MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
acrogynous
From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “tip”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).
lahmacun
From Turkish lahmacun, from Arabic لَحْم عَجِين (laḥm ʕajīn, “meat and dough”), from لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”) + عَجِين (ʕajīn, “dough”).
unbegun
From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- + begun.
Mother Russia
Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška).
pav bhaji
Borrowed from Marathi पाव भाजी (pāv bhājī).
vada pav
Borrowed from Marathi वडा पाव (vaḍā pāv).
batata vada
From Marathi बटाटा वडा (baṭāṭā vaḍā).
Jair
From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Yair and Jairus.
fanfaronade
From French fanfaronnade (“bragging, boasting”); other senses influenced by fanfare.
shish taouk
From Turkish şiş (“skewer”) + tavuk (“hen”).
Avraham
Transliteration of Hebrew אַבְרָהָם.
mediant
From Italian mediante, from Latin mediānt- (“being in the middle”), present active participle of mediō (“to be in the middle”), from medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”).
tallywhacker
Uncertain. Possibly from tally (“mate, counterpart”), from Middle English taly (“a tally stick”), from Anglo-Norman tallie, Old French taillee, taillie, from Medieval Latin tallia, talia, taillia, from Latin talea (“stick, twig”), or alternatively from tail, + wag, likely influenced by whack, + -er. Compare tallywag, an eighteenth century dialect term meaning “penis”. Attested as tallywhacker or tallywacker since the twentieth century.
Stanislaus
From the Latin form of a Slavic name, Станисла́в (Stanisláv) in Russian and Станислав (Stanislav) in Bulgarian, famous in the history of Poland, from the Proto-Slavic elements *stati (“to stand, become”) + *slàva (“glory”).
anhungered
From Middle English an hongred, anhongred, an-hungred, anhungred, an-hungryd, on hongred, compare of hingrede, ofhungred, from Old English. Equivalent to an- (alternative form of a- (etymology 2), on-) + hungered (past participle of hunger (verb)).
paprikash
From Hungarian paprikás, from paprika, whence also English paprika.
mysteriarch
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin mystēriarchēs (“one who presides over Christian sacraments”), from Ancient Greek μυστηριάρχης (mustēriárkhēs, “one who rules over religious mysteries”), from μυστήριον (mustḗrion) + -άρχης (-árkhēs), corresponding to mystery + -arch.
panmictic
From New Latin panmicticus, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia.
Stavros
From Greek Σταύρος (Stávros), from σταυρός (stavrós, “cross”).
foggara
Borrowed from Algerian Arabic فُقَّارَة (fuggāra).
glutinate
Borrowed from Latin glūtinātus, perfect passive participle of glūtinō (“to glue”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from glūten (“glue”).
daftar
From Hindi [Term?], from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar), from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra).
nuncheon
From Middle English nonshench, noneschench, nonechenche (“slight refreshment, usually taken in the afternoon”), from none (“noon”) + shench, schenche (“draught, cup”), equivalent to noon + shink (“to pour out, serve”). More at shink, skink.
salmiac
From German Salmiak, from Latin sal ammoniacum. Doublet of sal ammoniac.
mother of all
Calque of Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm, “mother (of)”). Popularized and given its current sense by Saddam Hussein's claim that the impending Gulf War would be the أُمّ المَعَارِك (ʔumm al-maʕārik, “mother of (all) battles”), though mother had long been used in somewhat similar senses in English, and other familial terms are used with the same meaning, like granddaddy (of all traffic jams) and father (of all battles).
Melkite
From Latin Melchita, from Byzantine Greek Μελχίτης (Melkhítēs), from Classical Syriac ܡܠܟܝܐ (malkāyāʾ, “royal; royalist”) + Byzantine Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). See these for more.
Tirzah
Borrowed from Hebrew תִּרְצָה (tirtsáh), meaning "pleasant" or "she is my delight".
Seraphina
From Late Latin Seraphina, name of obscure early martyrs, from biblical seraphim.
maron
Either from French marron or Italian marrone, both from Latin Marrones.
Borrowed from Latin Maron, from Ancient Greek Μάρων (Márōn), from Classical Syriac ܡܪܘܢ (mārūn).
palingeneses
Probably from palingenesis + Latin genesēs (a plural form of genesis).
ekpyrosis
From Ancient Greek ἐκπύρωσις (ekpúrōsis).
deemster
From Middle English demester, demster, equivalent to deem (“to judge”) + -ster.
Horowitz
From German Horowitz and Yiddish האָראָװיץ (horovits), named after Horowitz (Czech Hořovice), a town with a large Jewish population in the Late Middle Ages.
Baumgartner
Borrowed from German Baumgartner (literally “tree gardener”).
Markowitz
Jewish surname, variant of Markovich, Markowicz. The ending -owitz is Germanized from East Slavic endings like -ovich, Polish -owicz. Compare Marko, Markow, Markovitz.
Weisenthal
From German Wiese (“meadow”) + Thal (“valley”).
Kirschenbaum
Borrowed from Yiddish קירשנבוים (kirshnboym, literally “cherry tree”).
Hirschhorn
Borrowed from German Hirschhorn, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
leprose
From New Latin leprōsus in botany especially as used by Linnaeus in his 1753 Species Plantarum and Late Latin leprōsus in medicine, from lepra (“psoriasis, leprosy”) + -ōsus, from Koine Greek λέπρᾱ (léprā, “psoriasis & similar skin diseases”), from Ancient Greek λεπρός (leprós, “scaly”), from either λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) or λέπος (lépos, “husk, scale”) + -ρος (-ros, “forming adjective”).
in one's stead
From Middle English in ones stede, equivalent to in + one’s + stead (“function or position of someone or something, as taken on by a successor; (obsolete) place, spot”).
onco-
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos)der.
New Latin onco-der.
English onco-
First attested 1857, from New Latin onco- (“tumor”). from Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “lump, mass, bulk”).
Bhubaneswar
From Odia ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର (bhubaneśwara).
Nagpur
From Marathi नागपूर (nāgpūr).
benefactive
From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century.
Indore
Borrowed from Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur).
Iseult
Old French, the name of the queen who fell in love with Tristan in medieval romance Tristan and Iseult, perhaps from Celtic, of uncertain meaning, possibly Proto-Brythonic *Adsiltia (“she who is gazed upon”); compare Welsh syllu and Irish súil. Otherwise from Germanic, equivalent to Old High German is (“ice”) + hiltja (“battle”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hildi).
Isolde
Borrowed from the German Isolde, German form of Iseult.
make common cause
Possibly a calque of French faire cause commune, first attested in the same period (1787).
Kwa
Borrowed from Hokkien 柯 (Koa) or Teochew 柯 (gua1).
tentorium
Early 19th century: from Latin tentorium, literally ‘tent’.
thuggee
Borrowed from Hindustani ठगी (ṭhagī) / ٹھگی (ṭhagī).
utricle
Borrowed from French utricule or Latin ūtriculus (“a small skin or leathern bottle”), diminutive of ūter (“a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide”). Doublet of utriculus.
supernaculum
Pseudo-Latinism from super- + naculum, nagulum, Latinized form of German Nagel, intended to mean “upon the nail”, after the German phrase auf den Nagel (trinken).
alexithymic
From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul”) + -ic.
jambul
From Sanskrit जम्बुल (jambula), जम्बु (jambu, “rose apple, jambul (Syzygium spp.)”).
forelook
From Middle English vorloken, forluken, equivalent to fore- + look.
Ghaziabad
Borrowed from Hindi ग़ाज़ियाबाद (ġāziyābād).
knowen
From Middle English knowen (“known”), from Old English cnāwen (“known, recognised[UK]/recognized[US], perceived”), past participle of cnāwan (“to know, recognise, perceive”). More at know.
Pawnee
Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.
trial balloon
Calque of French ballon d’essai (“small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; (figuratively) prospective action to test acceptance”): ballon (“balloon”), essai (“trial, try; assay”).
armlength
From Middle English armelengþ, arme lengþe, equivalent to arm + length.
firangi
Borrowed from Hindustani फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī) / فرنگی (firangī), from Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī), from Old French franc. Doublet of franc.
naturality
From Middle English naturalitee, from Old French naturalité, from Latin nātūrālitās.
lissencephaly
From Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”) + encephal- (“brain”) + -y, from Ancient Greek ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
tadig
From Iranian Persian تهدیگ (tah-dig), from Classical Persian تهدیگ (tah-dēg).
awrath
From Old English ġewrāþian; equivalent to the a- + wrath.
oleamen
From Latin oleum (“olive oil”), probably via *oleamen (-men is an alternative neuter suffix).
stypsis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στῦψις (stûpsis).
Rajkot
Borrowed from Gujarati રાજકોટ (rājkoṭ).
Meerut
Borrowed from Hindi मेरठ (meraṭh).
galeate
Borrowed from Latin galeātus (“helmeted”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
aspergillum
From Ecclesiastical Latin aspergillum, from aspergō (“to sprinkle”).
Yichang
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 宜昌 (Yíchāng).
Xinyang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 信陽 /信阳 (Xìnyáng).
Zhenjiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鎮江 /镇江 (Zhènjiāng).
Baoding
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 保定 (Bǎodìng).
deliquium
Borrowed from Latin deliquium, from Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”).
Varanasi
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).
altyn
Borrowed from Russian алты́н (altýn), either from Tatar алты (altı, “six”), referring to six dengas (six half-kopeks), or from Tatar алтын (altın, “gold”). These small coins were never minted in gold; however, compare the semantic evolution of Latin solidus from a Roman gold coin to a medieval silver shilling.
mysal
From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
chacha
Borrowed from Georgian ჭაჭა (č̣ač̣a).
From Hindi चाचा (cācā).
likuta
From a Bantu language spoken in the Congo region. Compare Lingala li- + -kútá. Perhaps ultimately from Kongo nkúta (“provisions”).
Heizer
Occupational surname borrowed from German Heizer (“stoker, fireman”).
netter
Inherited from Middle English netter, nettare. By surface analysis, net + -er.
metaplasm
From Latin metaplasmus from Ancient Greek μεταπλασμός (metaplasmós).
albescent
18th century. From Latin albescens, present participle of albescere (“to grow white”), from albus (“white”). By surface analysis, Latin alb(us) + -escent.
rufescent
Circa 1820, from Latin rufescens, present participle of rufescere (“to become reddish”), from rufus (“red”).
suffrutescent
From Latin suffrutescens. For more, see sub- + frutescent.
thrutch
From Middle English thrucchen (“to push, rush”), from Old English þryċċan (“to push, press, trample on, crush”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrukkijan, from Proto-Germanic *þrukkijaną (“to press”). Cognate with West Frisian drukke (“to press”), Dutch drukken (“to press, squeeze”), German drücken (“to press, push, squeeze”), Swedish trycka (“to press, push, squeeze”).
glene
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball, socket”)
cueillette
Borrowed from French cueillette. Doublet of quillet.
Cirenaica
From Italian Cirenaica, from Latin Cyrenaica, q.v.
kyrk
From Northern Middle English kyrk, kyrke, from chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).
glossatrix
Borrowed from Latin glossātrīx, equivalent to glossator + -trix.
Cajetan
From the Latin Caiētānus (“inhabitant of Gaeta”), re-Latinized from Italian Gaetano, name of a saint.
Fenian
Partly from both of the following:
* from Old Irish Féni (“originally the legendary people who inhabited Ireland; later the Irish people generally, especially those belonging to the social class of free citizens”, plural); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring; to transport”) (whence wagon and wain; referring to the use of chariots); and
* from Irish fian, fiann (“roving band of (legendary) warrior-hunters”) (generally a view taken by English-speaking scholars, possibly due to the similarity between Old Irish Féni and Irish féine, féinne, the genitive singular forms of fian and fiann), from Old Irish fían, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”);
+ English -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from; related to’; and forming nouns with the sense ‘one from or related to’). The adjective is attested slightly earlier than the noun.
Hotot
Ellipsis of Blanc de Hotot, from French Blanc de Hotot (“White of Hotot”), after Hotot-en-Auge (a commune in Normandy, France).
theogony
Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía). By surface analysis, theo- + -gony.
veena
From Hindi वीणा (vīṇā), and its source, Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).
tenaille
From French tenaille (“a pair of pincers or tongs”), from Latin tenaculum. See tenaculum and tenaillon.
nidify
First attested in 1656; borrowed from Latin nīdificō (“to build a nest”), from nīdus (“nest”) + -ficō (“to make, build”). Doublet of nidificate and cognate with French nidifier.
bastardry
From Middle English bastardrie, an alternation of bastardie after the suffix -erie; equivalent to bastard + -ry.
Kempen
* As a German surname, from the town Kempen in Germany or Kępno in Poland.
* As a West Flemish surname, from Campine in Belgium, also called Kempen.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of van Kempen, from both placenames above.
Mahayana
Borrowed from Sanskrit महायान (mahāyāna, literally “Great Vehicle”).
Vajrayana
Borrowed from Sanskrit वज्रयान (vajrayāna, literally “Diamond/Thunderbolt Vehicle”), in reference to the supposed power, clarity, and difficulty of its methods for attaining Buddhahood.
weever
From Middle English *wever, from Old Northern French wivre (“serpent”), from Latin vīpera. Doublet of wyvern and viper.
australine
From Latin australis + -ine. By surface analysis, austral- + -ine.
frist
From Middle English *frist, frest, first, furst, from Old English fierst (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”), from Proto-Germanic *fristiz, *frestą (“date, appointed time”), from Proto-Indo-European *pres-, *per- (“forward, forth, over, beyond”). Cognate with North Frisian ferst, frest (“period, time”), German Frist (“period, deadline, term”), Swedish frist (“deadline, respite, reprieve, time-limit”), Icelandic frestur (“period”). See also first.
From Middle English *fristen, frysten, fresten, firsten, from Old English *fyrstan (“to defer, delay, put off”), from fyrst, fierst, first (“period, space of time, time, respite, truce”). See Etymology 1. Cognate with Low German versten, German fristen (“to eke out”), Danish friste (“to sustain, support, experience, tempt”), Icelandic fresta (“to delay”).
Sanskriti
Borrowed from Sanskrit संस्कृति (saṃskṛti).
condyloma
From Latin condylōma, from Ancient Greek κονδύλωμα (kondúlōma, “wart”), from κόνδυλος (kóndulos).
epidemy
From Middle English ipedemye, impedyme, from Middle French epydimie, epydemie, from Old French ypidime, from Late Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Compare French épidémie.
gammaretrovirus
From gamma + retrovirus. From Ancient Greek γάμμα/γ/Γ (gámma/g/G) + Latin retro+virus.
erer
From Middle English eror, erur, earre, arre, from Old English ǣrra (“earlier, former, preceding”), equivalent to ere + -er.
From Middle English erer, ærer, from Old English ǣror (“earlier, before, beforehand, formerly; rather”), equivalent to ere + -er.
homoi-
From Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind, similar”).
homeo-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *somHós
Proto-Hellenic *homós
Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)
Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios)bor.
English homeo-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar”).
Kincaid
Scottish habitational surname from a minor place near Lennoxtown, from Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head, top”) + càithe (“pass”) or cadha (“quagmire”).
savoir-vivre
Borrowed from French savoir-vivre, a nominalization of the verb phrase savoir vivre "to know how to live."
Talib
From Pashto طالب (tālib, “member of the Taliban”), from Arabic طَالِب (ṭālib, “student”).
uncomely
From Middle English uncomli, uncomelich, uncumelich, unkumelich, equivalent to un- + comely.
From Middle English uncomly, uncomli, from the adjective (see above).
expugn
From Middle English expugnen, from Old French expugner, from Latin expugnō (“to take by storm”), from ex- + pugnō (“fight”), from pugnus (“fist”).
kasern
From German Kaserne, or alteration of casern under the influence of that German word. In either case, ultimately from French caserne. Doublet of casern.
shtuka
From Russian шту́ка (štúka, “a single copy; thing”). Doublet of shtick.
Corfiot
From Corfu + -iot (after Greek Κυπριώτης (Kypriótis, “Cypriot”)).
nipa
Borrowed from Malay nipah.
From Cocopa ɲipa.
Saqqaq
From the Greenlandic Saqqaq, a settlement in the Avannaata municipality of western Greenland, near which archaeological excavations discovered remains of the eponymous Saqqaq culture.
rationable
From Middle English racionable, a learned borrowing from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis. Doublet of reasonable.
draff
From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.
bosk
From Middle English bosk, busk, variants of bush (“grove, wood; thicket, underbrush; bush; branch of a shrub or tree”), from Old English *busc (attested only in place names), likely from Anglo-Latin bosca (“firewood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus, boscus (“wood; woodland”), from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, grow, appear”).
The English word is cognate with Dalmatian buasc (“forest; wood”), French bois (“wood (material); wood, woodland”), Italian bosco (“wood (wooded area)”), Sicilian voscu (“wood”), Middle Dutch bosch, busch (modern Dutch bos (“forest; wood”)), Norwegian busk (“bush, shrub”); Occitan boscs, Old High German busk (“bush”) (Middle High German busch, bosch, modern German Busch (“bush, shrub; brush, scrub”)), Portuguese bosque (“grove”), Spanish bosque (“forest”), West Frisian bosk (“forest”).
Doublet of bush.
Alternatively, the modern word may be a back-formation from bosky (“having abundant bushes, shrubs, or trees”).
dentex
Borrowed from translingual Dentex, from Latin dentex, from Latin dēns (“tooth”). Further from Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.
buisine
Learned borrowing from Old French buisine, busine (an earlier, Middle English-era borrowing bosyne did not survive into modern English), from Latin būcina. Doublet of buccina and posaune.
unlaw
From Middle English unlawe, unlaȝ, unlage, from Old English unlagu (“violation of law, illegality, injustice, lawlessness”), equivalent to un- (“lack or absence of”) + law.
cajuput oil
From the Malay name of the tree, kayu putih (“white wood”).
naprapathy
From Czech náprava (“correction”) + -pathy, coined in the early 1900s by Doctor Oakley Garfield Smith.
derris
From New Latin and translingual Derris, from Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “leather, skin”), referring to the leathery pods, from δέρω (dérō, “I skin, I flay”).
perstringe
From Latin perstringere, from per- + stringere (“to tie, bind”).
vastity
From vast + -ity, from Middle French vastité or its source, Latin vastitas. Compare Middle English wastite.
epicurism
From Latin Epicurismus, from Epicurus + -ismus (“-ism”). Equivalent to epicure + -ism.
thermobaric
From thermo- + baric, derived from the Ancient Greek words for “heat” and “pressure”: θερμοβαρικός (thermobarikós), from θερμός (thermós, “hot”) + βάρος (báros, “weight, pressure”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
karahi
Borrowed from Hindi कड़ाही (kaṛāhī). Cognate with Bengali কড়াই (koṛai).
entrechat
Borrowed from French entrechat, from Italian (capriola) intrecciata (“interlaced jump”), from in- + treccia (“plait”).
euhemerism
From Euhemerus + -ism, ultimately from Latin Euhēmerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
euhemeristic
From euhemerist + -ic, from euhemerism, from Latin Euhemerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
euhemerist
From euhemerism + -ist, from Latin Euhemerus, from Ancient Greek Εὐήμερος (Euḗmeros), an ancient Greek Sicilian Skeptic who proposed most or all mythology derived from historical figures and natural events which received supernatural characteristics only through retelling.
bonbonne
Borrowed from French bonbonne f, from Occitan boumbouno m [from boumbo + -ouno, ultimately from Latin bombus and -ōnem], made feminine in French under the influence of French bonne (unrelated), and with change of bomb- to bonb- under the influence of French bonbon (also unrelated). Although less common in French, the spelling bombonne more accurately reflects the Latin bomb- root.
Serbin
Both from French Serbin and Russian Сербин (Serbin), both meaning "Serb". It is also an Americanized spelling of the Spanish surname Servin.
shikimic
From Japanese 樒 (shikimi, “star anise”) + -ic.
ailuro-
From Ancient Greek αἴλουρος (aílouros, “cat”). By surface analysis, ailur- + -o-.
Navi Mumbai
Borrowed from Marathi नवी मुंबई (navī mumbaī).
buccula
Learned borrowing from Latin buccula. By surface analysis, bucc(a) + -ula.
kashida
Borrowed from Classical Persian کَشِیدَه (kašīda).
togarashi
Borrowed from Japanese 唐辛子 (tōgarashi), Japanese for the genus Capsicum, or specifically the species Capsicum annuum, and commonly translated as “chili pepper”.
phoresis
From Ancient Greek φόρεσις (phóresis, “the act of bearing”), from φορέω (phoréō, “I bear”).
owndom
From own + -dom, a calque of German Eigentum (“property”), from eigen (“own”) + -tum (“-dom”). Compare Saterland Frisian Oaindum (“property, possession”), Dutch eigendom, West Frisian eigendom.
washlet
From a trademark registered by Japanese company Toto Ltd. Re-borrowed from Japanese ウォシュレット (woshuretto). Blend of wash + toilet, or wash + -let.
forworn
Past participle of forwear (“to wear out”), from Middle English forweren (“to wear out”), equivalent to for- + worn. Compare Middle English forwerd, forwered (“forworn”), Old English forwered, forwerod, forweren, forweoron, forworen (“worn out, decrepit”).
meaningly
From Middle English meningli, menyngli, equivalent to meaning + -ly.
clap skate
From clap + skate, calque of Dutch klapschaats.
Helmand
Borrowed from Pashto هلمند (Helmand) or Persian هلمند (helmand), ultimately from Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬎𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬝 (haētumant̰, literally “with dams”).
piner
Apparently from Middle Dutch piner, pijner (Dutch pijnder), from pinen, pijnen (“to labour, toil”).
Visakhapatnam
Borrowed from Telugu విశాఖపట్నం (viśākhapaṭnaṁ).
Howrah
Borrowed from Bengali হাওড়া (haōṛa). The name would later be used for a property in Tasmania, Australia, which in turn inspired the name of the suburb in Hobart.
constuprate
Borrowed from Latin constuprātus, perfect passive participle of constuprō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + stuprum (“dishonor, shame”) + -ō.
inapprehensible
Either from the Late Latin inapprehensibilis or formed in English as in- + apprehensible.
Kohistan
Borrowed from Urdu کوہستان, ultimately from Classical Persian کوهستان (kōhistān, “mountainous area”).
BL
From Japanese BL(ビーエル) (bīeru), from ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), from English boys + love.
Pichilemu
From Spanish Pichilemu, from Mapudungun pichi (“little”) + lemu (“forest”).