MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Myers
* As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó Meidhir (“descendant of Meidhir”), named based on meidhir (“mirth”).
* As an English surname, variant of Myer.
* Also as an English surname, the noun mire.
* As a Dutch and German surname, Americanized from Meyers, Mayers, Meyer, Mayer.
Duffy
From the Irish surname, from Ó Dubhthaigh (literally “descendant of Dubhthach”) and Mac Duibhshíthe (literally “son of Duibhshíth”), from dubh (“black”) + sìth (“peace”), comparable to the surname Duff.
Shipley
From Old English scēap (“sheep”) + lēah (“meadow, field, pasture”), thus a field for grazing sheep; equivalent to sheep + -ley. Compare Gateley (literally “goat lea”).
Shelton
From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.
Sneed
A habitational name derived from any of various places in England named Sneyd or Snead, from Old English snǣd (“something cut off, a fragment, a detached piece of ground”).
Toomey
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”).
Aldridge
From Old English alor (“alder”) + wīc (“farmstead”).
Bosworth
From Old English boswurþ (“cattle enclosure”), from *bōs (attested in derivative bōsih, bōsiġ, bōsg (“cattle-stall”)) + wurþ, weorþ, worþ (“an enclosed place”). See also boose.
Ubykh
Borrowed from West Circassian Убых (Wubəx).
cantref
From Middle Welsh cantref, from cant (“hundred”) + tref (“village, settlement”), the notional basis of the division.
monodelph
From mono- + Ancient Greek δελφύς (delphús, “womb, uterus”).
cultrate
Borrowed from Latin cultrātus (“knife-shaped”), from culter + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Carmichael
From Cumbric *cayr (cognate of Welsh caer (“fort, stronghold”)) + the personal name Michael.
Cargill
Probably from Pictish. The first element is equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort, ramparts”).
Cranston
From the genitive form of Old English cran (“crane”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Faber
From the French occupational surname meaning "smith" or "ironworker," variant of Favre, both from Latin faber (“craftsman”). Doublet of Dobry.
Farley
From Old English fearn (“fern”) + lēah (“woodland”). Equivalent to fern + -ley (“lea”) and doublet of Farnley.
Feeney
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fiannaidhe (“descendant of Fiannaidhe”), a byname meaning "warrior", from fiann (“army”).
Fitzpatrick
Calque of the Irish surname Mac Giolla Phádraig (“son of the devotee of Saint Patrick”). By surface analysis, Fitz- + Patrick.
adarme
From Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), from Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.
autoptic
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) + -ic.
heterotopy
From hetero- + Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -y.
Harmon
* As an English surname, by way of Norman/Anglo-Norman/Middle English/Old French from Proto-West Germanic *hari (“army”) + *mann (“man”), similar to Herman. Also Americanized from German variants such as Harmann, Hermann. Compare Harman.
* As an Irish surname, variant of Hargadon, from Ó hArgadáin (literally “descendant of Argadán”), from a diminutive of airgead (“silver”).
Hartley
From Old English heorot (“hart, stag”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hart + -ley (“lea”).
Hilton
From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)
Holbrook
From Old English hol (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + brōc (“stream, brook”).
Horton
The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)
Hurley
From Old English hyrne (“corner”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
kyriology
From Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “literal”) + -ology.
Guthrie
Of various origins, including:
*An anglicization of Irish gaothair;
*An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or
*An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.
Keaton
A variant of Caton or Keeton, or a habitational name from Keaton in Ermington, Devon, possibly derived from Welsh cae (“hedge, enclosure”) + Middle English toun (“farmstead, settlement”).
hyperemesis gravidarum
From hyperemesis + Latin gravidārum (“of pregnant women”).
Gallien
* As an English surname, variant of Gallion.
* As a French surname, from the personal name Gallien, from Latin Gallianus, a name probably meaning "man from Gaul," from Galli + -ānus.
Lockwood
From Old English loc (“lock; enclosure, fold”) + wudu (“wood”); analysable as lock + wood.
merrow
Hiberno-English, from Irish murúch (“mermaid”).
From the Welsh surname, from Meuric, Welsh form of Maurice.
falanouc
Borrowed from Malagasy falanouc, possible cognate of Malay pelanduk (“chevrotain”).
flavedo
From New Latin flāvēdō (“yellowness, sallowness, yellow color”), derived from Latin flāvus (“yellow, golden”).
fibularis
Borrowed from New Latin fībulāris, clipping of mūsculus fībulāris (“fibular muscle”).
frambesia
Learned borrowing from New Latin frambēsia. Doublet of bramberry and framboise.
Raju
Borrowed from Telugu రాజు (rāju, “king”), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).
woodwardia
Borrowed from translingual Woodwardia, from the English Woodward (surname).
Sandhya
Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight”).
Borrowed from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā, “twilight, twilight prayers”).
cornu ammonis
From Latin cornū Ammōnis (“Ammon's horn”). See ammonite.
Jyeshta
Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha).
Bhadrapada
From Sanskrit भद्रपदा (bhadrapadā).
Aswayuja
Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्वयुज (āśvayuja).
Phalguna
Borrowed from Sanskrit फाल्गुन (phālguna).
haboku
From Japanese 破墨 (haboku はぼく), from Middle Chinese 破 (pʰà "broken up") + 墨 (mok "ink") (compare Mandarin pòmò 破墨, Cantonese po³-mak⁶ 破墨).
Quraniyoon
Borrowed from Arabic قُرْآنِيُّون (qurʔāniyyūn).
Ahmadiyya
From Arabic أَحْمَدِيَّة (ʔaḥmadiyya), after Ahmad, another name of Muhammad in the Quran.
Dwitiya
Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वितीय (dvitī́ya, “second”).
Tritiya
From Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya, “third”).
Chaturthi
From Sanskrit चतुर्थी (caturthī, “fourth day in a lunar fortnight”).
sonly
From Middle English sonely, equivalent to son + -ly. Compare Dutch zoonlijk, German söhnlich, Swedish sonlig.
Ashtami
From Sanskrit अष्टमी (aṣṭamī, “eighth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Dashami
From Sanskrit दशमी (daśamī, “tenth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Vijayadashami
Borrowed from Sanskrit विजयादशमी (vijayādaśamī), from विजय (vijaya) + दशमी (daśamī, “tenth”).
Ekadashi
From Sanskrit एकादशी (ekādaśī, “eleventh day in a lunar fortnight”).
Dwadashi
From Sanskrit द्वादशी (dvādaśī, “twelfth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Messapian
From Messapi + -ian, from Ancient Greek Μεσσάπιος (Messápios).
gigantomastia
From giganto- (“gigantic”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”), from Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”), and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).
Jagannath
Borrowed from Sanskrit ज॒ग॒न्ना॒थ (jagannāthá). Doublet of juggernaut.
Chaturdashi
From Sanskrit चतुर्दशी (caturdaśī, “fourteenth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Purnima
Borrowed from Sanskrit पूर्णिमा (pūrṇimā, “full moon night”).
Amavasya
From Sanskrit अमावस्या (amāvasyā, “day of the new moon”).
ischiopagus
From Ancient Greek ἴσχιον (ískhion, “hip”) + πάγος (págos, “fixed, set”) (from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “fasten, fix, set”)); equivalent to ischio- + -pagus.
ischidrosis
From Ancient Greek ἴσχειν (ískhein, “hold back”) + hidrosis (“excessive sweat”).
intussusceptum
From New Latin, probably from neuter singular of assumed New Latin intussusceptus, the passive past participle of New Latin intussuscipiō (“to take in”). Compare intussuscipiens.
cryptophasia
From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + -φασία (-phasía, “speech”) (from φάσις (phásis, “utterance”), from φημί (phēmí, “I speak”)). Equivalent to crypto- + -phasia.
intussuscipiens
From New Latin, probably from present participle of assumed New Latin intussuscipiō (“to take in”). Compare intussusceptum.
Ogbomosho
From Yoruba Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́.
phasis
From Late Latin phasis, or its source, Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”).
neist
From Middle English nest, neste, from Old English nēst, nēist, variants of Old English nīehst (“nearest, next”). More at next.
siphuncule
From Latin sīphunculus (“little tube”), from sīphō (“tube, pipe”) + -culus (diminutive suffix), from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn), of uncertain and possibly non-Indo-European Mediterranean substrate origin.
fainne
Borrowed from Irish fáinne (“ring”). Doublet of fawny.
songthaew
From Thai สองแถว (sɔ̌ɔng-tɛ̌o), from สอง (sɔ̌ɔng, “two”) + แถว (tɛ̌o, “row”).
bajaj
From Indonesian bajaj, ultimately from the name of the manufacturer, Bajaj Auto.
Borrowed from Punjabi ਬਜਾਜ (bajāj).
sedeprivationism
From Latin sede + prīvātō + -ism. Probably modelled on sedevacantism.
sinkijon
From Korean 신기전(神機箭) (sin'gijeon).
tormogen
From Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “socket”) + -gen.
Chandrika
From Sanskrit चन्द्रिका (candrikā, “moonlight, moonshine”).
tribikos
From Ancient Greek τρίβικος (tríbikos), from τρι- (tri-) + βῖκος (bîkos, “vessel”).
verkakte
From Yiddish פֿאַרקאַקטע (farkakte), inflected form of פֿאַרקאַקט (farkakt, “shitty, turned into shit, shat upon”). Compare synonymous German verkackt. The English forms with v- are influenced by the German spelling of the prefix ver-.
pulvinone
From pulvinic acid + -one. By surface analysis, pulvin- + -one, from anagram of vulpinic acid, from Latin vulpinus (“of a fox”), from vulpes.
clote
From Middle English clote, from Old English clāte, from Proto-West Germanic *klaitā.
mistic
From Spanish místico. Compare Catalan místic, French mistique, Italian mistico, and Ottoman Turkish مستقو (mistiko). These all refer to sailing ships of the Mediterranean, but not necessarily to the same kind of ship. The number of masts is variously two or three and the sails are lateen or square. The New English Dictionary traces the origin to an Arabic word misṭeḥ "flat surface" (compare مُسَطَّح (musaṭṭaḥ)) but Kahane et al. disagree.
Oroqen
Possibly from Manchu ᠣᡵᠣᠨᠴᠣ (oronco, “Oroqens”).
janggi
From Korean 장기(將棋) (janggi). Doublet of shogi.
tabasheer
Borrowed from Hindi तबाशीर (tabāśīr), which in turn either inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit (less likely, due to the presence of ś, instead of s/kh in the term) or borrowed from Classical Persian تباشیر (tabāšīr, “chalk, clay, plaster; sugar from bamboo, tabasheer”) (more likely), ultimately from Sanskrit तवक्षीर (tavakṣīra, “white substance from bamboo, tabasheer”, literally “bark milk”).
banslochan
Borrowed from Hindi बंसलोचन (banslocan, “tabasheer”), derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀁𑀲𑀮𑁄𑀘𑀦 (baṃsalocana), semi-loaned from Sanskrit वंशलोचन (vaṃśalocana).
Therapeutae
Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek θερᾰπευταί (therăpeutaí), plural of θερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs, “one who serves the gods, worshipper”).
sternothyroideus
Borrowed from New Latin sternothyroīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternothyroīdeus (“sternothyroid muscle”). Doublet of sternothyroid.
tokophobia
From Ancient Greek τόκος (tókos, “birth”) + -φοβία (-phobía, “fear”).
Kutub al-Sittah
Borrowed from Arabic الكُتُب السِّتَّة (al-kutub as-sitta, “the six books”).
Ibadi
Borrowed from Arabic إِبَاضِيّ (ʔibāḍiyy), from إِبَاض (ʔibāḍ, part of the name of Abd Allah ibn Ibad) + ـِيّ (-iyy). By surface analysis, Ibad + -i.
turpeth
From Medieval Latin turpethum, from Arabic تُرْبِد (turbid), from Persian تربد (torbed), from Sanskrit त्रिपुटा (tripuṭā), त्रिपुट (tripuṭa), literally “triplicated”, names of several plants.
boln
From Middle English bolnen, bollen, from Old Norse bólgna, from bolginn (“swollen”), past participle of a verb represented by Old English belgan (“to swell”). Compare Swedish bulna (“to swell, be swollen”), Danish bolne (“to swell, be swollen”). Related to belly, bellows.
lickerousness
From Middle English likerousnesse, equivalent to lickerous + -ness. Compare lecherousness.
fabular
Borrowed from Latin fābulāris. By surface analysis, fable + -ar, or, by surface analysis, fabula + -ar. Compare tabular and fabulist.
Kanakangi
“Golden-bodied one”, from Sanskrit कनक (kanaka, “gold”) + Telugu అంగి (aṅgi, “bodied”).
Ratnangi
Meaning “gem-bodied one”, from Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, “gem”) + Telugu అంగి (aṅgi, “bodied”)
grihastha
Borrowed from Sanskrit गृहस्थ (gṛhastha).
vanaprastha
From Sanskrit वनप्रस्थ (vanaprastha).
villancico
From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).
Roi-Namur
From Roi + Namur, the name of the new island after the formerly separate islands Roi and Namur were joined by landfill. Roi is originally from Marshallese Ruot, while Namur is originally from Marshallese Nim̧ur.
mylohyoideus
Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdeus, clipping of musculus mylohȳoīdeus (“mylohyoid muscle”).
tarte Tatin
Borrowed from French tarte Tatin; see there for more.
Pikermi
Borrowed from Greek Πικέρμι (Pikérmi).
pterygoideus
Borrowed from New Latin pterygoīdeus, clipping of musculus pterygoīdeus (“pterygoid muscle”).
aigialosaur
From Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós, “seashore”) and -saur.
paracosm
From English para- (prefix meaning ‘alongside, beside’) (from Ancient Greek παρα- (para-, prefix meaning ‘beside’)) + English cosm(os) (“universe”) (from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “the earth, world; universe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱems-, *ḱens- (“to put in order”)).
monoxyle
From French monoxyle, from Ancient Greek μονόξυλον (monóxulon).
shadjam
Borrowed from Sanskrit षड्जं (ṣaḍjam).
Massey
* As an English surname, from the personal name Massy, a pet form of Matthew. Compare Mace.
* Also as an English surname of Norman origin, from several places in Normandy such as Macey in Manche, Massy in Seine-Maritime, Macé-sur-Orne in Orne, La Ferté Macé in Orne.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Marsay (see Marcey).
* As a French surname, variant of Massé (see Masse).
* As a southern French surname of Italian origin, from several places named Massa in Italy.
Mahoney
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mathghamhna (“descendant of Mathghamhain”), a personal name composed of the elements math (“bear”) and gamhain (“calf”).
Maynard
From a given name, Norman Mainard, borrowed from Old Dutch meginhard from Proto-Germanic *maginą (“might”) + *harduz (“hard, strong”)
Mayhew
Anglicized form of Norman Mahieu, a common form of the personal name Matthew.
Meade
Two main origins:
* A variant of Mead, a topographic or occupational surname.
* Anglicized form of Irish Midheach, superseded spelling of Míoch (“Meathman, a native of Meath”).
Shiloh
From Biblical Hebrew שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה (shiló).
Neff
* As a German, Alemannic German and Jewish surname, from the noun Neffe (“nephew”).
* Americanized variant of Naff.
* As a Dutch surname, variant of Neve, related to the nephew sense above.
* As an Irish surname, shortened from McNeff, McNiff.
soft sign
Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak), from мя́гкий (mjáxkij, “palatal, palatized, soft”) + знак (znak, “mark, sign”).
hard sign
Calque of Russian твёрдый знак (tvjórdyj znak).
lawly
From Middle English lawly, Northern variant of Middle English lowly, louly, louelich, equivalent to law (“low”) + -ly. More at lowly.
Bowen
From Welsh ap Owain (“son of Owen”).
Borrowed from Chinese 僰文 (bówén).
Henley
From Old English hēan, weak dative case of hēah (“high”), + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Compare Hanley, which shares the same etymology.
Farr
English surname, from Old English fearr (“bull”). As a German surname, of the same meaning and source (Farre).
Reeves
* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s.
* Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).
Pruett
From the Middle English surname, from prou (“brave”) (see prowess) + -et. Also a variant of Prewitt.
Oates
* As an English and Irish surname of Norman origin, from Old Norman Ode, Odes, from the Germanic name Audo, shortened from compound names containing the element *aud (“wealth”). See also Ott.
* As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Cuirc or Mac Cuirc and mistakenly associated with coirce (“oats”). See Quirk.
Sanderson
From Sander + -son. From the Middle English Sander, a shortened form of Alexander + suffix -son.
Odell
The village was known as Wadehelle in the Domesday Book, from Old English wād (“woad”) + hyll (“hill”).
Natakapriya
From Sanskrit नाटक (nāṭaka) + प्रिया (priyā).
Barnard
English, Dutch, and French surname, variant of Bernard. This sense is also found in Slavic borrowings (Polish, Slovenian, Czech).
Also Americanized from German Bernhard, Bernhardt, of the same meaning.
Benton
From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Bradbury
From Old English brād (“broad”) + byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”).
Brazos
From Spanish brazos (“arms”), from río de los Brazos de Dios ("river of the Arms of God").
Kokilapriya
Borrowed from Telugu కోకిలప్రియ (kōkilapriya), from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila) + प्रिया (priyā).
Cousins
A Middle English surname from Norman terminology. From Anglo-Norman, from Old French cusin, cosin, cousin (“cousin”) (French cousin, cousine). Literally, “familial relative”.
Verben
From Ukrainian Вербе́нь (Verbénʹ).
Ebben
Borrowed from north German Ebben, from a short form of Ebbert.
Gayakapriya
From Sanskrit गायक (gāyak) + प्रिया (priyā).
Kulis
Borrowed from Polish Kuliś, Czech Kuliš and Serbo-Croatian Kuliš.
Chisholm
Scottish habitational surname, from Old English ċīese (“cheese”) + holm (“piece of dry land in a fen”) or helm (“shed, barn”).
Cummings
Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Cuimeinich, presumably from Anglo-Norman de Comyn, which was a surname of toponymic origin, either from Commin near Rouen or Comines near Lille. Variant of Cumings, Cumming.
Garvey
Reduced form of Irish Ó Gairbhshíth (“descendant of Gairbhshíth”), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (“rough, cruel”) and síth (“peace”).
Hutton
From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Mosley
From several places in England, including the derivations:
* Old English mos (“peat bog”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to moss + -ley (“lea”).
* Old English mus (“mouse”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to mouse + -ley (“lea”).
* From the Old English byname Moll.
I-hood
From I + -hood, chiefly a calque of German Ichheit (“selfhood”). Compare also Dutch ikheid (“individuality”).
Penn
* As an English surname, named after various places such as Penn in Buckinghamshire or Staffordshire, of Brythonic origin, from Proto-Brythonic *penn (“(hill) top, head”).
* Also as an English surname, from the noun pen (“enclosure”).
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Parnell.
* As a German surname, from Sorbian pien (“tree stump”), from Proto-Slavic *pьňь.
Phipps
From Middle English Phipp, a diminutive of Philip + genitive (mainly patronymic) suffix -s.
Polk
* As a Scottish surname, shortened from Pollock.
* As a Upper Sorbian surname Półk, Pólk, probably shortened from a personal name based on Proto-Slavic *plъkъ (“army, crowd”), see Polka.
* As an East German surname of Slavic origin, variant of Polke, itself from a Silesian form of Polish Bolesław.
Aristotelean
Borrowed from Latin Aristotelēanus, from Aristoteles + -anus.
Ratna
From Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, “jewel, gem”).
mimmering
Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of mammering; or a derivation from earlier unrecorded *mimmer, from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren ("to ponder"; > Modern Dutch mijmeren (“to ponder, muse”)); or perhaps representing a continuation of Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to remember, commemorate”). See also mammer, mimmerkin.
mimmer
Uncertain. Perhaps from an alteration of mammer; or from Middle Dutch mimmeren, mīmeren (“to ponder”); or from Old English mymerian, mimorian (“to keep in mind, remember”). See also mammer. Compare also Saterland Frisian miemerje (“to ponder sadly, think deeply”), Danish mimre and Norwegian mimre (“to reminisce”).
half-broken
From Middle English *half-broken, from Old English healfbrocen (“half-broken”), equivalent to half- + broken. Compare Dutch half gebroken (“half-broken”).
Venkateswara
Borrowed from Sanskrit वेङ्कटेश्वर (veṅkaṭeśvara).
Jayasri
Borrowed from Sanskrit [Term?], from जय (jaya) + श्री (śrī).
Snow Queen
A literal translation into English from the original Danish Sneedronningen, from snee (“snow”, an older spelling of sne) + dronning (“queen”) + -en (suffixed definite article) from a fairy tale first published in 1845 by Hans Christian Andersen, based on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Gerda.
swack
From Middle English swac (“weak”), possibly borrowed via Scots swack, ultimately from Old English *swæc (found in derivative swæcehēow (“weakmindedness, nonsense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swak (“weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian swäk, West Frisian swak, Dutch zwak, German Low German swack, German schwach, Norwegian Bokmål svak.
abstrusive
From Latin abstrūs-, past participial stem of abstrūdō, + -ive. By surface analysis, abstruse + -ive.
Baumkuchen
From German Baumkuchen (literally “tree cake”), because the concentric layers resemble tree rings.
aburachan seed
From Japanese 油瀝青 (アブラチャン, aburachan), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + ちゃん (chan, “pitch”).
aburagiri
Borrowed from Japanese 油桐 (アブラギリ, aburagiri), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + 桐 (キリ, kiri, “paulownia”).
nouveau pauvre
Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau pauvre (“new poor”), modeled on nouveau riche (“new money”).
vushka
From Ukrainian ву́шка (vúška), plural of ву́шко (vúško, “little ear”), diminutive of ву́хо (vúxo, “ear”).
geneat
Learned borrowing from Old English ġenēat (“companion, follower, follower in battle; dependant, vassal, tenant who works for a lord”). Cognate with German Genosse (“comrade, etc.”)
Scully
Reduced Anglicized spelling of Irish Ó Scolaidhe.
drooked
From Scots drookit, of uncertain origin. See drook, drouk.
oukie
From Afrikaans outjie, via Namibian German Oukie.
jeon
Borrowed from Korean 전(煎) (jeon).
Borrowed from Korean 전(錢) (jeon).
Borrowed from Korean 전 (jeon).
ni-Vanuatu
From Bislama ni-Vanuatu, from French né (“born”) + Vanuatu.
coldrife
From Scots cauldrife, from Old Scots "cauldrife", a compound of "cauld" and the (Scots) suffix "-rife" (compare "auldrife", "warkrife", "spendrife" etc.), from the adjective rife.
abwab
From Hindi अबवाब (abvāb), from Persian ابواب (abvâb), from Arabic أَبْوَاب (ʔabwāb, “doors, sources of revenue”), plural of بَاب (bāb, “door”).
Srikalahasti
From Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + Telugu కాళహస్తి (kāḷahasti).
Abydos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβυδος (Ábudos), from Egyptian Ab-b-Dw:O49 (ꜣbḏw).
huffaz
Arabic حُفَّاظ pl (ḥuffāẓ)
tocut
From Middle English to-kutten, *tocutten, equivalent to to- (“apart”) + cut.
Abyssin
From Renaissance Latin Abyssīnī (“the Abyssinians”).
culeus
From Latin culeus (“large leather sack, punishment of drowning within a sack, unit of bulk liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cullion and cojones.
king cake
Probably a calque of French galette des rois (literally “galette of the kings”), meaning the three Magi who visited the baby Jesus at Epiphany.
katsuwokinase
From Japanese 鰹 (katsuo,historical katsuwo, “skipjack tuna”) + kinase.
Fayum
From Arabic الفَيُّوم (al-Fayyūm), from Coptic ⲫ̀ⲓⲟⲙ (Ph̀iom, “the sea, Fayum”), from Egyptian pꜣ ym (“Lake Moeris”), from pꜣ (“the”) + ym (“lake”).
Putrakameshti
From Sanskrit पुत्र (putra) + Telugu కామేష్టి (kāmēṣṭi).
gurukul
* From Sanskrit गुरु (guru) + कुल (kula).
phasm
From Latin phasma or Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.