MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
diviner
From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.
discoverer
From Middle English discoverour, dyscowerer, partly from Middle French descouvreur and partly equivalent to discover + -er.
pomposity
From Middle English pomposite (“solemnity”), from Latin pompōsitās. By surface analysis, pomp + -osity.
greenwood
From Middle English grene wode (“a forest that is leafed out, a greenwood" also "unseasoned firewood”), equivalent to green + wood.
Telford
From Old French taille fer, meaning "(he who) cuts iron" or "iron-cleaver"; used as a nickname for a man who could cleave clean through the armour of his foe. The second syllable was eventually reanalysed as native English 'ford'.
* (road): Named after Thomas Telford, a famous civil engineer.
ferine
From Latin ferīnus, from fera (“wild animal”). The zoological sense was coined by William Whewell in 1840.
forefeet
From Middle English forefet, forfete, equivalent to fore- + feet.
fortalice
From Medieval Latin fortalitia, from fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fortress.
okurigana
From Japanese 送(おく)り仮名(がな) (okurigana).
Hilary
From Latin Hilarius (“cheerful, happy”), name of a fourth-century saint, and from its feminine form Hilaria.
Antoinette
From French Antoinette, feminine diminutive of Antoine, equivalent to Anthony.
Memphis
From Latin Memphis, from Ancient Greek Μέμφις (Mémphis), from Egyptian mn-nfr.
Bradley
Ultimately from Old English brād (“broad”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to broad + -ley.
Worcester
Inherited from Middle English Wirchestre, Wirechestre, from Old English Weogornaċeaster (“Roman fort of the Weogoran”).
Folkestone
From the Old English personal name *Folca, genitive singular *Folcan + stān (“stone”). The change to folces stan is probably due to false association with Old English folc (“people”).
Truro
Perhaps from Cornish try (“three, very”) + berow (“a boiling”), meaning "(a place of) great water turbulence", where the two fast rivers of Allen and Kenwyn meet to form the Truro. Alternatively, from the Gaulish tribal name Treveri, from Celtic trē ("through") + uer ("water, wet"), meaning "water crossing", in reference to "the people of the river crossing".
The town in Nova Scotia is named after the city in England.
Colchester
From Old English Colneċeaster, equivalent to Colne (a Celtic-named river) + Old English ceaster (“a Roman town”).
Chelmsford
Ultimately from Old English Ċēolmǣres (“Ceolmær's”) + ford, after an early landowner.
Birkenhead
From Birkheued 1260, Bircheveth c1200; headland where birch trees grow; from Old English birce + heafod.
Doncaster
The Romano-British name was Latin Dānum, from the common Celtic river name Proto-Celtic *Dānu << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-, + the Old English suffix ceaster (“town”), found in many placenames.
Lowestoft
From Old Norse Hloðvér (“a personal name”) + toft (“homestead”).
Luton
From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Leyton.
Maidstone
From Old English medestan, meddestane from earlier mægdan stane (“the maidens' stone, the people's stone”). Ultimately from Old English mægden + stan or mæġþ + stan which are equivalent to maid(en) + stone. Compare Folkestone and Chiddingstone.
Morecambe
Antiquarian revival of Ancient Greek Μορικάμπε (Morikámpe), from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *kambos (“crooked”)
Shrewsbury
From Old English Sċrobbesburh (literally “fort in the scrubland region”), from *sċrob (“shrub, scrub”) + burh. Compare Shropshire from Sċrobbesċīr, short form of Sċrobbesbyriġ sċīr (literally “shire of Shrewsbury”).
Swindon
From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.
Taunton
From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.
Warrington
From Middle English Wardintone, from an unattested Old English personal name *Wearda, from weard (“guard”), + -ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".
Stratford-on-Avon
From being the location of a river ford for a roadway. From Old Welsh avon (“river”) + Old English ford (“ford”) + Old English strǣt (“street”); from Latin strata (“road”). From being a ford for a British Roman road. The ford itself has subsequently been built over, becoming Clopton Bridge. The river itself has subsequently become named River Avon.
Felixstowe
First attested as Filchestou in 1254. Derived from a compound of the name of Saint Felix of Burgundy and Middle English stowe (“place, stead”).
selfdom
From Middle English selfdom, from Old English selfdōm (“independence”), equivalent to self + -dom.
Fareham
Recorded as Ferneham in the Domesday Book, the placename derives from Old English fearn (“fern”) + hām (“homestead”).
Havant
From Middle English Haveunte from Old English Haman (“Hama's”, personal name) + *funta (“Spring”)
Bordon
Variant of the place name Old English Barden (“barley valley”), from bere + dun (“hill, valley”).
Ringwood
Probably from Old English rimuc (“boundary”) + wudu (“wood”).
Tadley
From an unattested Old English personal name *Tāda + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Swanwick
Ultimately from Old English swān (“herdsman”) + wīċ (“village”).
cordon bleu
Borrowed from French cordon bleu (“blue ribbon”). The blue ribbon was originally a French insignium indicating chivalry.
swiftness
From Middle English swiftnesse, swyftnesse, from Old English swiftnes (“swiftness”), equivalent to swift + -ness.
perpetrate
From Middle English perpetrat (“committed, perpetrated”), from Latin perpetrātus, past participle of perpetrāre (“to carry through”).
meddler
From Middle English medlere, medelere, equivalent to meddle + -er.
hele
From Middle English helen, helien, from Old English helan (“to conceal, cover, hide”, strong verb) and helian (“to conceal, cover, hide”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *helan, from Proto-Germanic *helaną (“to conceal, stash, receive stolen goods”) and Proto-Germanic *haljaną (“to hull, conceal”); both from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide”).
Cognate with Scots heal (“to cover, hide, conceal”), Saterland Frisian hela (“to conceal”), Dutch helen (“to conceal”), German hehlen (“to deal in stolen or illegal goods”), Swedish häla (“hide”) and hälare (“fence, peddler of stolen goods”), as well as with helmet and Latin cēlō (“conceal”). Related to hole, hull.
lachrymatory
From Latin lachrymātōrius. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.
From Latin lachrymātōrium. By surface analysis, lachrymate + -ory.
sal ammoniac
From Middle English sal armenak, sal armoniac, salarmoniac, sal armoniacum, sal armoniak, sal armonyak, salarmonyak, salle armonyacke, salt armoniake, salt armonyac, from Latin sal ammōniacus, sal armōniacus (“salt of Amun, ammonium chloride”), named so because it was found near the temple of (Jupiter) Ammon in Egypt. Ammon derives from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from Egyptian jmn. Doublet of salmiac.
kung po
Probably from Cantonese 宮保 /宫保 (gung¹ bou²).
kung pao
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 宮保 /宫保 (kung¹-pao³, “palatial guardian”), the title of Ding Baozhen, a late Qing Dynasty official born in Guizhou.
moue
Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Doublet of mow ("grimace").
spirit of wine
Inherited from Middle English spirit of wyn, calque of Latin spiritus vini.
aqua vitae
From Medieval Latin aqua vītae directly and via Middle English aqua vite and French eau-de-vie, from aqua (“water”) and vītae (“of life”). Doublet of aquavit and akvavit. Compare eau de vie, whisky, whiskey, and water of life from the same source.
Norwegia
From Old English Norweġ, Norþweġ (“Norway”), from Old Norse *Norðvegr, Norvegr, and later Noregr (“Norway (north way)”), from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”).
chopine
Borrowed from French chopine, diminutive of chope + -ine. Doublet of chopin.
rhodonite
From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + -ite.
blasting
From Middle English blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (present participle ending).
From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).
plating
From Middle English *platynge, from Old English platung (“plate, thin piece of metal”), equivalent to plate + -ing.
raindrop
From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi.
geniality
From Latin geniālitās, and perhaps also partly formed within English as genial + -ity.
multitudinous
Learned borrowing from Latin multitūdin- (the oblique stem of multitūdō (“great number (of people), multitude”)) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality in any degree (typically an abundance)). Multitūdō is derived from multus (“many; much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel- (“to be late; to worry”)) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition or state). By surface analysis, multitude + -in- (interfix used before Latinate suffixes appended to nouns ending with -itude or -tude) + -ous.
tectonic
1650s, in sense of building, from Late Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós, “pertaining to building”), from Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn, “carpenter, joiner, maker”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to make”) (from which also texture). In sense of geology, attested 1894. By surface analysis, Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) + -ic (“pertaining to”).
ijazah
From Arabic إِجَازَة (ʔijāza, “authorization”).
kilim
Borrowed from Turkish kilim, from Persian گلیم (gelim), akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).
amphibrach
From Latin amphibrachys, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίβραχυς (amphíbrakhus, “short at both ends”), from ἀμφί (amphí) + βραχύς (brakhús, “short”).
Jarrow
From Middle English Jarwe, Jaruum, from Old English on Ġyrwum (“(at the) marshes”) (Latin: in Gyruum), dative plural of ġyru (“mud; marsh”), from Proto-Germanic *gurwijō (“mud”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”). Related to gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”). The dʒ sound in Middle English j derives from a nasal before palatalised ġ (compare singe).
Sinic
From Medieval Latin Sinicus, from Sina (“China”) + -icus (“-ic”), from Late Latin Sinae (“the Southern Chinese; Southern China”), from Ancient Greek Σῖναι (Sînai), q.v. Equivalent to Sino- + -ic.
xanthein
Borrowed from French xantheine, apparently an arbitrary respelling to distinguish it from the similarly spelled xanthine. Ultimately from Ancient Greek; see xanthine. By surface analysis, xanth- + -ein.
anamorphosis
From Ancient Greek ἀναμόρφωσις (anamórphōsis).
clipper
From Middle English clipper, equivalent to clip (“cut, shorten”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns). The type of sailing ship is probably also from clip, in the sense of “move or run rapidly”. Perhaps influenced by Middle Dutch klepper (“swift horse”), from kleppen (“to clap”), which is onomatopoeic.
Americanized spelling of German Klipper.
chubasco
Borrowed from Spanish chubasco (“downpour”), from Portuguese chuva (“rain”), from Latin pluvia (“rain”).
daimon
A modern romanization of Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “the one who divides, dispenser, tutelary deity”), intended to distinguish its ancient Greek sense from later conceptions of demons. Compare Ancient Greek Λᾰκεδαίμων (Lăkedaímōn, “Laconian dispenser”).
Arachne
From Latin Arachnē, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”).
Goliath
Borrowed from Hebrew גָּלְיָת (golyāṯ).
allelomorph
From allelo- (“other”) + -morph (“shape”), from Ancient Greek ἀλλήλων (allḗlōn, “one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally”) from ἄλλος (állos, “other”). Coined by English biologists William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1902, in a paper titled "The facts of heredity in the light of Mendel’s discovery".
Anirban
From Bengali অনির্বাণ (onirban), from Sanskrit अनिर्वाण (anirvāṇa), meaning an eternal or inextinguishable flame (of life), from Sanskrit अ- (a-, “un-”) + निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “dying”).
Ariana
Borrowed from Latin Ariāna, from Ancient Greek Ἀριανή (Arianḗ).
Borrowed from Arabic أريانة (ʔaryāna).
eventide
From Middle English eventyde, from Old English ǣfentīd, derived from ǣfen (“evening”) + tīd (“time”). By surface analysis, even + -tide.
footed
From Middle English foted, i-foted, equivalent to foot + -ed.
barfi
Borrowed from Hindustani برفی / बर्फ़ी (barfī).
esprit de corps
Unadapted borrowing from French esprit de corps, from esprit (“spirit”) + de (“of”) + corps (“body”).
khamaseen
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic خماسين (ḵamasīn, “fifties”), plural of خمسين (“fifty”).
koozie
An alteration of earlier cozy, cosy (“padded or knit covering put on an item to insulate it”), from Scots. This form, with /u/, is perhaps influenced by a blend of cool, kool + cozy.
nappe
From French nappe. Doublet of map, mop, and nape.
Susmita
From Hindi सुष्मिता (suṣmitā, “lovely smile”), from सु- (su-, adjectival prefix) + स्मित (smile) + -आ (-ā, feminine suffix).
Trewartha
From Cornish tre (“farmstead; settlement”) + gwartha (“higher”).
Luzon
From Spanish Luzón, from Tagalog Lusong (“old name for the Pasig River Delta in between medieval Maynila & Tondo”), from Tagalog lusong.
Visayas
Borrowed from Spanish Visayas, plural form of bisaya, from Cebuano Bisaya.
Mindanao
From Spanish Mindanao, a contraction of Maguindánao (“Maguindanao”), from Maguindanao Magindanaw.
Hispaniola
A borrowing of Peter Martyr's Latin Hispaniola (equivalent to Hispania + -ola), used in his Decades to translate De las Casas's Spanish Española (in a more latinized form), a clipping of la Isla Española (“the Spanish Island”), translating Columbus's Latin Insula Hispania, bestowed upon its discovery in 1492. Doublet of Española.
Samar
From Spanish Sámar, from Waray-Waray samad.
From Ukrainian Самар (Samar)
Borrowed from Sanskrit समर (samara).
Borrowed from Dzongkha ས་དམར་ (sa dmar).
Lourdes
From French Lourdes, corruption of Medieval Latin Lorus (778), the baptismal name taken by a Moorish leader who converted to Christianity, though of unknown ultimate meaning.
The town in Newfoundland is named after the town in France.
superscription
From Middle French superscription, or its source, Late Latin superscriptio, from superscribere.
aphthitalite
From Ancient Greek ἄφθιτος (áphthitos, “imperishable”) (though the intended meaning is “unalterable”) + ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + -ite.
astrakanite
From German Astrakanit. Equivalent to Astrakhan + -ite.
dolomite
From French dolomite, coined March 1792 by Nicolas de Saussure, named after French mineralogist and engineer Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801) who described the stone in 1791 by adding -ite, from place name Dolomieu, Isère.
Strasbourg
From French Strasbourg, from Middle High German Strāzburc. Compare modern German Straßburg, equivalent to Straße (“street, road”) + Burg (“borough, fortified town, castle”).
lungi
From Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī)/Urdu لنگی (lungī).
trona
From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj: R9. Doublet of natron and niter.
conation
Learned borrowing from Latin cōnātiō (“an act of attempting”).
predominate
From Latin praedominātus, past participle of praedominor. By surface analysis, pre- + dominate.
Abdon
From Hebrew עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.
The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn (“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Mayberry
From Old English mere (“lake”) + Old English byriġ (“fortified place”).
Adolphe
Borrowed from French Adolphe; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.
Adrien
Patronymic surname, borrowed from French Adrien. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Abram
From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām).
From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.
Allistair
From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair (“Alexander”). A rare spelling of Alistair.
Alejandro
Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.
ratio decidendi
Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratiō dēcidendī, from ratiō (“reckoning, method, reasoning”) + dēcidendī, genitive singular of dēcidendus, gerund of dēcidere (“to settle”).
ulema
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”)). Doublet of ulama and olema.
papillon
From French papillon (“butterfly”), from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”). Doublet of papilio and pavilion.
National Socialist
Calque of German Nationalsozialist (noun) and nationalsozialistisch (adjective), respectively.
Dijon
Borrowed from French Dijon, from the Roman name, Latin Diviō, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”); see divus.
Toulouse
Etymology tree
Aquitanianbor.?
Iberianbor.?
Gaulishbor.?
Latin Tolōsa
Old Occitan Tolosabor.
French Toulousebor.
English Toulouse
Borrowed from French Toulouse. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
fall by the wayside
From the Parable of the Sower told by Jesus and recorded in the New Testament of the Bible, the term appearing in Matthew 13:4, Mark 4:4, and Luke 8:5. The parable is the story of a farmer who sows seed, and “some fell by the wayside, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it” (Luke 8:5). Jesus then explains: “The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside, are they that hear: then cometh the Devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe, and be saved.” (Luke 8:11–12, King James Version, spelling modernized.)
The English term is derived from Ancient Greek ἔπεσεν παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν (épesen parà tḕn hodón, literally “fell beside the path”).
hereof
From Middle English hereof, herof, heroffe, her-of, her of, from Old English hērof. Compare Swedish härav. By surface analysis, here + of.
penitential
From Medieval Latin paenitentiālis, from Latin paenitentia (“repentance”). Attested since the 16th century.
Lowell
A Middle English diminutive of Old French lou + -el (diminutive suffix), meaning "little wolf". Akin to Wolfie.
Lovell
Originally a nickname, from Anglo-Norman lou (“wolf”) + -el (diminutive suffix).
Windsor
Inherited from Middle English Wyndelsore, from Old English Windlesōra (“Windsor”, literally “bank with a windlass, winch by the riverside”), from *windel ("reel, winch"; > Middle English windel (“reel, spool”)) + ōra (“bank, shore”). See windlass.
Arapaho
From a Siouan language, perhaps Hidatsa arúpahu (“Arapaho person”) or Crow aaraxpéahu (“tattooed person”).
Aegean
Derived from Latin aegaeus (from Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖος (Aigaîos, “Aegean”)) + English -an. The name might be connected to αἶγες (aîges, “waves”).
phraseology
From Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “speech”) + λόγος (lógos, “explanation”).
Hagar
From Hebrew הָגָר (Hagar, “stranger”). Compare Arabic هَاجَر (hājar), Tiberian Hebrew הָגָר (Hāḡār).
Hertford
Inherited from Middle English Hertford, from Old English Heorotford, from heorot (“stag”) + ford (“ford”), equivalent to hart + ford.
recurrent
From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere. Morphologically recur + -ent.
Magdeburg
From German Magdeburg, from Middle Low German Māgedeborch, Mēgedeborch. Since the Middle Ages interpreted as “maiden-borough”, sometimes specifically related to the Virgin Mary. However, the first component may originally have been the plant name “mayweed”, compare Middle Low German mēgede(blōme) and Old English mæġþe.
alehouse
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *aluþhūsą
Old English ealuhūs
Middle English alehous
English alehouse
From Middle English alehous, alehuse from Old English ealuhūs. By surface analysis, ale + house.
Malaga
From Spanish Málaga, from Arabic مَالَقَة (Mālaqa), from Latin Malaca, from Phoenician 𐤌𐤋𐤊 (Málaka or Malake) of uncertain origin but possibly derived from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ- (“salt”). The American places are from the Spanish city. The surname is also sometimes derived via Polish Malaga.
darkling
From Middle English derkelyng. By surface analysis, dark + -ling.
Yvonne
From the French feminine form of Yvon, variant of Yves, from a Germanic root for "yew" (see Old English iw). It might have originally been used of an archer, since yew wood was used to make bows.
boudin
Unadapted borrowing from French boudin. Doublet of pudding. Cf. also poutine.
aeronaut
From aero- + -naut, from the French aéronaute; compare the Italian aeronauta.
Yukon
From Gwich'in ųųg han, contraction of chųų gąįį han (“white water river”). See Wikipedia's name section for details.
montant
From Italian montante. Doublet of mountant.
From Middle English mountant, from Old French montant.
From Old French montant.
unnaturally
From Middle English unnaturelly, equivalent to unnatural + -ly and/or un- + naturally.
Likud
Borrowed from Hebrew לִיכּוּד (“Likud”, literally “consolidation”).
sapropel
From German Sapropel, corresponding to sapro- + Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, clay”).
Knesset
Borrowed from Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néset, literally “assembly”).
sarsaparilla
From Spanish zarzaparrilla. The first element may ultimately derive from Basque; see Spanish zarza (“blackberry bush”) for more. The usual pronunciation of the first part of the word as /sæsp-/ or /sɑːsp-/ may be due to dissimilatory loss of the first of two r sounds (compare governor /ˈɡʌvənɚ/ and February /ˈfɛb.juˌɛɹi/). Occasionally this word is pronounced with a schwa between the s and the p, or without a schwa between the p and the r.
debitor
Borrowed from Latin debitor, equivalent to debit + -or. Doublet of debtor.
powwow
From an Eastern Algonquian language, probably Massachusett pauwau (“he uses divination; he practices magic or sorcery”) or Narragansett powwáw (“sorcerer, shaman”), ultimately from Proto-Algonquian *pawe·wa (“one who dreams”).
lycopod
From lyco- + -pod. Calque of English wolf's-foot.
lycopodium
Borrowed from translingual Lycopodium, from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + πούς (poús, “foot”), equivalent to lyco- + -podium.
genom
From German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”).
acarid
Circa 19th century; from New Latin Acaridae (“biological family”), from Acarus (“genus”), from acarus (“mite”), from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “mite”). By surface analysis, acar- + -id
Waterford
From water + ford. In the case of the city in Ireland, this is a modification through folk etymology of Old Norse Veðrafjǫrðr (literally “wether ford”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Waterford, Ireland.
Canary Islands
Partial calque of Spanish Islas Canarias, itself likely a partial calque, with the plural of isla (“island”), of Latin Canāriae Īnsulae (literally “Islands of the Dogs”), from the feminine plural of canārius (“of or pertaining to dogs”) + the plural of īnsula f (“island”). Perhaps so named because monk seals or sea dogs were abundant, a name that was evidently generalized from the ancient name of one of these islands, Canaria – presumably Gran Canaria. According to the historian Pliny the Elder, the island Canaria contained “vast multitudes of dogs of very large size”. The connection to dogs is retained in the autonomous community’s coat of arms, which is also included in its flag. The canary was named after the islands, not vice versa.
sulfuret
From Latin sulphuretum (“relating to sulphur; sulphide”), coined in 1788 as sulphuret by the translator of de Morveau, Lavoisier et al.'s 1787 book Méthode de nomenclature chimique James St. John as a translation of French sulfure.
By surface analysis, sulfur + -uret.