MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
zurna
From Turkish zurna, from Ottoman Turkish زورنا (zurna), from Classical Persian سرنا (surnā); see there for more. Cognate with English horn, Latin cornu (“horn”).
Hammurabi
From Akkadian 𒁹𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉 (/⁠Ḫammurapi⁠/), from Amorite *ʿAmmurāpi, a compound *ʿammu (“father”) + *āpi (“healer”).
Fatah
From Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ), a reverse acronym (meaning literally "conquest, victory or an outcome") for حَرَكَة اَلتَّحْرِير اَلْوَطَنِيّ اَلْفِلَسْطِينِيّ (ḥaraka(t) at-taḥrīr al-waṭaniyy al-filasṭīniyy, “Palestinian National Liberation Movement”).
lymphangitis
From Latin lympha (“lymph”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos, “vessel”) + -itis.
taiji
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 太極／太极 (tàijí).
Shavaughn
A 20th-century phonetic spelling of Irish Siobhán.
zygotene
From French zygotène, corresponding to zygo- (“union, zygosis”, from Ancient Greek ζυγόν (zugón, “junction, yoke”)) + -tene (“filament”, from ταινία (tainía, “band, fillet”)), equivalent to zygote + -tene.
Coined by Victor Grégoire in 1907 and in English by Edmund B. Wilson in 1912.
blutwurst
Borrowed from German Blutwurst, from Blut (“blood”) + Wurst (“sausage”).
abat-voix
Borrowed from French abat-voix, from French abattre (“to beat down”) + voix (“voice”).
recueil
From Middle English recuel, recuyell, recule, from French recueil.
fauvette
Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette, diminutive of fauve (“fawn-coloured”).
naat
From Classical Persian نعت, which is from Arabic نَعْت (naʕt).
eulogia
From Latin eulogia, from Ancient Greek εὐλογῐ́ᾱ (eulogĭ́ā).
From Medieval Latin eulogia, plural of eulogium.
detinue
From late Middle English detenue, from Old French detenue, feminine singular past participle of detenir (“to detain”). See detain.
fuqaha'
From Arabic فُقَهَاء (fuqahāʔ), plural form of فَقِيه (faqīh).
estoc
From French estoc, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn (“to push, thrust”); see there for more. Compare Middle English touk (“a sword”) (whence obsolete English tuck (“rapier, sword”)), Middle English stok(e) (“blow with a sword”) (both probably from Old French estoc).
Bollington
From Middle English Bolin (“River Bollin”) + tūn (“settlement”), 'the settlement on the river Bollin'.
montuous
From Middle English mountuous, from Latin montuōsus, equivalent to mount + -uous.
mensiversary
Blend of Latin mēnsis (“month”) + anniversary, perhaps through French mensiversaire.
trahison des clercs
Borrowed from French trahison des clercs (literally “treason of the clerks”); originally adopted from the title of the French philosopher and novelist Julien Benda’s 1927 book, La Trahison des Clercs (whose first English translation bore the title The Betrayal of the Intellectuals). See too:
"In 1927, the French essayist Julien Benda published his famous attack on the intellectual corruption of the age, La Trahison des Clercs. [He used] “clerc” in “the medieval sense,” i.e., to mean “scribe,” someone we would now call a member of the intelligentsia. Academics and journalists, pundits, moralists, and pontificators of all varieties are in this sense clercs. The “treason” in question was the betrayal by the “clerks” of their vocation as intellectuals."
trilliard
From French trilliard, equivalent to tri- (“three”) + -illiard.
alif
From Arabic أَلِف (ʔalif). Doublet of aleph and alpha.
corrasion
Ultimately from Latin corrasus, past participle of corradere (“to scrape together”), itself from cor- (“form of con- (“together”)”) + radere (“to scratch, scrape”).
Nicaea
From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nice.
vibratiuncle
From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibrātio (“vibration”).
suaviloquent
From Latin suaviloquens (“sweet-spoken, suaviloquent”), from suavis (“sweet”) + loquens (“speaking”).
Ninotsminda
Borrowed from Georgian ნინოწმინდა (ninoc̣minda), named after the nearby church devoted to Saint Nino: წმინდა (c̣minda, “holy”) + ნინო (nino).
Pas-de-Calais
Unadapted borrowing from French Pas de Calais (“Strait of Dover”, literally “strait of Calais”).
commixtion
From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”).
gelotophobia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γέλως (gélōs, “laughter”) + -phobia.
chuiwan
Borrowed from Mandarin 捶丸 (chuíwán, literally “ball-hitting”).
cambuca
From Middle English camboke, from Late Latin cambuca (“hooked rod or stick”) referring to the 'club' used to play the game. Compare cammock.
afference
Adjective form of afferent, from French afférent (“which brings inward”), from Latin afferent-, from afferēns, present participle of afferre (“bring to”), from af- (variant of ad-) + ferre (“bear”). Doublet of afferentia.
grass mud horse
A calque of the Mandarin 草泥馬／草泥马 (cǎonímǎ). See 草泥馬 for more.
regimina
Learned borrowing from Latin regimina, nominative plural form of regimen.
Juno Moneta
From New Latin Juno Moneta, varient of Classical Latin Iūnō Monēta, from Iuno (“Juno”), queen of the Roman gods equated with the Greek Hera, and Moneta, of uncertain etymology. The name has been popularly derived from monēre (“to advise or warn”) since antiquity with reference to various events in Roman legend and history, but modern archeology seems to show the worship of a goddess Moneta elsewhere in Italy prior to her introduction to Rome (cf. evocatio) in 344 BC. The connection to coinage and money derived from her temple's use to house the state mint until a fire around AD 84. Cognate with money and monetary.
sideling
From Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (modern English side + -ling).
From Middle English sideling, sidelinge, equivalent to side + -ling.
Viennois
Borrowed from French Viennois. By surface analysis, Vienne + French -ois.
Eleazar
Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.
Zipporah
From Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (ṣippōrā), a feminization of ציפור / צִפֹּר (ṣippōr, “bird”).
mightly
From Middle English mightli, myȝtly, from Old English mihtelīċ (“possible, able, capable”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtilīk, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilīkaz, *mahtulīkaz, equivalent to might + -ly. Cognate with Swedish maktlig (“powerful”).
From Middle English myghtely, myȝtly, from Old English mihtlīċe, equivalent to might + -ly.
viscounty
From Middle English viscountie, from Middle French viscounté; equivalent to viscount + -y.
hyposmia
From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-, “under”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), equivalent to hypo- + -osmia.
gerah
From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).
throtteen
From Middle English throttene, þreottene, from Old English þrēotīene, þrēotēne. More at thirteen.
Multan
Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁਲਤਾਨ / ملتان (multān), from Saraiki ملتان (multān), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:
* From Sanskrit मुलस्थान (mulasthāna), from मुल (mula, “a Sun deity or an ancient tribe”).
* From Old Persian mulastāna (“frontier land”).
besprinkled
From Middle English by-sprenkled, be-spryngeld, besprengild, equivalent to be- (“on, about, around, upon, all over”) + sprinkled.
eaglewood
From eagle + wood, translating Portuguese pau-d'áquila, or the genus name Aquilaria.
Quebecism
Borrowed from French québécisme; equivalent to Quebec + -ism.
venomosity
Probably from venomous + -ity; compare Middle English venymouste.
Phineas
From Ancient Greek Φινέας (Phinéas), alternative form of Φινεύς (Phineús). See Phineus. Alternative source from Hebrew (פִינְחָס). See Phinehas.
Phinehas
Uncertain. From Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās); further derivation is uncertain. פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās) has been suggested to derive from Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj (literally “the Nubian”), from pꜣ + nḥsj. Alternatively, within Judaism the name has been suggested to be a compound of the elements פה (mouth) and נחש (intuitive knowledge), and so meaning "oracle", but this has been suggested to be an example of folk etymology made after the fact.
sanation
From Middle English sanacion, sanacioun, from Latin sānātiō (“a healing”) and Middle French sanacion.
indign
Borrowed from Middle French indigne, from Latin indignus, from in- (“un-”) + dignus (“worthy, dignified”).
revend
From Old French revendre, from Latin revēndere, from re- (“re-: again, back”) + vēndere (“to sell”). Equivalent to re- + vend.
soup du jour
From French soupe du jour (literally “soup of the day”). See du jour.
binate
From Latin bīnātus, past participle of bīnō (“to binate”), from bīnus (“two each, in pairs”). Equivalent to Latin bīnō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
hypercatalectic
Recorded from circa 1700; from Latin hypercatalēcticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπερκατάληκτος (huperkatálēktos).
enclisis
From Ancient Greek ἔγκλισις (énklisis), from ἐν (en) + κλίσις (klísis).
allostasis
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + στάσις (stásis).
aetheogam
From Ancient Greek ἀήθης (aḗthēs, “unusual”) + γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).
iwis
From Middle English iwis, iwys, ywis (“certain, sure”), from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gawiss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz (“known, certain, sure”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”).
Cognate with Dutch gewis (“sure”), German gewiss (“certain”), Danish vis (“sure”). More at wit, wis.
biot
From French Biot; Named after Jean-Baptiste Biot.
From French Biot.
immarcescible
From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).
aestiferous
From Latin aestus (“heat, tide”) + -ferous (“bearing, bringing”).
dendrolatry
From dendro- + -latry, from Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”) + λατρεία (latreía, “worship”))
dzomo
Borrowed from Tibetan མཛོ་མོ (mdzo mo).
tofore
From Middle English tofore, toforn, from Old English tōforan (“in front of”), from tō (“to”) + foran (“front, fore-part”, n.), dative case of fora (“front”). Compare Dutch tevoren (“previously”), German zuvor (“before, previously”). More at to, fore.
fusome
From Middle English *fussom, equivalent to fouse (eager, ready, brave, noble) + -some.
tapetum
From Latin tapētum. Further from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs). Doublet of tapet.
rough breathing
Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).
hurkle
Etymology tree
Old Norse herpa?
Proto-Germanic *-lōną
Old English -lian
Middle English -elen
Scots -le
Scots hurklebor.
English hurkle
Borrowed from Scots hurkle.
visual kei
From Japanese ヴィジュアル系(けい) (vijuaru-kei, literally “visual style”), composed of ヴィジュアル (vijuaru, “visual”), itself from English visual, and 系 (kei, “style”).
contractant
Borrowed from French contractant (“contracting”), the present participle of contracter (“to contract”). First attested in 1721. By surface analysis, contract + -ant.
birotate
From bi + rotate (“wheel-shaped”), ultimately from Latin rota (“wheel”).
like a hole in one's head
Calque of Yiddish װי אַ לאָך אין קאָפּ (vi a lokh in kop).
shinkansen
From Japanese 新(しん)幹(かん)線(せん) (shinkansen, literally “new trunk line”).
Excalibur
From Middle English Excalaber, from Old French Escalibor, Escaliborc, prothetic form of Calliborc, alteration of Calibourne, from Medieval Latin Caliburnus (Geoffrey of Monmouth, ca. 1136), influenced by calibs (“steel”) (for chalybs), alteration of Old Welsh Caledbulch (compare modern Caledfwlch), compound of caled (“hard”) and bwlch (“cleft, crack”). Related to the Irish legendary sword Caladbolg, literally ‘hard-belly’, i.e. ‘voracious’.
expergefaction
From Latin expergefactiō, from expergefaciō.
Aghvank
Borrowed from Armenian Աղվանք (Aġvankʻ).
blick
From German Blick (“look, glance, twinkle, flash”), from Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, blich, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *blikiz (“shine, appearance, look”), related to *blīkaną.
Cognate with Dutch blik, Danish blik, Icelandic blik (“gleam, sheen”), Old English blice (“sheen, denuded site”).
enchafe
From Middle English enchaufen, a modification of achaufen after the prefix en-.
malengine
From Middle English male engyn, male engyne, from Anglo-Norman mal engin, Middle French mal engin, from mal (“bad, evil”) + engin (“ruse; trickery; deception”).
admirant
From Anglo-Norman and Old French amirant etc. under influence of variants with ad-, Latin admirans (“admiring”), or Spanish almirante (“admiral”), from Medieval Latin amiralis, from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare also Medieval Latin admirandus and Anglo-Norman admirand.
dissimule
Inherited from Middle English dissimulen, from Middle French dissimuler, from Latin dissimulō. Doublet of dissimulate, dissemble, and dissimilate.
Lewi
From Polish Lewi, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (Leví), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Levi.
sweet-and-sour sauce
Calque of Chinese 甜酸醬 /甜酸酱 (tiánsuānjiàng, literally “sweet sour sauce”).
finikin
From Middle Dutch fijnkens (“exactly; precisely”), from fijn (“fine”).
Otomi
Etymology tree
Classical Nahuatl otomitl
Classical Nahuatl otomihbor.
Spanish otomíbor.
English Otomi
Borrowed from Spanish otomí, from Classical Nahuatl otomih, plural of otomitl.
galea aponeurotica
Borrowed from New Latin galea aponeurōtica (“aponeurotic helmet”).
refluent
From Latin refluens, present active participle of refluō (“to flow back”).
obole
Borrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul.
Messine
From French messin. By surface analysis, Metz + -ine.
grith
From Middle English grith, griþ, from Late Old English griþ, from Old Norse grið (“domicile, home”), in the plural with a meaning "truce, peace; sanctuary, asylum".
The English word is attested from the early 11th century, and after the end of the Anglo-Saxon period assumed a meaning of peace in general, especially by association with frith. The word became obsolete by the 16th century, or during the 17th century in Scottish English, but was revived in the context of historical novels in the 19th century.
The verb griþian (“to make peace”) appears in the Laws of Æthelred (Þæt hi Godes cirican æȝhwar ȝeorne griðian and friðian) and in Middle English is attested occasionally during the 13th century.
houser
From Middle English housere, equivalent to house + -er.
Possibly from houser.
* (German): Anglicization of German Hauser
levain
Etymology tree
French levainbor.
English levain
Borrowed from French levain.
mutch
From Middle Dutch mutse, from amutse, from Late Latin almucia (“almuce”). Doublet of almuce.
Mutti
(surname): Of several origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Mutti, perhaps a variant of the surname Muti.
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੁੱਤੀ (muttī), a typical surname of the Kamboh community.
* Borrowed from Bemba Mutti, Muti, from given names, from the Bemba people
statu quo
From Latin statū quō (“(in) the state in which”), from statū, ablative singular of status (“state”), + quō (“in which”), ablative singular of quī (“which”). Likely taken from the earlier in statu quo used in English (see, e.g., the 1857 quotation).
geteld
Learned borrowing from Old English ġeteld (“tent, tabernacle”). Compare teld, tilt.
stooshie
Probably from Scots stooshie, possibly a contraction of English ecstasy. Perhaps related to English stoush.
dromaeognathous
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley: binomial translingual Dromæus (“Dromaius”) (from Ancient Greek δρομαῖος (dromaîos, “swift-running”)) + Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + English -ous, adjectival suffix
Bhagwat
Borrowed from Marathi भागवत (bhāgvat). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
might makes right
Inherited from Middle English might is right, first attested in the 14th century. The concept is expressed by various classical authors; a similar argument is notably attributed to Thrasymachus by Plato in the Republic 340a (in Paul Shorey’s translation, “the advantage of the stronger is just”).
wonderly
From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderlich, from Old English wundorlīċ (“wonderful, miraculous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundralīk, from Proto-Germanic *wundralīkaz, equivalent to wonder + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wunderelk, wunnerelk, West Frisian wûnderlik, Dutch wonderlijk, German Low German wunnerlik, German wunderlich, Swedish underlig, Icelandic undarlegur.
From Middle English wonderly, wonderli, wonderliche, from Old English wundorlīċe, equivalent to wonder + -ly.
skelp
From Middle English skelpen, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from Middle English skelp, from the verb.
woodness
From Middle English woodnesse, wodnesse, from Old English wōdnes, corresponding to wood (“mad, insane”) + -ness.
udarnik
From Russian уда́рник (udárnik), from уда́р (udár, “strike, blow, shock”) + -ник (-nik).
nag champa
From Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “cobra”), in this context "breath, spirit," + चंपा (caṃpā, “plumeria flowers”).
unably
From Middle English un-ably, unabilly, equivalent to unable + -ly.
yelper
From Middle English yelpere; equivalent to yelp + -er. The avocet is so called from its sharp, shrill cry.
coniine
From Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion, “hemlock”) + -ine.
hors de combat
Borrowed from French hors de combat (literally “out of combat”), which is obsolete in contemporary French.
communicatory
Learned borrowing from Late Latin commūnicātōrius. By surface analysis, communicate + -ory.
Parmenides
From Ancient Greek Παρμενίδης (Parmenídēs).
tailoress
From Middle English tayleresses pl; equivalent to tailor + -ess.
parergon
From Ancient Greek πάρεργον (párergon, “subordinate or secondary business; by-work”), neuter of πάρεργος (párergos, “beside the main subject, subordinate, incidental”).
aspirated h
Calque of French h aspiré. The aspirated h was pronounced /h/ until Early Modern French (and still is in some northern dialects), whereas the mute h had long been silent. The designation has been maintained although both kinds of h are now technically silent in standard French, but the aspirated h remains pronounced dialectally and in Norman French.
ansamycin
From Latin ansa (“handle”) (from their unique structure) + -mycin.
sumanene
From Hindi सुमन (suman, “flower”), Sanskrit सुमन (sumana, “flower”) + -ene.
pedicle
From Latin pedīculus (“little foot”), diminutive of pēs.
hoolie
A variant of hooley; the further etymology of etymology 2 sense 1 (“noisy celebration or party”) is unknown. Etymology 2 sense 2 (“strong wind”) is possibly from one of the following:
* borrowed from Orkney Scots hool(an) (“strong wind”) + English -ie (diminutive suffix). Hoolan is derived from Norn (unattested), from Old Norse ýlun (“howling, wailing”), from ýla (“to howl”) (ultimately onomatopoeic) + -un (suffix forming nouns).
* from etymology 2 sense 1.
* From “tulaidh” in Scottish Gaelic, often a prefix, indicating extremity, starkness, things taken to an ultimate extent, an absolute degree, which, lenited as “thulaidh” would be pronounced “hoolie”.
loricate
First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin lōricātus, perfect passive participle of lōrīcō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lōrica (“a coat of mail or breastplate”).
First attested in 1826; borrowed from Latin lōrīcātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
terricole
From Latin terricolus (“ground-dwelling”). Equivalent to Latin terra (“earth”) + -cole.
speleo-
From Ancient Greek σπήλαιον (spḗlaion, “cave”).
carpo-
Combining form of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).
Combining form of Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
comate
First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin cōmātus, from cōma (“hair”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
deliminate
From French délimiter, from Late Latin delimitare (“to mark out the limits”), from de- + limitare (“to limit, bound”); see limit.
truage
From Old French treuage, from treüd (from Latin tribūtum (“tribute”)) + -age.
ceno-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ken-
Proto-Indo-European *kn̥-yós
Proto-Hellenic *kəňňós
Ancient Greek καινός (kainós)der.
English ceno-
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, recent”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Hellenic *kenwós
Ancient Greek κενός (kenós)der.
English ceno-
From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”).
modulant
Borrowed from Latin modulāns. By surface analysis, modulate + -ant.
mycetism
From Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + -ism.
quinquennal
From Latin quīnquennālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ālis (“-al”), from quinque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”).
exercent
From Latin exercents, exercentis, present participle of exercere. See exercise.
Frelimo
From Portuguese Frelimo, acronym of Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (“Mozambique Liberation Front”).
osmina
Borrowed from Russian осьми́на (osʹmína, “eighth”), related to восемь (vosemʹ, “eight”).
centaurea
From the genus name, Centaurea, from Latin centaurēa. Doublet of centaury.
anaplerotic
From anaplerosis, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up”) + πληρόω (plēróō, “to fill”).
stramenopile
Coined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.
lissotrichous
From Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”) + θρίξ (thríx) + -ous.
coarctation
Borrowed from Latin coarctātiō (“drawing or crowding together”, noun), from coarctō (“to press together, compress, contract, confine”) + -ātiō (“-ation”, action noun suffix); equivalent to coarctate + -ion.
Pouyan
From Persian پویان (puyân, literally “runner, seeker, persistent”). It has the same root as in Pouya, Pooya. Common in Iran (Persia).
centro-
From centre + -o-, from from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron).
cyte
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos, “hollow”, “vessel”); compare -cyte.
tohu-bohu
From Biblical Hebrew תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, from תֹּהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”).
forthink
From Middle English forthinken, forthynken (“to displease, cause to regret”), corresponding to for- (“mis-”) + think (“to seem, appear”), from Old English þyncan (“to seem, appear”); see methinks. Cognate with Middle High German verdunken (“to displease”), Icelandic forþykkja (“to displease”). Compare also Old English forþencan (“to mistrust, despise, despair”), Dutch verdenken (“to suspect”), German verdenken (“to blame”).
tafone
Perhaps from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “tomb”), or perhaps from the Corsican or Sicilian taffoni (“holes”), or tafonare (“to perforate”).
nduja
From ‛nduja in the Southern Calabrian dialect (either the Reggino or the Chjàna subdialect) of Sicilian, borrowed from Old French andoille, ultimately from Latin indūcō (“cover, overlay”). Doublet of andouille.
swooner
From Middle English swounere, sownere, equivalent to swoon + -er.
Anaxagoras
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀναξαγόρας (Anaxagóras).
oraculous
From Latin ōrācul(um) (“oracle”) + -ous.
Karlsson
Borrowed from Swedish Karlsson (“son of Karl”). Doublet of Carlson and Charlson.
Olsen
Borrowed from Danish Olsen, patronymic from Ole + -sen.
behight
From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite behēhte), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).
Pittacus
From Ancient Greek Πιττᾰκός (Pittăkós).
hanamachi
Borrowed from Japanese 花街 (literally “flower street”); 花 (hana, “flower”) + 街 (machi, “town, neighborhood”).
Anaximander
From Latin Anaximander. Ancient Greek Ἀναξίμανδρος (Anaxímandros).
Xenocrates
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξενοκράτης (Xenokrátēs).
unberufen
From German unberufen (“let it not be called down on me”).
Strabo
From Latin Strabō, from Ancient Greek Στρᾰ́βων (Strắbōn).
Thucydides
From Latin Thūcȳdidēs, from Ancient Greek Θουκυδίδης (Thoukudídēs), from θεός (theós, “ruler, god”) + κῦδος (kûdos, “glory”) + -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).
atmo-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀτμός (atmós, “vapor, smoke, steam”).
macrochaeta
Borrowed from New Latin macrochaeta, equivalent to macro- + chaeta.
puparium
A New Latin coinage from pūpa (“pupa”, originally “little girl; doll”) + -ārium (“place”), equivalent to English pupa + -arium.
Colophonian
From Latin Colophōnius (from Colophōn (“Colophon”)) + English -an