MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Amur
Borrowed from Russian Аму́р (Amúr), from an Evenki language such as Solon amur (“river”). Doublet of amur.
Borrowed from Russian аму́р (amúr), from an Ewenic language such as Solon amur (“river”). Doublet of Amur.
Forbidden City
Calque of Chinese 紫禁城 (Zǐjìnchéng, literally “Purple Forbidden City”, or “Imperial Forbidden City”).
Dmitry
From Russian Дми́трий (Dmítrij), from Byzantine Greek Δημήτριος (Dēmḗtrios), from Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr, “Demeter”) + -ιος (-ios, “pertaining to”). Doublet of Demetrius, Dimitri, and Dimitris.
endorheic
PIE word
 *h₁én
From English endo- (prefix meaning ‘internal, inside, within’) + Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, gush, stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”)) + English -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining’ to forming adjectives).
berbere
From Amharic በርበሬ (bärbäre) and/or Tigrinya በርበረ (bärbärä).
Copt
Borrowed from French copte, from Arabic قُبْط (qubṭ, “Copts”), from Coptic ⲅⲩⲡⲧⲓⲟⲥ (guptios, “Egyptian”), ⲕⲩⲡⲧⲁⲓⲟⲥ (kuptaios, “Egyptian”), from Late Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios), from earlier Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos), from Egyptian Hwt-t:O1-kA:Z1-p:t-H-A40 (ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ, “Egypt; temple of Ptah's ka”). Doublet of Gypsy. More at Egypt.
Elymus
Borrowed from Latin Elymus, from Ancient Greek Ἔλυμος (Élumos).
hent
From Middle English henten (also hynten, hinten > English hint), from Old English hentan (“to pursue, chase after, seize, arrest, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hantijan, from Proto-Germanic *hantijaną (“to seize”), related to Icelandic henta (“to suit, beseem”), Old English huntian (“to hunt”), Old High German hunda (“spoils, booty”).
one should be so lucky
Calque of Yiddish מען זאָל זיין אזוי מזלדיק (men zol zeyn azoy mazldik, “one should be so lucky”)
paten
From Middle English patene, from Old French patene, from Latin patina, from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē). Doublet of patina, patine, and patena.
strobilus
Borrowed from Late Latin strobīlus (“pine cone”), borrowed from Ancient Greek στρόβῑλος (stróbīlos, “twisted object, pine cone”), from στρόβος (stróbos, “whirl”). According to Liddell and Scott, 8th ed. 1882: of various meanings such as a pine-cone, something screwed up into a lump like a pine-cone, a pine tree and more.
farinose
Borrowed from Late Latin farīnōsus, from Latin farīna. By surface analysis, farin(a) + -ose.
Winona
From Dakota winúŋna (“firstborn daughter”). While not originally used as a personal name by the Dakota, it has been adopted as such by English speakers.
John Koontz suggested that the name was a compound of wi- (“female”) + no (“first”) + -na (a diminutive suffix) and thus a reflex of Proto-Siouan *rǫ/*nǫ (“one”). That root is otherwise unattested in the Sioux languages, which use reflexes of *wį(y)ą (“one”) instead, and a more prosaic analysis identifies the first elements of the name with winyan (“woman”).
Allegra
Borrowed from Italian allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.
luciferous
Borrowed from Latin lucifer (“light-bearing”) (from lux, lucis (“light”)) + the suffix -ous.
senpai
Borrowed from Japanese 先(せん)輩(ぱい) (senpai). Doublet of sunbae.
tystie
As the term was originally used in the Scottish Isles, particularly the Shetlands, it probably derives from Norn tåisti, from Old Norse þeisti. Compare with Norwegian Nynorsk teist.
aphagia
Coined based on Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + φάγος (phágos, “glutton”) + -ία (-ía).
aphakia
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, privative prefix) + φᾰκός (phăkós, “lentil”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, noun suffix). Equivalent to a- + phakia.
aphronia
From Ancient Greek ἄφρων (áphrōn, “silly, foolish”).
arcanist
From arcane + -ist; in the sense of a craftsman with secret knowledge about porcelain manufacturing, borrowed from German Arcanist.
asmatographer
From Ancient Greek ᾀσματογράφος (āismatográphos) (from ᾆσμα, -ματ- (āîsma, -mat-, “song, lyric”) + -γράφος (-gráphos, “writing, writer”)) + -er.
mui
Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4).
Borrowed from Cantonese 梅 (mui4). Doublet of Mei.
Ephesus
Borrowed from Latin Ephesus, from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).
Euboea
From Ancient Greek Εὔβοια (Eúboia).
Ayurveda
From Sanskrit आयुर्वेद (āyurveda).
standish
From Middle English standisshe, standys, standyshe, stantif, stantys, staundische, staundys, stauntyff, stauntys, stonndis, stontis, possibly equivalent to stand (noun or verb) + -ish (forms with -f may be substantival uses of Middle English stantif (“standing”)).
haked
From Middle English *haket, from Old English hacod, hæċed (“pike, mullet”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakud, *hakid (“pike”).
Uruk
From Akkadian 𒌷𒀕 (/⁠uruk⁠/), from Sumerian 𒀕 (unug, “abode, site, location, seat, typically in reference to a deity's earthly dwelling”) either as a phonetic alteration of the Sumerian or influenced as a calque translation using Akkadian 𒌷 (/⁠uru⁠/, “city, place of dwelling or collecting under”).
momo
From Tibetan མོག་མོག (mog mog), from Mandarin 饃饃／馍馍 (mómo).
Borrowed from Japanese もも (Momo).
potsticker
From pot + sticker, a calque of Mandarin 鍋貼 /锅贴 (guōtiē), coined by Buwei Yang Chao in 1963, in the fourth edition of the book How to Cook and Eat in Chinese.
Rosalia
Learned borrowing from Latin Rosālia. Doublet of Rosalie.
Sutratman
From Sanskrit सूत्र (sūtra, “thread”) and आत्मन् (ātman, “self”).
subadar
From Hindi सूबेदार (sūbedār) / Urdu صوبدار (sūbadār), and its source, (Indian) Persian صوبهدار (sūbadār), corresponding to صوبه (sūba, “province”) + ـدار (-dār, “in ownership of, in charge of”).
viddy
From Russian ви́деть (vídetʹ, “to see”); originally a fictional slang term used by the droogs in Anthony Burgess's novel, A Clockwork Orange.
catrina
From Spanish Catrina, from an etching titled La Calavera Catrina by Jose Guadalupe Posada that showed a skeleton wearing an elegant, European-style hat.
suji
Borrowed from Hindi सूजी / Urdu سوجی (sūjī).
soopolallie
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon, from soop (“soap”) (from English) + olallie, ollalie (“berry”) (from a Kwak'wala or Chinook word for berries). Compare soapberry.
aandblom
Borrowed from Afrikaans aandblom (“evening flower”), aand (“evening”) + blom (“flower”)
bar mitzvah
From Hebrew בר מצווה / בַּר מִצְוָה (literally “of the age of mitzvah”).
equilibrist
First attested in the mid 18th century. From French équilibriste, from équilibre (“balance”).
kabaragoya
Borrowed from Sinhalese කබරගොයා (kabaragoyā).
kabeljou
Borrowed from Afrikaans kabeljou, from Dutch kabeljauw (“cod”).
kibitka
Borrowed from Russian киби́тка (kibítka); see there for more.
shidduch
Borrowed from Yiddish שידוך (shídekh), deriving from Hebrew שִׁדּוּךְ (shidúkh, “matchmaking”).
xanthelasma
From New Latin xanthelasma, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + ἔλασμα (élasma, “metal plate, foil”).
prefigurate
From Latin praefiguratus. Equivalent to pre- + figurate.
khazi
Variant of carsey, from euphemistic Cockney corruption of Italian casa (“house”), possibly via Polari [Term?] and Sabir [Term?].
Interglossa
From Latin inter- + Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “language”).
kirigami
From Japanese 切り紙 (きりがみ, kirigami), from 切り (きり, kiri, “to cut”) + 紙 (かみ, kami, “paper”).
wahoo
From Creek uhawhu.
From a Dakota word, the first element of which is cognate to Lakota waŋ (“arrow”).
Theravada
Transliteration of Pali theravāda, inherited from Sanskrit स्थविरवाद (sthaviravāda, literally “doctrine of the elders”), from स्थविर (sthavira, “elder”) + वाद (vāda, “doctrine”).
Leander
From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λέων (léōn, “lion”) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).
supa
From some form of Japanese スーパーチャット (sūpā chatto, “superchat”), from English superchat.
ghaffir
From Arabic غَفِير (ḡafīr, “guard, watchman”).
ghawazee
From Arabic غَوَازٍ (ḡawāzin), the plural of غَازِيَة (ḡāziya), the feminine of غَازٍ (ḡāzin, “ghazi, raider, aggressor, conqueror”). The dancers were so called because they were said to "conquer" the hearts of their audience.
pankration
From Ancient Greek παγκράτιον (pankrátion, “all powers”). Doublet of pancratium.
Glosa
Based on Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, mother language”).
palliasse
French French paillasse, from Old French paille (“straw, chaff”), from Latin palea (“chaff”).
Order of Friars Minor
A calque of Medieval Latin Ordo Fratres Minores (“the Order of Lesser Brothers”), chosen by Francis of Assisi to inculcate humility in its members.
frum
Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “pious”). Related to German fromm and Dutch vroom.
* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”)
* As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.
From Yiddish אברם (afrom), from Hebrew אברם from אברהם. Doublet of Abram.
manship
From Middle English manship (“position of honor; respect; courtesy; manly spirit or conduct; humanity; human condition”), from Old English mansċipe (“humanity, courtesy”), equivalent to man + -ship. Cognate with Dutch manschap (“homage, manred, crew”), German Mannschaft (“team, crew, squad, force”), Swedish manskap (“rank, crew”).
caracara
From Spanish caracara or Portuguese carcará, from Tupian, probably imitative.
Romanova
Borrowed from Bulgarian and Russian Романова (Romanova), feminine form of Романов (Romanov).
contubernal
From Latin contubernālis, from contubernium (“companionship in a tent”), from con- + taberna (“a hut, shed, tent”). More at tavern.
gravadlax
Borrowed from Swedish gravad lax (literally “salmon dry-cured in salt and sugar”), from grava and lax.
geitost
Borrowed from Norwegian geitost (“goat cheese”), which is geit (“goat”) + ost (“cheese”), from Old Norse geit + ostr.
tamburello
Borrowed from Italian tamburello (“tambourine”).
Borrowed from Italian Tamburello.
Fabio
Borrowed from Spanish Fabio, Italian Fabio and Portuguese Fábio.
Salopian
From Salop (an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman Salopesberia, from Old English Scrobbesbyrig (“Shropshire”)) + -ian.
glamoury
Borrowed from Scots glamourie (“magic”), alteration of Middle English gramarie (as glamour is of Middle English gramere), from Old French grammaire, Doublet of glamour, gramarye, grammar, and grimoire.
autochthony
From autochthon + -y, calque of German Autochthonie.
NPD
Borrowed from German NPD (“Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands”).
speciosity
From Middle English speciouste (“attractiveness”), from Latin speciōsitās (“beauty”), from speciēs (“appearance”). By surface analysis, speci(ous) + -osity.
cioppino
From Ligurian cioppin, from a Genoese dialect, ciuppin, for a fish stew.
curtate
First attested in 1676; borrowed from Latin curtātus, perfect passive participle of curtō (“to shorten”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
curtation
First attested in 1584; borrowed from New Latin curtātiō, from curtō + -tiō.
Zagros
From Iranian Persian زاگرس (zâgros), which could be related to the name of the Sagartians, an Iranian tribe (from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎥𐎼𐎫 (Asagarta)).
Irvine
Probably from Celtic words cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“green, fresh”) + afon (“water”).
Ehsan
From Persian احسان (ehsân, literally “favor, kindness, beneficence”), from Arabic إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān).
Mei
From Mandarin 美 (měi, “beautiful”), a common Chinese given name among women.
Typically renders the common Chinese surnames Mandarin 梅 (méi, literally “plum”) and Mandarin 枚 (méi, literally “tree trunk”).
From Mandarin 眉 (Méi).
lanier
From late Middle English lainer, lainere, lanyer, from Old French laniere, lasniere (“thong, lash”) (see modern French lanière (“lanyard, strap”)).
From Old French lanier, from laine (“wool”).
malvoisie
From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvasia and Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.
canicule
Borrowed from French canicule, from Latin. Doublet of chenille.
malmsey
Via Middle English malmesye from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν- + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.
cnidocyte
From translingual Cnidaria, from Ancient Greek κνίδη (knídē, “nettle”) + -cyte (“cell type”).
charango
From Spanish charango, onomatopoeic, or perhaps a corruption of charanga.
crumhorn
Borrowed from German Krum(m)horn (literally “bent horn”).
Barlow
From Old English bere (“barley”) + hlǣw (“hill”) or lēah (“wood, clearing”).
hirple
A word of unknown origin, first recorded in Scots sources from the late fifteenth century; but probably from Old Norse herpast (“to suffer from cramp”) the middle voice verb. Compare the Icelandic herpa (“to contract, to draw together”).
tiver
From Middle English *tever, teapor, teafur, from Old English tēafor (“red, red lead, vermilion, purple; a material used in making salve; pigment, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *taubr, from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (“magic, sorcery”). Cognate with Dutch toverij (“sorcery, witchcraft”), German Zauber (“magic”), Icelandic töfrar (“magic, spells”).
From Middle English *teveren, from Old English tēofrian, *tīefran (“to mark in red or purple, colour; depict, portray”), from tēafor as above.
ampelopsis
Borrowed from taxonomic name Ampelopsis, from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “appearance”).
libant
Borrowed from Latin lībāns, present participle of lībō (“to taste, touch”).
janitrix
From Latin iānitrīx. By surface analysis, janitor + -trix.
navigatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin nāvigātrīx. By surface analysis, navigate + -trix.
instructrix
Learned borrowing from Latin īnstrūctrīx. By surface analysis, instruct + -trix.
gemmate
Borrowed from Latin gemmātus, perfect passive participle of gemmō (“to put forth buds”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from gemma (“a bud”).
Armorica
From Latin Armorica (compare Middle English Armorik), from Transalpine Gaulish *Aremorika (“(place) by the sea”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸare- (“in front of”) + *mori (“sea”). Compare Breton war vor, Welsh ar fôr (“on the sea”), and the tribe Morini.
snig
Ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *snigilaz or *snagilaz, whence snail.
systematology
From German Systematologie, from Late Latin systemat-, stem of systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “organised whole, body”); with suffix -logie (“study of”).
somatopleure
From somato- + Ancient Greek πλευρά (pleurá, “side”).
Elche
From Spanish Elche, from Ancient Greek Ἑλίκη (Helíkē, “A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete”). The Spanish city was named after Helike by Greek colonists.
mandem
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole man dem (“men”). Equivalent to man + them.
ptyxis
From New Latin ptyxis, from Ancient Greek πτύξις (ptúxis, “a folding”).
chaparro
From Spanish chaparro.
Borrowed from Spanish Chaparro, from Basque txapar (“plump, chubby”).
malaxate
From Latin malaxātus, perfect passive participle of malaxō (“to knead, malaxate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French malaxer.
orgastic potency
Calque of German orgastische Potenz, coined by Austrian physician Wilhelm Reich.
ostentate
Borrowed from Latin ostentātus, perfect passive participle of ostentō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive from ostendō. Doublet of ostent.
shittah
Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁטָּה (shitá), usually expressed in its plural form שִׁטִּים (shitím).
Procrustes
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προκρούστης (Prokroústēs).
Shuadit
Coined by Zosa Szajkowski, who believed it to be derived from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (y'hudít, “Jewish [language]”), although this has shown to be spurious. The word that he based it on was in fact from Old Occitan chuadit, a manuscript variant of chuadi in a poem written by a non-Jew, and is of unclear meaning.
Bydgoszcz
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.
Swazi
From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.
monochasium
From New Latin monochasium, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”) + χάσις (khásis, “chasm, separation”).
cyme
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₁mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *kūmə
Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă)bor.
Latin cȳma
Old French cime
French cimebor.
English cyme
Borrowed from French cime, cyme (“top, summit”), from Vulgar Latin *cima, from Latin cȳma (“young sprout of a cabbage”, “spring shoots of cabbage”), from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “anything swollen, such as a wave or billow”; “fetus”, “embryo”, “sprout of a plant”), from κύω (kúō, “to conceive”, “to become pregnant”; in the aorist “to impregnate”). For considerably more information, see cyma, which is an etymological doublet. Compare also Frankish *kīmō (“sprout”), from Proto-Germanic *kīmô, whence German Keim (“sprout”).
staminode
From New Latin stāminōdium, from Latin stāmen (“warp, thread”) + Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
memorat
From Latin memorātus, past participle of memorāre (“to bring to remembrance, mention, recount”), from memor (“remembering”); see memory.
cantico
From an south Eastern Algonquian language. Compare a Lenape gen'tke'n ("to sing, dance, etc.") as well as Powhatan kantokan (“dance”) and kantikanti (“dance and sing”).
compaginate
First attested in 1648; borrowed from Late Latin compaginātus, perfect passive participle of compaginō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
nasse
Probably borrowed from Latin nassa, or back-formed from New Latin Nassula
contristate
First attested in 1616; borrowed from Latin contrīstātus, perfect passive participle of contrīstō (“to sadden”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contrist.
costellate
Borrowed from New Latin costellātus, from costella (“small rib”) + -ātus, from costa (“rib”) + -ella (forms diminutives), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Amory
Medieval personal name from Proto-Germanic *amal- (“vigor, bravery”) + *rīks (“ruler”). For the first element, compare *ammōną (“to bother, irritate”).
Kellogg
Anglicized from Irish Ó Ceallaigh. Doublet of Kelly and Callahan.
beclothe
From be- + clothe, perhaps continuing Middle English *beclothen, *beclathen, *beclethen (suggested by Middle English bycladde (“dressed, clad”)), from Old English *beclǣþan, *beclāþian (“to put on clothing, clothe about”), from Proto-West Germanic *biklaiþijan, *biklaiþōn (“to clothe about”). Compare Saterland Frisian bekloodje (“to beclothe”), West Frisian beklaaie (“to beclothe”), Dutch bekleden (“to beclothe”), German Low German bekleden (“to beclothe”), German bekleiden (“to beclothe”), Danish beklæde (“to beclothe”), Swedish bekläda (“to beclothe”).
erme
From Middle English, from ermen, from Old English yrman. See yearn.
poiesis
From Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”). Doublet of poesy.
Megaera
From Ancient Greek Μέγαιρα (Mégaira, “the jealous one”), from μεγαίρω (megaírō, “to grudge, envy”).
pentice
From Middle English pentis, pendize, and other spellings; from Anglo-Norman pentiz, aphetic of Old French apentis (“appendage, attached building”), from Medieval Latin appendicium, from Latin appendo (“to hang”). Doublet of appentice and penthouse.
carnaval
From Spanish carnaval, Portuguese carnaval. Doublet of carnival.
buttonology
From button + -ology. In the sense of pedantic systematization, a calque of Swedish knappologi with the same literal meaning.
predestinate
From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre. By surface analysis, pre- + destinate.
va banque
From French (je) va (la) banque, a call used in the 18th century in games like Rouge et Noir and Faro to announce that one was betting as much money as the bank had, to either win or lose that amount.
stean
From Middle English stene (“waterpot”), from Old English stǣna (“stone jug, a stean, a pot of stone or earth”) and Old English stǣne (“pitcher, jug”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainijā, from Proto-Germanic *stainijǭ (“stonen vessel, crucible”). Cognate with Old High German steinna (“pot, saucepan”). Doublet of stein.
From Middle English stenen, from Old English stǣnan (“to stone, cast stones at; adorn with precious stones”), from Proto-West Germanic *stainijan, from Proto-Germanic *stainijaną (“to adorn with stones”), *stainōną (“to throw stones at”). Cognate with Old High German steinen (“to adorn with stones”), Old High German steinōn (“to throw stones”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (stainjan, “to throw stones at”).
Inherited from Northern Middle English stan, stane (“stone”); thus a dialectal form of stone.
tulpa
Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”).
Anthropos
From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos).
ptochology
From Ancient Greek πτωχός (ptōkhós, “beggar, poor”) + -logy.
trifurcate
From Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”).
firk
From Middle English firken, ferken (“to proceed, hasten”), from Old English fercian (“to bring, assist, support, carry, conduct, convey, proceed”), from Proto-West Germanic *farikōn, frequentative of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to travel, fare”). Akin to Old English faran (“to fare, go”), English fare; if so, equivalent to fare + -k. Cognate with Old High German fuora (“benefit, sustenance, support”), Swabian fergen, ferken (“to bring, dispatch”).
eloquency
From Latin ēloquentia. Doublet of eloquence, via Old French.
Stymphalides
From Latin Stymphālides, from Ancient Greek Στυμφαλίδες ὄρνιθες (Stumphalídes órnithes, “birds of Stymphalus”).
vestigium
Learned borrowing from Latin vestīgium. Doublet of vestige.
provocator
Partly borrowed from Middle French provocateur and its etymon Latin prōvocātor, and partly from provocate + -or. Doublet of provocateur.
book-learned
From Middle English bok-lerned, boke-lornut, equivalent to book + learned.
fleshiness
From Middle English fleshinesse, fleschynes, equivalent to fleshy + -ness.
punctum delens
Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns.
mirmillo
From Latin mirmillō, from Ancient Greek μόρμυλος (mórmulos).
acridology
From Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís) + -logy.
clairaudience
Modelled on clairvoyance; from French clair (“clear”) + French audience (“hearing”).
clairaudient
Modelled on clairvoyant; from French clair (“clear”) + English audient, or, Latin audient(em) (“hearing”).
tugrik
Borrowed from Russian ту́грик (túgrik), from Mongolian ᠲᠥᠭᠥᠷᠢᠭ (tögörig), a semantic loan of Chinese 圓 /圆 (yuán, “circle, round; dollar, silver coin; yuan”).
lustfulness
From Middle English lustfulnesse, from Old English lustfulnes (“desire, pleasure”), equivalent to lustful + -ness.
longness
From Middle English longnesse, from Old English langness (“longness, length”), equivalent to long + -ness.
amel
From Middle English amal, from Old English amell, from Old French esmail.
From Old English amellen, from Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmail (“enamel”).
aposematism
apo- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó, “from, away from”)) + semat(ic) (“acting as a sign of danger”) (from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign, token”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰyeh₂- (“to notice”) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the object or result of an action, or a particular instance of an action)) + -ism. The word aposematic was coined by British evolutionary biologist Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856–1943) in The Colours of Animals (1890).
exsolve
Learned borrowing from Latin exsolvere. Doublet of exolve.
Kadima
Borrowed from Hebrew קדימה (kadíma, literally “forward”).
laniate
First attested in 1721; borrowed from Latin laniātus, perfect passive participle of laniō (“to butcher, tear into pieces”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
triennium
From Latin triennium, from triennis (“3-year”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns).
nobilitate
From Classical Latin nōbilitāt-, past participial stem of nōbilitō. By surface analysis, nobility + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
anekantavada
Borrowed from Sanskrit अनेकान्तवाद (an-ekānta-vāda, “scepticism, non-absolutism”), a compound literally meaning "doctrine of non-exclusivity".
galbanum
From Latin galbanum (“galbanum”), from Ancient Greek χαλβάνη (khalbánē, “galbanum”).
gluteus
From New Latin glūtæus, from Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).