.
Old French philosophiebor.
Middle English philosophie
English philosophy
French méno-
Ancient Greek παύω (paúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis)der.
Latin pausabor.
French -pause
French ménopause
English menopause
blend
English philosopause
Blend of philosophy + menopause from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “discontinuance”)
Blaby
From the unattested Old Norse personal name *Blár, a byname from blár (“dark”), + bý (“farmstead”).
chelonochory
From Ancient Greek χελώνη (khelṓnē, “turtle, tortoise”) + -chory.
Mendip Hills
from Middle English Mendepe, possibly via Anglo-Norman *Mendepe. The exact origin is uncertain; possibly a hybrid of Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, (“mountain”) and Old English yppe, (“upland hill” or “hunting upland”), possibly reconstructed as Old English *myned-yppe. Alternatively, a medieval folk form includes Middle English Myne-deepes (“mine-deeps”). + hills. For a further alternative to the above speculative conjectures, please see a remotely possible comparison in the 'discussion' page.
dardarin
From Basque dardara (“quivering, shivering, trembling”), named for the effects of Parkinson's disease + -in.
Wulfilan
From Wulfila + -an. The first element is from Gothic *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*wulfila).
Ulfilan
PIE word
 *wĺ̥kʷos
From Ulfilas + -an. The first element is Latinized from the unattested Gothic form *𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*wulfila, “little wolf”), from 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃 (wulfs).
anthippasia
From Ancient Greek ἀνθιππασία (anthippasía), from ἀντί (antí) + ἱππεύς (hippeús) + -ιον (-ion), literally “knightly-contest”.
Kerguelen
From French Kerguelen, from Breton Kergelen.
potometry
From Ancient Greek ποτό (potó, “drunken”) + -metry.
potometric
From Ancient Greek ποτό (potó, “drunken”) + -metric.
Wilby
Various origins:
* The village in Norfolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Northamptonshire is named with the Old Norse personal name Villi + bý (“farmstead”).
* The village in Suffolk is named with Old English welig (“willow”) + bēag (“ring, circle”).
Haywards Heath
Recorded as Heyworth in 1261, from Old English hege + worð (“enclosure with a hedge”), and as Haywards Hoth in 1544.
Stolichny salad
Calque of Russian салат столичный (salat stoličnyj)
shatt
From Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ); see chott; for the spelling, compare Shatt al-Arab.
Tetelcingo
Borrowed from Spanish Tetelcingo, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tetelli (“mound”).
plectenchyma
From Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “plaited, wicker”, from πλέκω (plékō)) + -enchyma.
alliesthesia
Coined by Michel Cabanac and Stylianos Nicolaïdis in 1971. From Ancient Greek ἀλλοῖος (alloîos, “changed, different”) + -esthesia (“sensation”).
Sorokinian
From Russian Соро́кин (Sorókin) + -ian.
fructive
From Middle English fructife, fructyff, from Latin frūctus + -yf (modern -ive).
fulgural
From Latin fulguralis, from fulgur (“lightning”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Proto-Italic reconstructed as *folgos and related to the idea of flashing or lightening.
Triple Gem
Calque of Pali tisaraṇaṃ, Sanskrit त्रिशरण (triśaraṇa).
three fires
Calque of Sanskrit त्रिविष (triviṣa).
Four Noble Truths
Calque of Sanskrit चत्वार्यार्यसत्यानि (catvāryāryasatyāni).
Five Precepts
Calque of Pali pañcasīla, Sanskrit पञ्चशील (pañcaśīla).
Aghighi
From dialectal Iranian Persian عَقیقی (aġiġi), from Classical Persian عقیق ('aqīq, “agate”), and the suffix ـی (-ī).
Bhagiratha
From Sanskrit भगीरथ (bhagīratha).
juhyou
From Japanese 樹氷 (juhyō, literally “tree ice”).
dojang
From Korean 도장(道場) (dojang). Doublet of dojo.
kalaga
Borrowed from Burmese ကန့်လန့်ကာ (kan.lan.ka, “curtain”).
Lethwei
From Burmese လက်ဝှေ့ (lakhwe., “boxing”).
banshay
Borrowed from Burmese ဗန်ရှည် (banhrany).
naban
Borrowed from Burmese နပန်း (na.pan:).
Myeik
Borrowed from Burmese မြိတ် (mrit).
Kyaingtong
Borrowed from Burmese ကျိုင်းတုံ (kyuing:tum), from Shan ၵဵင်းတုင် (káeng tǔng).
Myitkyina
Borrowed from Burmese မြစ်ကြီးနား (mrackri:na:).
Meiktila
Borrowed from Burmese မိတ္ထီလာ (mithtila).
Taungoo
Borrowed from Burmese တောင်ငူ (taungngu).
Sittwe
Borrowed from Burmese စစ်တွေ (cactwe).
Pakokku
Borrowed from Burmese ပခုက္ကူ (pa.hkukku).
Loikaw
Borrowed from Burmese လွိုင်ကော် (lwuingkau).
Myingyan
Borrowed from Burmese မြင်းခြံ (mrang:hkram).
Hakha
Borrowed from Burmese ဟားခါး (ha:hka:).
Yenangyaung
Borrowed from Burmese ရေနံချောင်း (renamhkyaung:).
Hlegu
Borrowed from Burmese လှည်းကူး (hlany:ku:).
Mogok
Borrowed from Burmese မိုးကုတ် (mui:kut).
Shwebo
Borrowed from Burmese ရွှေဘို (hrwebhui).
Minbu
Borrowed from Burmese မင်းဘူး (mang:bhu:).
Sagaing
Borrowed from Burmese စစ်ကိုင်း (cackuing:).
Hinthada
Borrowed from Burmese ဟင်္သာတ (hangsata.).
Thanlyin
Borrowed from Burmese သန်လျင် (sanlyang).
Aunglan
Borrowed from Burmese အောင်လံ (aunglam).
Nyaunglebin
Borrowed from Burmese ညောင်လေးပင် (nyaungle:pang).
Bogale
Borrowed from Burmese ဘိုကလေး (bhuika.le:).
Magwe
Borrowed from Burmese မကွေး (ma.kwe:).
Thayet
Borrowed from Burmese သရက် (sa.rak).
Thayawadi
Borrowed from Burmese သာယာဝတီ (sayawa.ti).
Myawaddy
Borrowed from Burmese မြဝတီ (mra.wa.ti).
Tachileik
Borrowed from Burmese တာချီလိတ် (tahkyilit).
Amarapura
Borrowed from Burmese အမရပူရ (a.ma.ra.pura.).
Portes
Borrowed from Catalan Portes, from portes, plural of porta (“door”).
therenigh
From Middle English ther nygh, therny, þere-neiȝh, þerneȝ, þernegh, þare-neiȝ, from Old English þǣr nēah, equivalent to there + nigh. Cognate with West Frisian dêrnei (“thereafter”), Dutch daarna (“afterwards”), German danach (“afterwards, thereafter”).
holy unblack metal
The part holy unblack is a calque of Norwegian Bokmål hellig usvart, after Hellig Usvart, a record by Horde.
Elymais
Borrowed from Latin Elymais, from Ancient Greek Ἐλυμαΐς (Elumaḯs).
Playalinda Beach
From Spanish playa linda (“beautiful beach”), from playa (“beach”) + linda (“beautiful”): literally, “beautiful beach beach”.
sibeh
From Singapore Hokkien 死爸 (sí-pē, “very; quite”, literally “die father”), from Singapore Teochew 死爸 (si² bê⁶, “very; quite”, literally “die father”), in the sense of being to the extent that one’s father dies.
douzeper
From Middle English dosse per, dousse-per (“one of Charlemagne’s twelve peers or paladins; one of the twelve great peers of France at later times; a famous knight or noble”) [and other forms], treated as a singular form of dosse pers, dousse pers [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman, Middle French douse pers, douze pers [and other forms], and Old French douze pers, doze pers, duze pers (“Charlemagne’s twelve peers; twelve great peers of France at later times”) [and other forms] (also in the singular forms doze per, duze per, and in Anglo-Norman and Middle French written with a Roman numeral as XII pers), from doze, douze (“twelve”) (modern French douze) + pers (plural of per (“peer”); modern French pair). Doze is derived from Latin duodecim (“twelve”), from duo (“two”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”)) + decem (“ten”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”)); per is derived from Latin pār (“equal; like”).
Taihoku
From Japanese 台北(たいほく) (taihoku).
Ruisui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 瑞穗 (Ruìsuì).
Eight Legions
Calque of Sanskrit अष्टसेना (aṣṭasenā).
bhavacakra
Borrowed from Sanskrit भवचक्र (bhavacakra).
trueful
From Middle English truful, trewful, trewfull, from Old English ġetrēowfull (“faithful, holding the faith”), equivalent to true + -ful.
truefully
From Middle English trufully, treufulli, from Old English ġetrēowfullīċe, equivalent to trueful + -ly.
kala namak
From Hindi काला नमक (kālā namak, literally “black salt”).
Eight Precepts
Calque of Pali aṭṭha-sīla, aṭṭhaṅga-sīla or Calque of Sanskrit अष्टा-सील (aṣṭā-sīla), अष्टाण्ग-शील (aṣṭāṇga-śīla).
uposatha
Borrowed from Pali uposatha, derived from Sanskrit उपवसथ (upavasatha, “dwelling with [the gods], a fasting day, especially before a soma sacrifice”).
peripter
From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
itjaritjari
From Pitjantjatjara itjaritjari.
Uyghurjin
From Mongolian уйгаржин (ujgaržin).
hormic
Popularized by William McDougall (psychologist) (1871–1938), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “impulse”) + -ic.
drink hail
From Middle English drinc hail, drinchail, drinc-hæil, drincheheil, dringhail, drinkel, drink hail, drinkhail, drynkehaile, drynkeheil, drynk hayl, drynkheil, probably an Old Norse phrase; compare Old Icelandic far heill (“farewell!”), com heill (“welcome!”).
Tweet
Americanized spelling of either Norwegian Tveit or North German Twiete.
kuromaku
From Japanese 黒幕, literally "black curtain", alluding to the unseen operators in puppet theater; compare pull strings.
antiopelmous
From Ancient Greek ἀντίος (antíos, “opposed”) + πέλμα (pélma, “sole of the foot”) + -ous.
Theadore
Spelling alteration of Theodore, from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros).
Vinchenzo
Spelling alteration of Vincenzo, from Italian Vincenzo, from Latin Vincentius.
Oenone
Borrowed from Latin Oenōnē, from Ancient Greek Οἰνώνη (Oinṓnē).
mysis
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek μῡ́ειν (mū́ein, “to close”, used of the lips or eyes).
imshee
From Arabic اِمْشِ (imši, “go away!”)
Tetreaultville
From French Tétreaultville, analyzable as Tetreault + -ville.
Eurystheus
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐρυσθεύς (Eurustheús).
wangiri
Borrowed from Japanese ワン切(ぎ)り (wangiri).
buffont
From French bouffant; doublet of bouffant, which see for more.
No Gun Ri
From Korean 노근리(老斤里) (Nogeulli).
the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
Calque of Japanese 出る釘は打たれる (deru kugi wa utareru)
Ratnapura
From Sinhalese රත්නපුර (ratnapura), ultimately decomposed into Sanskrit रत्न (ratna, “gems”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”).
Kandy
From Tamil கண்டி (kaṇṭi), possibly further from Sinhalese [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa); or possibly from Portuguese Candea, Sinhalese කන්ද උඩරට (kanda uḍaraṭa, “land on the mountain”), ultimately from Sinhalese කන්ද (kanda, “a mountain”).
Polonnaruwa
From Sinhalese පොළොන්නරුව (poḷonnaruwa).
Sigiriya
From Sinhalese සීගිරිය (sīgiriya).
Batticaloa
From Portuguese Batticaloa, ultimately from Tamil மட்டக்களப்பு (maṭṭakkaḷappu).
Vavuniya
From Tamil வவுனியா (vavuṉiyā).
Kalmunai
From Tamil கல்முனை (kalmuṉai).
Negombo
From Tamil நீர்கொழும்பு (nīrkoḻumpu), borrowed via Portuguese Negombo.
Moratuwa
From Sinhalese මොරටුව (moraṭuwa).
dharmapala
From Sanskrit धर्मपाल (dharmapāla).
boh koleng
Borrowed from Hokkien 無可能 /无可能 (bô-khó-lêng) in Malaysia and Singapore.
Karenni
Anglicized form of Burmese ကရင်နီ (ka.rangni, “red Karen”)
white snow
Calque of Latin nix (“snow”) used for white forms of zinc oxide.
non-coming
From Middle English non comyng, noun comyng, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + coming.
non-obeisance
From Middle English non-obeisaunce, nonnobeisaunce, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + obeisance.
teonanacatl
From Classical Nahuatl teonanacatl.
Adamantidis
From Greek Αδαμαντίδης (Adamantídis).
Halvey
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hAilmich (“descendant of Ailmhac”), a byname meaning "noble-son".
Palaung
From Burmese ပလောင် (pa.laung).
Panthay
From Burmese ပန်းသေး (pan:se:).
Intha
From Burmese အင်းသား (ang:sa:).
Zuczek
From Polish Żuczek, from żuczek (“little beetle”).
stanmarch
From Middle English stanmarche, from Old English stānmerċe, compound of stān (“stone”) + merċe (“smallage”).
parinirvana
Borrowed from Sanskrit परिनिर्वाण (parinirvāṇa).
ayrant
Related to Middle English aire, ayre, eyre (“hawk's nest”), -ant.
Cijin
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 旗津 (Cíjin).
Nishapur
From Persian نیشابور (neyšâbur), from earlier Persian نیشاپور (neyšâpur). From Shapur I (Middle Persian 𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩 (šḥpʿḥʿy)), who is said to have established the city.
peninitial
Blend of penultimate + initial, treating pen- (from Latin paene (“almost”)) as a prefix.
Phorcys
From Ancient Greek Φόρκυς (Phórkus).
kosmische musik
Borrowed from German kosmische Musik (“cosmic music”), used in German in the liner notes of the album Alpha Centauri (1971).
shopska salad
From Bulgarian Шопска салата (Šopska salata), named after the region called Shopluk (though not invented there).
shikakai
From Hindi शिकाकाई (śikākāī), from Tamil சிகைக்காய் (cikaikkāy, from சிகை (cikai, “hair”) + காய் (kāy, “fruit”)).
Klobuchar
From Slovene Klobučar, from klobučar (“hatter, milliner”), from klobuk (“hat, cap”) + -ar, from Proto-Slavic *klobukъ, from a Turkic language, akin to Proto-Turkic *qalpaq (cf. English calpack).
O'Rourke
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ruairc (“descendant of Ruarc”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Hrórekr (“Roderick”).
patxaran
From Basque patxaran (“sloe; sloe liqueur”). See Irish airne (“sloe”) for further connections.
Zipf
From the German surname, from the noun Zipf (“peak, corner, point”).
Lianjiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 連江／连江 (Liánjiāng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 廉江 (Liánjiāng).
kasippu
Borrowed from Tamil கசிப்பு (kacippu).
nouveau roman
Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.
tychoparthenogenesis
From Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē, “chance, luck, accident”) + -o- + parthenogenesis.
tychoparthenogenetic
From Ancient Greek τύχη (túkhē, “chance, luck, accident”) + -o- + parthenogenetic.
Jhelum
Borrowed from Urdu جھیلم (jhelam), a dated form of جِہْلَم (jihlam).
law of nations
Calque of Latin iūs gentium, originally meaning legal principles that are general to humanity. The sense “international law” became standard in the 17th–18th centuries, partly from reanalysis as referring to the law that pertains to nations as distinct entities, and partly from the supposition that any law governing relations between states must transcend the states themselves. See also English jus gentium, directly borrowed.
amplection
From Middle English amplection, amplexion, from Latin amplexiō (“act of embracing”), from amplex-, past participial stem of amplector (“surround; embrace”), + -iō. In this form, with remodelling after Latin amplector. By surface analysis, amplect + -ion.
amplexion
From Middle English amplexion, from Latin amplexiō. By surface analysis, amplex + -ion.
cashel
From Irish caiseal, from Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castell, castellum, castle, and château.
khaltura
From Russian халту́ра (xaltúra). Doublet of cartulary.
Zabka
From a Slavic language, e.g. Czech žabka or Polish żabka.
Chuzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 滁州 (Chúzhōu).
Dingyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for the Mandarin 定遠 /定远 (Dìngyuǎn).
ktetor
From Ancient Greek κτήτωρ (ktḗtōr). The alternative form ktitor likely came via a Slavic intermediary such as Macedonian ктитор (ktitor) or Serbo-Croatian ktitor.
tharid
Borrowed from Arabic ثَرِيد (ṯarīd). Compare Portuguese açorda.
sikbaj
From Arabic سِكْبَاج (sikbāj), Middle Persian [script needed] (*sḵbʾk' /⁠*sikbāg⁠/, literally “vinegar soup”). Doublet of escabeche.
Tushetian
From Tusheti + -ian, from Georgian თუშეთი (tušeti).
point-device
From Middle English poynt devise, from the Old French phrase *a point devise, with the participle taken as a noun; compare Old French a devis and Anglo-Norman en poynt devis.
London Bridge
From Old English Lundene bryċġ (literally “London's Bridge” or “the Bridge of London”).
raising piece
From earlier reason piece, from Middle English reson pece, rasewepece (“wall plate”), equivalent to reason + piece.
Yackarabul
Borrowed from Yagara Yackarabul.
Yugg-ari
Borrowed from Yagara Yugg-ari.
Tushine
From Tush + -ine, from Georgian თუშ (Tuš-), the root of თუშეთი (tušeti, “Tusheti”) and თუშები (tušebi, “Tushetian”).
Kistian
From Kist + -ian, from the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).
Anyang
From the Mandarin 安陽 /安阳 (Ānyáng).
land with one's bum in the butter
Likely a calque of Dutch met zijn gat in de boter vallen.
nasib
Borrowed from Arabic نَسِيب (nasīb).
Borrowed from Arabic نَصِيب (naṣīb).
Yindu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 殷都.
hutchie
From Japanese 家 (uchi, “house”), with possible influence from hut (“shelter”) or hutch (“box”).
infundibulo-
From Latin infundibulum. By surface analysis, infundibul- + -o-.
caudation
From the Medieval Latin caudātus, from the Classical Latin cauda (“tail”).
Rashidi
Borrowed from Arabic رَشِيدِيّ (rašīdiyy).
gun kata
Compound of gun + kata (“martial art movements”), from Japanese 型 (kata, “style, pattern”). Attested from, and possibly coined around 2003 for the film Equilibrium (see quotation below).
lake of Wada
Calque of Japanese 和田の湖. Introduced by Kunizo Yoneyama (in 1917), who credited the discovery to Takeo Wada.
dokha
From Arabic دَوْخَة (dawḵa, “dizziness”), in reference to the effects of its high nicotine content.