MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Onstad
Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (“farmstead”); for example, Augunarstaðir (“Auðun's farm”), from auðr (“wealth”) + un (“friend”) (see vinr) + staðr.
O'Riordan
Borrowed from Irish Ó Ríoghbhárdáin.
McAloon
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Giolla Eóin (“son of the servant of (Saint) John”).
Winkley
Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Lancashire, from an unclear first element + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). The surname could also derive from the village of Winksley, in North Yorkshire.
Wombourne
From Old English, recorded as Wamburne 1086 (Domesday Book); also spelt Wombourn until the 20th century. Possibly from wamb + burne (river).
Hambridge
Perhaps from Old English hān (“projecting stone”) + bryċġ (“bridge”).
Bisel
Borrowed from French Bisel, possibly a habitational surname from Alsace.
Aslanian
Borrowed from Armenian Ասլանյան (Aslanyan).
Ureta
Borrowed from Spanish Ureta, itself from a Basque toponym.
Belux
From Dutch Belux and French Belux, from the first syllables of Belgium and Luxembourg.
exeunt omnes
From Latin exeunt omnēs (“they all exit; exit all”).
zygomaxillare
From zygo- + Latin maxillāris, from maxilla (“jawbone, jaw”).
jamber
From jambeau? Or from Middle English jaumber? Compare lamboy(s).
Waichow
From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 惠州 (wai⁶ zau¹).
haafu
From Japanese ハーフ (hāfu, “mixed-race (unspecified)”), from English half. Doublet of half.
Boca Chica
From Spanish Boca Chica.
* (Rio Grande River): From the low flow of the river at its delta on the Gulf of Mexico, which can completely dry up.
Shahjahanabad
Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهجهانآباد (šāhjahānābād, literally “City of the King of the World”). Named after Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I (1592–1666), who had it built.
Boca Raton
From Bocaratone, from Boca Ratone Lagoon, from Spanish Boca de Ratones, from boca + ratone.
Though named after Boca de Ratones, that region is actually in Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA; not Palm Beach County. Later English cartographers replaced the Spanish location at Rio Seco (“Dry River”) with Boca Ratone Sounde, where a lagoon was located, now called Lake Boca Raton.
The original Boca de Ratones on Biscayne Bay, was an inlet (“boca”) with a rocky bottom, that would grind (“ratonar”) mooring lines.
The city of Boca Raton has a folk etymology, relating the name as "Rat's Mouth", where ratón (“mouse”) is mistaken for rata (“rat”), and boca is "mouth". This pertains to the local belief that the area hosted a pirate's lair (rats' lair), leading the city to have a pirate ship on the city seal (“coat of arms”).
Wilensky
Variant of Wilenski, from Polish Wileński, from wileński (“Vilnian”).
cleistocarp
From Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”) + -carp.
Barch
* As a north/Low German surname, from the Low German form of Berg (“hill, mountain”), compare Barg.
* As an Hungarian surname, from the personal name Barcs.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Bartsch, or the related Czech Barč.
septenar
From Classical Latin septēnārius; compare -ar. By surface analysis, septen- + -ar. Doublet of septenarius and septenary.
Pastorius
Latinized form of German Schäfer (“shepherd”), from Latin pāstor (“shepherd”).
McMurphy
Anglicized spelling of Irish Mac Murchadha (“son of Murchadh”), a personal name composed of the elements muir (“sea”) + cath (“battle”).
corrugator cutis ani
Borrowed from New Latin corrūgātor cutis ānī (“wrinkler of the skin of the anus”).
impudic
Borrowed from French impudique. Equivalent to im- + pudic.
Fabro
Borrowed from Italian Fabro, but also a variant of the Tagalog surname Fabros.
Chittick
Nickname from a diminutive of Middle English chitte (“cub, whelp”), probably used as a term of endearment.
Caras
* As a Greek surname, variant of Karas. Compare also Carras.
* Also as a Greek surname, from the personal name Kyriakos, see also Kyriacou.
* As a Romanian surname, from caras (“crucian carp”), see Karas.
* As a Jewish surname of Slavic (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene), variant of Karas.
* As a Polish (Karaś), Hungarian (Kárász) and Jewish surname, from the "carp" sense above.
Margulies
From the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of Hebrew מרגליות.
Penicuik
From Cumbric *penn (“head, top, summit”) + Cumbric *ı (“(of) the”) + Cumbric *cog (“cuckoo”).
Anking
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng), from before the modern palatalization of [kʰ] to [t͡ɕʰ].
An-ch'ing
From Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-chʻing⁴.
Dandong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 丹東 /丹东 (Dāndōng).
Yingkou
Borrowed from Mandarin 營口 /营口 (Yíngkǒu).
Ngari
From Tibetan མངའ་རིས (mnga' ris).
Nyingchi
From Tibetan ཉིང་ཁྲི (nying khri).
Chamdo
From Tibetan ཆབ་མདོ (chab mdo).
Changle
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 長樂 /长乐 (Chánglè).
Lukang
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鹿港 (Lùgǎng) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-kang³; internationally conventional translation.
landsleit
From Yiddish לאַנדסלײַט (landslayt). See לאַנד (land) and לײַט (layt).
Butala
Borrowed both from Slovene Butala, Gujarati બુટાલા (buṭālā), or Telugu బూతల (būtala).
Orrick
From the Old English personal name Ordric, composed of ord (“point of a sword or spear”) + rīc (“power”).
Tursunay
Borrowed from Uyghur تۇرسۇناي (tursunay).
Gulzira
Borrowed from Kazakh Гүлзира (Gülzira).
Auelkhan
From Kazakh Әуелхан (Äuelxan, male given name), consisting of әуел (äuel, “first”) + хан (xan, “khan, ruler”), and various surnames derived therefrom, including Әуелханов m (Äuelxanov), Әуелханова f (Äuelxanova), and the patronymics Әуелханұлы m (Äuelxanūly), Әуелханқызы f (Äuelxanqyzy). Compare the Russian borrowed form Ауельхан (Aujelʹxan), etc.
quadragenary
From Latin quadrāgēnārius (“containing 40”), either directly or via French quadragénaire, from Latin quadrāgēnus (“40 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from quadrāgintā (“four tens, forty”). Cognate with quadragenarian, quadragenarious, and quadragene.
elbow mentality
Calque of German Ellbogenmentalität or Ellenbogenmentalität, from Ellbogen / Ellenbogen (“elbow”) + Mentalität (“mentality”).
Yarlung Tsangpo
Borrowed from Tibetan ཡར་ཀླུངས་གཙང་པོ (yar klungs gtsang po).
Herard
Borrowed from French Hérard. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Hengchun
From the Mandarin 恆春 /恒春 (Héngchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hêng²-chʻun¹.
Eslava
Borrowed from Spanish Eslava, itself from the Basque toponym Eslaba.
Antung
From the Postal Map romanization of Mandarin 安東／安东 (Āndōng).
McEnery
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Innéirghe (“son of Innéirghe”), a personal name apparently derived from éirghe (“rising, rise”).
clubstart
From Middle English clopstert (“ermine, stoat”), from clubbe (“club”) + stert (“tail”). More at clubster.
clubster
Alteration of clubstart, from Middle English clopstert (“ermine, stoat”), from clubbe (“club”) + stert (“tail”).
Fusan
Borrowed from Japanese 釜(ふ)山(さん) (Fusan).
coadjute
From co- + adjute, on the type of an assumed Latin *coadjūtō.
Tunxi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 屯溪 (Túnxī).
Chia-i
From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-i⁴.
wiliwili
From Hawaiian wiliwili (literally “repeatedly twisted”), in reference to the dehiscing seed pods.
Gyantse
From Tibetan རྒྱལ་རྩེ (rgyal rtse).
Pakhoi
From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 北海 (bak¹ hoi²).
Hoihow
From the Postal Romanization from Cantonese 海口 (hoi² hau²).
Kongmoon
From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 江門 /江门 (gong¹ mun⁴).
Xinhui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 新會 /新会 (Xīnhuì).
Shumchun
From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 深圳 (sam1 zan3).
Nan-t'ou
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 南投 (Nántóu) Wade-Giles romanization: Nan²-tʻou².
torta ahogada
From Spanish torta ahogada, literally "drowned sandwich", referring to the sauce.
scalid
From Ancient Greek σκαλιδον (skalidon, “hoe”).
Tawe-Uchaf
From the River Tawe + Welsh uchaf.
Kiangyin
The postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 江陰／江阴 (Jiāngyīn).
Paoting
Borrowed from Mandarin 保定 (Bǎodìng).
Borrowed from Mandarin 保亭 (Bǎotíng).
Stefanko
Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Стефанко (Stefanko).
Advani
Borrowed from Sindhi آڏِوَاڻِي (āḏioāṇī)/आडवाणी / 𑊱𑋈𑋛𑋠𑋌𑋢 (āḍavāṇī). Cognate with Hindi आडवाणी (āḍvāṇī) and Gujarati અડવાણી (aḍavāṇī).
Baller
A variant of the English surname Ball, with a suffix -er. Also borrowed from German Baller.
T'ai-nan
From Mandarin 臺南 /台南 (Táinán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-nan².
Valko
Borrowed from Russian or Ukrainian Валько (Valʹko). It could also be from Hungarian Valkó, a pet form of the personal name Valér.
Siqueiros
Borrowed from Spanish Siqueiros, a Galician habitational surname derived from sequeiro (“arid land”).
Leza
Borrowed from Spanish Leza, a habitational surname from Basque.
Bethuel
From Hebrew בְּתוּאֵל (Be-tuw-él).
Shri
From Sanskrit श्री (śrī), possibly through a modern Indian language. Compare Bengali শ্রী (sri), Gujarati શ્રી (śrī), Tamil ஶ்ரீ (śrī), Hindi, Nepali, and Marathi श्री (śrī), Malayalam ശ്രീ (śrī).
Wulong
From the Mandarin 武隆 (Wǔlóng).
Willamette
From a French adaptation of the name of a Clackamas village on the river. The Clackamas spoke a Wasco-Wishram dialect.
Yingkow
The postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 營口／营口 (Yíngkǒu).
McNeese
Anglicization of Irish Mac Naoise, a patronymic from a shortened form of Aonghas (“Angus”).
Wu Han
Borrowed from Mandarin 武漢／武汉 (Wǔ Hàn).
Shasi
Borrowed from Mandarin 沙市 (Shāshì).
alastor
From Ancient Greek ἀλάστωρ (alástōr).
From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, Alastair, from Old Irish Alaxander.
Paotow
Borrowed from Mandarin 包頭／包头 (Bāotóu).
Kweisui
Borrowed from Mandarin 歸綏／归绥 (Guīsuí).
Amarelle
From German Amarelle, from Medieval Latin amārellum, from Latin amārus (“bitter, sour”) + -ellum (diminutive suffix).
cricoarytenoideus
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek κρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)bor.
Latin cricoīdēs
Ancient Greek ἀ̆ρῠ́ω (ărŭ́ō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠτήρ (ărŭtḗr)
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Ancient Greek -νος (-nos)
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.
Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)
Ancient Greek -ῐνᾰ (-ĭnă)der.
Ancient Greek -αινᾰ (-aină)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠ́ταινᾰ (ărŭ́taină)
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)
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Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
Proto-Italic *-ejos
Proto-Italic *-eos
Latin -eus
Latin cricoarytēnoīdeusbor.
English cricoarytenoideus
Borrowed from Latin cricoarytēnoīdeus, clipping of musculus cricoarytēnoīdeus (“cricoarytenoid muscle”).
coenoby
From Middle English cenobies pl, from Late Latin coenobium. Doublet of coenobium.
Launius
Borrowed from Lithuanian Launius, perhaps a nickname derived from launys (“hornless”).
Brusselization
From Brussels + -isation (possibly a calque of French bruxellisation), in reference to the uncontrolled development of Brussels in the 1960s and 1970s, that resulted from a lack of zoning regulations and the city authorities' laissez-faire approach to city planning.
Jinzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 金州 (Jīnzhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 錦州 /锦州 (Jǐnzhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 晉州 /晋州 (Jìnzhōu).
Chinchow
Borrowed from Mandarin 錦州／锦州 (Jǐnzhōu).
Hailar
From Mongolian Хайлаар (Xajlaar)/ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠯᠠᠷ (qayilar).
avouterer
From Middle English avounterer, avouterer, avoutrer(e), avowterer, avowtreer, avowtrer(e), awowterer, from Old French avoutrier, from Latin adulterō or adulter, noun use of an adjective.
Ekdahl
Borrowed from Swedish Ekdahl, from ek (“oak”) + dahl (“valley”).
poitrel
From Middle English: the form poitral is from central/Parisian French poitrel, "introduced into English apparently by Caxton"; the older form peitral (Middle English peitrel, paytrel, etc) was borrowed from Anglo-Norman peitral; both are from Old French poitral (modern French poitrail).
psephite
From Ancient Greek ψῆφος (psêphos, “pebble”) + -ite.
Mazhabi
From Persian مَذهَبی (mazhabi, “religious”), probably via Punjabi ਮਜ਼੍ਹਬੀ (mazhbī). Doublet of madhhabi.
Kaesong
Borrowed from Korean 개성(開城) (Gaeseong).
Sinuiju
Borrowed from Korean 신의주(新義州) (sinuiju).
Toishan
Borrowed from Cantonese 臺山 /台山 (toi⁴ saan¹).
Huettl
Borrowed from German Hüttl, diminutive of Hütt.
Chengchow
Borrowed from Mandarin 鄭州／郑州 (Zhèngzhōu).
Tanggu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 塘沽 (Tánggū).
Tangku
Borrowed from Mandarin 塘沽 (Tánggū).
Choquet
Borrowed from French Choquet, itself from Picard Choquet.
Hormozgan
Borrowed from Persian هرمزگان (hormozgân), from هرمز (hormoz, “Hormuz”) + ـگان (-gân). The province is located along the Strait of Hormuz.
T'ang-ku
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 塘沽 (Tánggū), Wade-Giles romanization: Tʻang²-ku¹.
Scibilia
Borrowed from Italian Scibilia, from Sicilian Xibilia (or nowadays Scibbilia).
Sanshui
Borrowed from Mandarin 三水 (Sānshuǐ, literally “three waters”).
Samshui
From the Postal Romanization of Cantonese 三水 (saam¹ seoi²), when the initial of the second syllable was still [ɕ] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Wuchow
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 梧州 (Wúzhōu).
Shiuhing
From the Postal Romanization borrowed from Cantonese 肇慶 (siu6 hing3).
Zhaoqing
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 肇慶 /肇庆 (Zhàoqìng).
Wanhsien
Borrowed from Mandarin 萬縣／万县 (Wànxiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Wan⁴-hsien⁴.
Wanzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 萬州 /万州 (Wànzhōu).
Tongzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).
levator anguli oris
Borrowed from New Latin levātor angulī ōris (“lifter of the angle of the mouth”).
Dagen
Borrowed/Americanized from German Dagen, variant of Degen.
Lu-kang
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 鹿港 (Lùgǎng) Wade-Giles romanization: Lu⁴-kang³.
Manchouli
Borrowed from Mandarin 滿洲里 (Mǎnzhōulǐ).
P'eng-hu
From Mandarin 澎湖 (Pénghú) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻêng²-hu².
Yun-lin
From Mandarin 雲林 /云林 (Yúnlín) Wade–Giles romanization: Yün²-lin².
Chang-hua
From Mandarin 彰化 (Zhānghuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Chang¹-hua⁴.
Rodnover
A calque of Russian роднове́р (rodnovér) with the suffix -er, derived from Russian род (rod, “tribe, origin”) + Russian вера (vera, “faith”).
Daensism
Learned borrowing from Dutch daensisme, named after Belgian priest and politician Adolf Daens.
tryzub
Borrowed from Ukrainian тризу́б (tryzúb, “trident”), from три (try, “three”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + зуб (zub, “tooth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth; peg”)). See three, comb.
Tunhwang
Borrowed from Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng).
Kweiyang
Borrowed from Mandarin 貴陽／贵阳 (Guìyáng).
Liuchow
Borrowed from Mandarin 柳州 (Liǔzhōu).
Guiping
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 桂平 (Guìpíng).
Harroun
Borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), a male given name.
Livas
Borrowed from Spanish and Catalan Livas. It can be also from Greek Λίβας (Lívas).
Siangtan
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 湘潭 (Xiāngtán).
Zhuzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 株洲 (Zhūzhōu).
Koetter
Occupational surname, borrowed from German Kötter (“tenant, cotter”).
Kaeser
Occupational surname, borrowed from German Käser (“maker or seller of cheese”).
Nantung
Borrowed from Mandarin 南通 (Nántōng).
Tunhuang
Borrowed from Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng); Wade–Giles romanization: Tun¹-huang².
Nan'ao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南澳 (Nán'ào).
Luntai
From the Mandarin 輪臺 /輪台 /轮台 (Lúntái).
Dzingel
Unclear. Perhaps a variant of Dziengiel / Dzięgiel, from Polish dzięgiel (“angelica”).
Kharbin
Borrowed from Russian Харбин (Xarbin, “Harbin”).
linnow
Uncertain; perhaps from West Midland Middle English lengh, lenghe (“length”), with vocalisation of final /x/ and the original meaning being "lengthy, slender", though some trace of both the formal and semantic development would be expected already in Middle English.
in limine
Unadapted borrowing from Latin in līmine (literally “in the threshold”).
Fosbury
Inherited from Middle English Forstebury, from Old English *Forstabyriġ, dative of *Forstaburh, from forst (frost) + burh (“fort”).
Staddon
Habitational surname from any of various minor places in Devon and Somerset, from Old English stōd (“stud, stallion”) + dūn (“hill”).
Big Mike
Calque of French Gros Michel; from gros (“big”) + Michel (“Michael”)
levator veli palatini
Borrowed from New Latin levātor vēlī palātīnī (“lifter of the palatine veil”).
maschalagnia
From maschal- (“armpit”) + -lagnia (“sexual attraction to”), from Ancient Greek μασχάλη (maskhálē, “armpit”).
Yueyang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 岳陽 /岳阳 (Yuèyáng).
depressor septi nasi
Borrowed from New Latin dēpressor sēptī nāsī (“depressor of the septum of the nose”).
Yochow
Borrowed from Mandarin 岳州 (Yuèzhōu), possibly through Nanjing Mandarin.
Kangting
Borrowed from Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).
Tefera
Borrowed from Amharic ተፈራ (täfära).
Luding
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 瀘定／泸定 (Lúdìng).
situal
From Medieval Latin situalis, from situs (“site”) + -alis (“-al”).
kylym
Borrowing of Ukrainian килим (kylym), influenced by English kilim.
Chicxulub
From Yucatec Maya ch’ik (“flea”) + Yucatec Maya xulub (“devil, demon”) — "devil's flea".
Hepu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 合浦 (Hépǔ).
Chungshan
Borrowed from Mandarin 中山 (Zhōngshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Chung¹-shan¹. Chungshan is also a romanization of Cantonese 中山 (zung1 saan1), the name of the city in Guangdong, China, and it coincides with its Mandarin romanization of Chungshan.
Heungshan
Borrowed from Cantonese 香山 (hoeng1 saan1), the former name of Zhongshan.
Jingjiang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 靖江 (Jìngjiāng).
veesick
Ultimately from Old Norse vísa (“verse, strophe, stanza”) (perhaps via Norn [Term?]), whence also Danish vise (“song, ballad, ditty”).
Baise
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 百色 (Bǎisè).
Kweiping
Borrowed from Mandarin 桂平 (Guìpíng).
Rufford
From Old English rūh (“rough”) + ford (“ford”); compare the doublet Rufforth.
Tonghua
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通化 (Tōnghuà).
Bocock
From the Middle English personal name Bawcock, a pet form of Baldwin.
Warby
Perhaps from Old Norse vǫrðr (“warden, watcher”) + býr (“farmstead”).
Hanzhong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漢中 /汉中 (Hànzhōng).
Mengtsz
Borrowed from Mandarin 蒙自 (Méngzì).
Gejiu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 箇舊 /个旧 (Gèjiù).
Kochiu
Borrowed from Mandarin 箇舊／个旧 (Gèjiù).
Shiukwan
Borrowed from Cantonese 韶關 /韶关 (siu4 gwaan1).
Sivas
From Turkish Sivas and Ottoman Turkish سیواس (Sivas), from Byzantine Greek Σεβάστεια (Sebásteia), from Ancient Greek Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from σεβαστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) used as a calque of Latin Augustus. Doublet of Sebastia.
catamountain
From Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English catte of the mountayne, cate of þe mounttaynne (“leopard, panther”).
Zelazny
Borrowed from Polish Żelazny, from żelazny (“iron”).
brismak
Ultimately from Old Norse brosma, compare dialectal Norwegian bresma; ultimately related to English bream, which see for more.
Kravets
From Ukrainian кравець (kravecʹ, “tailor”), Belarusian кравец (kravjec, “tailor”), Slovak kravec (“tailor”), or Polish krawiec (“tailor”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kravьcь.
Lobban
Scottish habitational surname, probably from Scottish Gaelic làban (“muddy place”).
Manseau
Borrowed from French Manseau, a habitational surname for someone from Le Mans.
longus capitis
Borrowed from New Latin longus capitis, clipping of musculus longus capitis (“long muscle of the head”).
Moukden
Borrowed from Manchu ᠮᡠᡴ᠋ᡩᡝᠨ (mukden, “Shenyang”).
Hanchung
Borrowed from Mandarin 漢中／汉中 (Hànzhōng).
Lykoi
From Ancient Greek λύκοι (lúkoi, “wolves”), plural of λῠ́κος (lŭ́kos, “wolf”).
Huchow
Borrowed from Mandarin 湖州 (Húzhōu).
Yadong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 亞東 /亚东 (Yàdōng).
Shaohing
Borrowed from Mandarin 紹興 /绍兴 (Shàoxīng).
Shaohsing
Borrowed from Mandarin 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Shao⁴-hsing¹.
Kanye
Evidently from Igbo Kanye, although inspiration from other African languages may have contributed. The verb is a reference to Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
Herda
Borrowed from Czech Herda, nickname for a clumsy, noisy or loutish person.
Dilly
Borrowed from French Dilly, but also a variant of Dilley.
Parthasarathy
Borrowed from Tamil பார்த்தசாரதி (pārttacārati).
Zavijava
From Arabic زَاوِيَة اَلْعَوَّاء (zāwiya(t) al-ʕawwāʔ, literally “corner of the howling (dog)”).
Sarpanit
From Sumerian 𒇡𒉺𒉌𒌈 (ᵈzar-pa-ni-tum).
Long Sault
From French Long Sault, from Middle French. From being a long (“long”) stretch of sault (“rapids”).
yajnopavita
Borrowed from Sanskrit यज्ञोपवीत (yajñopavīta). Doublet of janeu.
yangtao
From Chinese 楊桃／杨桃 (yángtáo).
yercum
Borrowed from Tamil எருக்கம் (erukkam), combining form of எருக்கு (erukku, “yercum”).
Yquem
Borrowed from French, itself from Occitan Iquem, variant of Eiquem (French: Eyquem), from Latin Achelmus/Aichelmus, ultimately from Germanic.
nisnas
Borrowed from Arabic نِسْنَاس (nisnās) ultimately.
Tungchow
Borrowed from Mandarin 通州 (Tōngzhōu).
Ceatalchioi
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ceatalchioi.
Great Orme
From Old Norse ormr. The Little Orme is another hill and headland east of Llandudno.
Liaoyang
Borrowed from Mandarin 遼陽 /辽阳 (Liáoyáng).
novemfid
From Latin novemfidus, from novem (“nine”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”).
Khao Manee
From Thai ขาว (kǎao, “white”) + มณี (má-nii, “gem”).
Suphalak
Borrowed from Thai ศุภลักษณ์ (sùp-pá-lák), ultimately from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha, “auspicious”) + लक्षण (lakṣaṇa, “feature”).
Artagnan
From French Artagnan, from Latin Artanius, from Transalpine Gaulish artos (“ursine bear”)+-anum.
Jinghong
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 景洪 (Jǐnghóng).
Mangiaracina
Borrowed from Italian Mangiaracina, itself of Sicilian origin.
Krass
* As a German surname, from krass (“extreme, stark”).
* Also as a south German surname (Kräss), variant of Kress, itself converged from several origins such as variations of the name Christian, and the obsolete Middle High German kresse (“gudgeon”).
Lemcke
Borrowed from German Lemcke, a variant of Lemke.
Peterka
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak, and Slovene Peterka, from a derivative of the name Peter.
Peretz
Borrowed from Hebrew פֶּרֶץ (pérets).
circumpunct
From Latin circum (“around”) + Latin pūnctum (“point”).
Nakh
An exonym of Nakh origin given by Russian ethnographers, derived from [script needed] (nakh, “people”). Compare Chechen нохчи (noxči). More at Nakh.
cwierc
Borrowed from Polish ćwierć. Doublet of tchetvert.
Conestoga
From Susquehannock kanahstó:ke (the name of a settlement, now Conestoga, Pennsylvania). According to Mithun, British colonists based the name on the Mohawk word tekanastoge (“place of the upright pole”). It may also be the anglicized form of Gandastogue, which may have been close to what the Susquehannock called themselves.
chartophylax
From Ancient Greek χαρτοφύλαξ (khartophúlax).
chandala
From Sanskrit चण्डाल (caṇḍāla) or चाण्डाल (cāṇḍāla).
Ostroff
* As a Jewish surname, Westernized from Ostrov.
* As a Jewish and Slavic surname of Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian origin, shortened from Ostrovsky.
chadacryst
From Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō, “to contain”) (perhaps from the aorist stem χᾰ́δ-) + -cryst, or directly from the Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος (krústallos).
captivatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin captīvātrīx. By surface analysis, captivate + -trix.
Topraisar
Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Topraisar.
Bashandy
From Coptic ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛϯ (pašonti).