MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Wurlitzer
Borrowed from German Wurlitzer; the jukebox is named after Franz Rudolph Wurlitzer (1831-1914).
salacot
From either Tagalog salakot or Cebuano salakot.
leptospira
From translingual Leptospira, from Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + σπεῖρα (speîra, “coil”).
braccae
Borrowed from Latin bracae, plural of braca, from Gaulish *brāca, of Celtic origin, cognate with Proto-Germanic *brōks; akin to Old High German bruoh (“pair of breeches”) and to Dutch broek (“pair of trousers”).
obrotund
Borrowed from Latin obrotundus (“somewhat round”), from ob- (“towards; against”) + rotundus. Analyzeable as ob- + rotund.
schwebeablaut
Borrowed from German Schwebeablaut (“floating ablaut”), from schweben (“float, hover”).
agorism
From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (open place for assembly and market)”) + -ism.
Coined by Samuel Edward Konkin III in his 1980 New Libertarian Manifesto.
agorist
From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (open place for assembly and market)”) + -ist.
Coined by Samuel Edward Konkin III in his 1980 New Libertarian Manifesto.
pyrrh-
From Ancient Greek Πύρρος (Púrrhos) from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
manakish
Borrowed from Arabic مَنَاقِيش (manāqīš).
Toshiba
From the name of the company that manufactures them, from Japanese 東芝 (Tōshiba).
Luxor
From Arabic الْأُقْصُر (al-ʔuqṣur).
rahui
Borrowed from Māori rāhui or Tahitian rāhui.
turangawaewae
Borrowed from Māori tūrangawaewae, from tūranga (“place to stand, position, site, situation; foundation”) (from tū (“to stand”) + ‑ranga (suffix forming nouns from verbs)) + waewae (“foot; leg; footprint”).
Kingitanga
Borrowed from Māori kīngitanga (“sovereignty”), from kīngi (“to reign”) + -tanga (abstract nominal suffix).
Waray
Borrowed from Waray-Waray Waray, from waray (“not”).
private docent
Calque of German Privatdozent. Doublet of privatdozent.
acaro-
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”), which is conventionally associated with the adjective ἀκαρής (akarḗs, “tiny, minute”) but may also be related to κάρνος (kárnos, “louse”) or κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”).
tsampouna
Borrowed from Greek τσαμπούνα (tsampoúna). Doublet of sinfonia, symphonia, symphony, and zampogna.
polycalic
From poly- + Ancient Greek καλιά (kaliá, “hut, wooden dwelling”) + -ic.
Fuerteventura
Borrowed from Spanish Fuerteventura, from fuerte (“strong”) + ventura (“fortune”).
Bircher
Habitational surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + ōfer (“ridge”).
o caudata
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin o caudāta (literally “tailed o”).
athanogene
See Ancient Greek ᾱ̓θᾰ́νᾰτος (āthắnătos, “immortal”) + -gene.
moh
Borrowed from Punjabi ਮੋਹ (moh), itself borrowed from Sanskrit मोह (moha).
dhoop
Borrowed from Hindi धूप (dhūp), from Sanskrit धूप (dhūpa), from धूप् (dhūp, “to fumigate, perfume”, root) + Proto-Indo-European *-os.
sarothrum
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σάρωτρον (sárōtron, “a broom”).
nikah
From Arabic نِكَاح (nikāḥ, “marriage”).
chion-
From New Latin chion- (“snow”), chio, German chio, from Ancient Greek χιών (khiṓn, “snow”), χιόνι (khióni, “snow”), akin to Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter”).
wongshy
From Chinese 黃梔 /黄栀 (huángzhī).
yester-morrow
From Middle English yester morow; equivalent to yester- + morrow. Compare Dutch gistermorgen, German gestern Morgen.
cheonggukjang
Borrowed from Korean 청국장 (cheonggukjang).
kamotik
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ (qamotiik).
Einsiedeln
From German Einsiedeln, from Middle High German Einsiedelen, originally a dative plural form (with locative effect) of Einsiedler (“hermit”).
agamy
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγαμος (ágamos, “unmarried, single (of men)”). From a- (“not”) + -gamy (“marriage”).
Danu
Borrowed from Burmese ဓနု (dha.nu.).
Learned borrowing from Old Irish, from a reconstructed nominative form of the genitive Danann (also spelled Donand or Danand).
In particular, Danann is attested in the term Tuatha Dé Danann, which is typically translated "tribe of Danu" but used as the collective name for certain Irish gods (or, more prosaically, the people of a particular wave of immigration to Ireland, in the traditional history).
The etymology is controversial and has been debated since the 19th century. Some scholars identify Danu with the goddess Anu, perhaps as a contraction of día Anu ("goddess Anu").
Borrowed from Sanskrit दनु (danu).
ilinx
Via French from Ancient Greek ἶλιγξ (îlinx, “whirlpool; dizziness”), coined by French sociologist Roger Caillois in 1958.
indeterminist
Borrowed from French indéterministe, equivalent to in- + determinist.
Austral Ocean
Calque of French Océan Austral. By surface analysis, a proprialization from austral ocean.
anchihaline
Apparently coined from Ancient Greek ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) + ἅλινος (hálinos, “saline”).
Malla
Borrowed from Nepali मल्ल (malla). Borrowed also from Catalan Malla, a habitational surname from the municipality of Malla, Barcelona.
missell
From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
tierceron
From French tierceron, from tierce (“third”) + -eron.
Pohnpei
From Pohnpeian Pohnpei, from pohn (“upon”) + pei (“stone altar”).
chouval bwa
From Antillean Creole chouval bwa (literally “wood horse”).
chantwell
Probably from French chanterelle (“female bird used by hunters as a decoy to attract other birds; treble string of a musical instrument”), from chanter (“to sing, crow”) + -erelle (variant of -elle (suffix forming feminine nouns, often with a diminutive sense)).
betagh
From Irish biatach, from Middle Irish bíatach (“providing food”), ultimately from bíad (“food”).
ushkuinik
Borrowed from Russian ушку́йник (uškújnik).
chak-chak
Borrowed from Russian чак-ча́к (čak-čák), from Tatar чәкчәк (çäkçäk).
acronical
From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”), one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.
borrowed scenery
From calque translation of Chinese 借景 (jièjǐng), or Japanese 借景 (shakkei).
sannyasi
Via Hindi संन्यासी (sannyāsī), ultimately from Sanskrit संन्यासिन् (saṃnyāsin).
septemfid
From septem- + -fid, after Renaissance Latin septemfidus.
Aswan
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic أسوان (Aswān), itself borrowed from Coptic ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ (souan), from Egyptian swnw, s-wn:n-nw:W-T11:niwt.
tzouras
From Greek τζουράς (tzourás), from Turkish cura.
galbijjim
Borrowed from Korean 갈비찜 (galbijjim).
papakha
From Azerbaijani papaq. Mediated by Russian папа́ха (papáxa), папа́х (papáx).
Ervin
English, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Irvin. Also Americanized from German Erwin.
ichthyoallyeinotoxic
From the stems of Ancient Greek ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”), ἀλλοιόω (alloióō, “to become mad”) and τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison”).
quant suff
Borrowed from Latin quantum sufficit (“as much as is required”), then clipped to only the first syllable of each word.
mlolongo
Borrowed from Swahili mlolongo (“queuing, lining up”).
yuko
From Japanese 有効.
Borrowed from Japanese ゆうこ (Yūko), a female given name with many variant kanji spellings.
Enkidu
From Sumerian 𒀭𒂗𒆠𒆕 (Enkidu).
Suda
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Sūda, from Byzantine Greek Σοῦδᾰ (Soûdă).
arrie
Ultimately onomatopoeic from the bird's cry, the name may have entered English via Russian; it is also used by the Aleuts.
choochkie
From Russian чукчи (čukči). Popularized by Henry W. Elliott.
Hine-nui-te-po
Borrowed from Māori Hine-nui-te-pō (literally “great woman of night”).
Sinay
Two main origins:
* A variant of Sinai, a Jewish surname.
* Borrowed from a Mayan language of Guatemala, apparently from Proto-Mayan *siinaʔnh (“scorpion”).
cupuassu
Borrowed from Portuguese cupuaçu (formerly spelled cupuassu), from Nheengatu kupuasú, from Old Tupi kupu'yûasu.
hiam
Borrowed from Hokkien 薟／莶 (hiam, “spicy”).
reys
From Middle English reys (“a journey; military expedition”), from Proto-West Germanic *raisu. Cognate with Danish rejse (“journey, trip, travel”), Dutch reis (“journey, trip, travel”), German Reise (“journey, travel”), Low German Reis (“journey, travel”) North Frisian reyse (“travel, expedition”), Norwegian reise (“trip, journey”), Swedish resa (“trip, journey”). See also reyse.
Vajda
Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.
Uchina
Borrowed from Okinawan 沖縄(うちなー) (Uchinā). Doublet of Okinawa. Cognate with Japanese うちなー (Uchinā).
rasceta
From Medieval Latin rasceta, rasca, rascha, rasga, misread from Arabic رُسْغ (rusḡ).
Yamnaya
From Russian Ямная (Jamnaja), short for я́мная культу́ра, using the feminine form of я́мный, an adjective formed from я́ма (jáma, “pit”), referring to the culture's pit-grave burial practices. The alternative form Yamna is the corresponding form of the Ukrainian adjective я́мний.
mastigophorous
From Ancient Greek μαστιγοφόρος (mastigophóros). By surface analysis, mastigo- + -phore + -ous.
pakapoo
From Cantonese, perhaps 白鴿票／白鸽票 (baak6 gaap3-2 biu1).
santonica
From Latin santonica (adjective) (from Santonēs (a Celtic tribe of Aquitania)), most likely originally in a phrase such as herba santonica ("herb of the Santones").
nonhouseholder
From Middle English non housholder, equivalent to non (“no”, adjective) + householder.
hevva cake
From Cornish hevva, as the cakes were said to be ready by the time fishermen got home.
heavy cake
Folk-etymological alteration of hevva cake; ultimately from Cornish hedva (“swarm, shoal”).
Waxman
English occupational surname for a seller of wax, from wax + man. Also Americanized from German and Jewish surname Wachsmann, of the same meaning.
whomso
From Middle English hwam se, hwamse, who so, etc., from Old English hwām swā; equivalent to whom + so.
White Day
Calque of Japanese ホワイトデー (Howaito Dē), itself from English white day.
shikonin
From Japanese 紫根 (“purple gromwell root”) + -in.
ulpan
Borrowed from Hebrew אולפן / אֻלְפָּן (ulpán, “studio”).
posteen
From Classical Persian پوستین (pōstēn), possibly via Dari پوستین (pōstīn).
nowhence
Unattested as Middle English *nowhennes, but ultimately from Old English nāhwanon. It may be reconstructed by analogy to nowhither from Middle English nowhider, from Old English nāhwider. Analyzable as no + whence.
shoyu
Borrowed from Japanese 醤油 (shōyu). Doublet of soy.
visier
Probably from French visière (or a forerunner) and/or German Visier.
Dutton
The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Hamid
Borrowed from Arabic حَمِيد (ḥamīd, “praiseworthy”).
Borrowed from Arabic حَامِد (ḥāmid, “praiser [of God]”).
Khorasan
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خراسان (xorâsân), from Classical Persian خوراسان (xwarāsān), from Middle Persian hwlʾsʾn' (xwarāsān, literally “sunrise; east”).
parabellum
For Latin parā bellum (“furnish war”), from the Latin adage sī vīs pācem, parā bellum (“if you want peace, prepare for war”).
Rasikapriya
From Sanskrit रसिक (rasika) + प्रिया (priyā).
Autolycus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐτόλυκος (Autólukos).
Jalaja
Borrowed from Sanskrit [Term?], from जल (jala, “water”) + ज (ja, “born”).
subcoriaceous
Borrowed from Latin subcoriāceus. By surface analysis, sub- + coriaceous.
khubz
Borrowed from Arabic خُبْز (ḵubz, “bread”).
gravlaks
Borrowed from Norwegian gravlaks, a compound of grave (“to dry-cure in salt and sugar”) + laks (“salmon”), calque of Swedish gravlax.
alampy
From German Alampie, coined (as Alampia) by Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1863), from Ancient Greek α- (a-, “not”) + λάμπω (lámpō, “to shine”).
parodos
From Ancient Greek πάροδος (párodos, “entrance”), from παρα- (para-) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).
philadelphus
Borrowed from translingual Philadelphus, from Latin Philadelphus, Ancient Greek Φιλάδελφος (Philádelphos), φιλάδελφος (philádelphos).
piscatrix
Borrowed from Latin piscātrīx. By surface analysis, piscator + -trix.
polemize
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολεμίζω (polemízō).
prozymite
Borrowed from German Prozymit, from Medieval Latin prozymīta, from Byzantine Greek προζυμίτης (prozumítēs), from Ancient Greek προζύμιον (prozúmion, “leaven”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming masculine nouns meaning being connected to or a member of something, or coming from a particular place). προζύμιον is derived from προ- (pro-, suffix meaning ‘before, in front’) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven, yeast”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming nouns). The English word is analysable as, by surface analysis, pro- + zym- + -ite.
paidakia
Borrowed from Greek παϊδάκια (païdákia).
pogonion
From Ancient Greek πωγώνιον (pōgṓnion, diminutive of πώγων), with parallel meaning in Greek πιγούνι (pigoúni, “chin”). By surface analysis, pogono- + -ion.
singhara
From Hindi सिंघाड़ा (siṅghāṛā), from Sanskrit शृङ्गाट (śṛṅgāṭa, “water caltrop”), from शृङ्ग (śṛṅga, “horn”).
paradactyl
para- + Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”)
chromameter
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -meter.
Rambouillet
From French Rambouillet. Doublet of rumbullion.
Hara
From Sanskrit हर (hara).
Multiple origins, including Japanese 原 (Hara).
Cupar
From Pictish *ᚉᚒᚚᚓᚏ (cuper, “confluence”), compare Welsh cymer.
Secunderabad
From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.
sallekhana
From Sanskrit सल्लेखना (sallekhanā).
latinidad
Borrowed from Spanish latinidad, from Latin Latīnitās. Doublet of Latinity.
lumpia
Partly from Tagalog lumpiya, partly from Malay lumpia, partly from Indonesian lumpia (also Indonesian lunpia), from Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ).
Compare Spanish lumpiá, Dutch loempia, Cebuano lumpya.
get thee behind me
Originally uttered by Christ in the King James Bible, Matthew 16:23: “get thee behind me, Satan”; Latin vāde retrō, Satanā; Ancient Greek ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ (húpage opísō mou, Satanâ).
Nadsat
Borrowed from Russian -надцать (-nadcatʹ, “-teen”). The word was coined by English author Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) in his 1962 dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.
Hayagriva
From Sanskrit हयग्रीव (hayagrīva).
ozadene
From Ancient Greek ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”).
extended shinjitai
Calque of Japanese 拡張新字体 (kakuchō shinjitai).
nephronophthisis
From nephron + -o- + phthisis (“progressive wasting disease”), from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis, “wasting away, perishing, decay”).
unionoid
From taxonomic name Unio (with insertion of -n- after its etymon, Classical Latin ūniō (stem ūniōn-)) + -oid. Compare earlier unionid and taxonomic name Unionioda.
Anju
Borrowed from Korean 안주(安州) (Anju).
From Mandarin 安居 (Ānjū).
From Korean 안주 (anju).
Hiwi
From German Hiwi, short for Hilfswilliger (“voluntary assistant, one willing to help”).
Clytemnestra
From Latin Clytaemnēstra, Ancient Greek Κλυταιμνήστρα (Klutaimnḗstra).
Morlach
Borrowed from Italian morlacco, New Latin Morlachus, probably from Greek Μαυροβλάχοι (Mavrovláchoi, “Black Vlachs”), cf. Vlach.
galdr
Borrowed from Old Norse galdr (“witchcraft, sorcery, magic arts”), akin to Old English ġealdor (“incantation, magic”). Related to English gale, yell.
Kizzuwatna
Learned borrowing from Hittite 𒆳𒌷𒆠𒄑𒍪𒉿𒀜𒈾 (KURᵁᴿᵁki-iz-zu-wa-at-na /⁠Kizzuwatna⁠/) possibly from [script needed] (kēz, “from here, on this side”) + 𒌓𒉈𒂊 (utnē, “land”), translating to the equivalent of "the land on this (to the) side".
Compare Neo-Assyrian 𒌷𒆠𒋢𒀜𒉌 (ᵁᴿᵁki-su-at-ni /⁠Kisuatni⁠/), Egyptian q-A-DA-wA-d:n-xAst (qꜣḏꜣwꜣdn) and qd-d:y-xAst (qdy), and Ancient Greek Καταονία (Kataonía).
paranatellon
From Ancient Greek παρανατέλλων (paranatéllōn, “rising besides”), from ἀνατέλλω (anatéllō).
churidar
From Punjabi ਚੂੜੀਦਾਰ (cūṛīdār).
pasalubong
Borrowed from Tagalog pasalubong, literally "(something) for when you welcome me".
Neapoli
From Greek Νεάπολη (Neápoli), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλη (póli, “city”) and from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa) + πολις (polis). Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Napoli, and Neapolis.
Nabeul
From French Nabeul, from Arabic نَابِل (Nābil), from Byzantine Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from Ancient Greek νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) + πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Nablus, Naples, Napoli, Neapoli, and Neapolis.
inenarrable
Learned borrowing from French inénarrable, from Latin inēnārrābilis (“indescribable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ēnārrābilis (“describable, explainable”). Ēnārrābilis is derived from ēnārrāre + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); ēnārrāre is the present active infinitive of ēnārrō (“to explain in detail, expound”), from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out; thoroughly’)) + narrō (“to say; to relate, tell; to describe; to recount, report”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”)). The English word is analysable as in- + enarrable. Compare ignorant and -able for the components.
three togethers
Calque from Chinese 三同 (sāntóng).
kenspeck
Apparently from Old Norse kennispakr (“quick at recognizing persons or things”), from kenna (“know, recognize”) + spakr (“wise”). Compare Swedish kännspak.
kittul
From Sinhalese කිතුල් (kitul, “jaggery”).
knitch
From Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”).
kromesky
Borrowed from Russian [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krōmà (“slice”).
Scamander
From Latin Scamander, from Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος (Skámandros).
bianzhong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 編鐘 /编钟 (biānzhōng).
kouxian
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 口弦 (kǒuxián).
Berytus
From Latin Bērȳtus, from Ancient Greek Βηρῡτός (Bērūtós), from Phoenician 𐤁𐤓𐤕 (brt). Doublet of Beirut and Beeroth.
Iconium
From Latin Iconium, from Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Unrelated to icon. Doublet of Konya.
Sinop
From Turkish Sinop and Ottoman Turkish سنوب (Sinop), from Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Σινώπη (Sinṓpē), from Hittite 𒅆𒉡𒉿 (Šinuwa).
Constantinopolis
From Middle English Constantinopolis, from Latin Cōnstantīnopolis, from Ancient Greek Κωνστᾰντῑνούπολῐς (Kōnstăntīnoúpolĭs).
kroeung
From Khmer គ្រឿង (krɨəng).
prahok
Borrowed from Khmer ប្រហុក (prɑɑhok).
Matariki
Borrowed from Māori Matariki, in turn derived from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *matafiti, Proto-Eastern Polynesian *matasiti
One Maori folk etymology claims it represents ngā + mata + o + te + ariki + o + Tāwhirimātea, meaning "the eyes of the [wind] god Tāwhirimātea". In Māori legend, the Pleiades star cluster which it is named after was from Tāwhirimātea's plucked eyes.
Cognate with Hawaiian makahiki.
kawanatanga
Borrowed from Māori kāwanatanga; the first part of the word is a borrowed form of English governor.
kapa haka
Borrowed from Māori kapa haka (literally “line” (i.e. forming a line of people) “dance”).
Bubastis
Borrowed from Latin Bubastis, from Βούβαστις (Boúbastis), from pr (“house”) + bꜣstt (“Bastet”).
Pillars of Hercules
Calque of Latin Columnae Herculis.
mandlach
From Yiddish מאַנדלאַך (mandlakh, literally “little almonds”).
shkedei marak
From Hebrew שְׁקֵדֵי מָרָק (shkedé marák, literally “soup almonds”).
karidopita
Borrowed from Greek καρυδόπιτα (karydópita, “walnut pie”), from καρύδι (karýdi, “walnut”) and πίτα (píta, “pie”).
Heraclea
Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).
jinghu
Borrowed from Chinese 京胡 (jīnghú).
From Mandarin 鏡湖 /镜湖 (Jìnghú).
Bereitschaftspotential
Borrowed from German Bereitschaftspotential (literally “readiness potential”).
earthapple
From earlier erth-apple (“tuberous root of the sowbread", also "tomato-like fruit of the mandrake”), from Middle English *erth-appel, from Old English eorþæppel (“cucumber”, literally “earth or ground-apple”), from Proto-West Germanic *erþapplu (the name of various types of fruits which grow on or below the ground; gourd, melon, squash), equivalent to earth + apple. The modern sense of "potato" is a calque of Dutch aardappel (“potato”). Compare also German Erdapfel, French pomme de terre.
grax
Early 20th century. From Norwegian Nynorsk grakse (“residue from the production of fish or whale oil”), from Norwegian Nynorsk dragse (“residue”), from Old Norse dregg. Doublet of dreg.
duale tantum
From Latin duāle tantum (“dual as such; dual only”), from duāle + tantum.
kinema
Borrowed from Nepali किनेमा (kinemā, literally “fermented flavour”), from Limbu [script needed] (ki, “fermented”) + [script needed] (nambaa, “flavor”).
Nuo
Borrowed from Mandarin 儺／傩 (nuó).
katsuobushi
Borrowed from Japanese 鰹節(かつおぶし) (katsuobushi).
lacriform
From Latin lacrima ("tear", as in teardrops) + -form.
cyser
From Middle English ciser (“alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency”), from Medieval Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σίκερα (síkera), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār). Doublet of cider.
winter salami
Calque of Hungarian téliszalámi, from téli (“winter”) + szalámi (“salami”).
basophobia
From Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “step”) + -phobia. Alternatively, from baso- + -phobia. By surface analysis, bas- + -o- + -phobe + -ia.
jinnia
Borrowed from Arabic جِنِّيَّة (jinniyya), from جِنِّيّ (jinniyy, “jinn”) + ـة (-a, feminine suffix).
syncellus
From Latin syncellus, from Ancient Greek σύγκελλος (súnkellos).
karambit
Borrowed from Minangkabau kurambik, karambiak.
Asparukh
From Byzantine Greek Ἀσπαρούχ (Asparoúkh), from Bulgar, from Alanic Æspӕruk; see there for more.
canchalagua
From Spanish canchalagua, from Mapudungun cachanlagua.
doshpuluur
Borrowed from Tuvan дошпулуур (doşpuluur).
orthostates
From Ancient Greek ὀρθοστάτης (orthostátēs, “upright shaft”).
jabisen
From Japanese 蛇皮線 (jabisen, literally “snakeskin strings”).
Oakes
From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).
fragrant meat
Calque of Chinese 香肉 (xiāngròu, “fragrant meat”).
geaux
Pseudo-Gallicism and hybrid word, from English go and French -eaux. See -eaux on Wikipedia for further information.
bancha
Borrowed from Japanese 番茶 (bancha, literally “coarse tea”).
Upham
From Old English upp (“upper”) + hām (“homestead”).
The civil parish in New Brunswick is named after Loyalist military officer and politician Joshua Upham (1741 - 1808).
Lowry
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Labhradha. See Lavery and compare McClory.
* As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Laury, Lawrie.
Also compare Lowery.
idakka
From Malayalam ഇടയ്ക്ക (iṭaykka).
Raffles
May come from a Scandinavian source like Old Norse refr (“fox”) + hol (“hole”), or comes from Raphael, with a patronymic suffix -s.
Pausanias
Transliteration of Ancient Greek Παυσᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Pausănĭ́ās).
Mellon
* As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin (“descendant of Meallán”), a name formed from a diminutive of meall (“pleasant”).
* As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise.
* As a Dutch surname, named after a place name Millun bij Keulen.
Heaton
From Old English hēah (“high”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Hamlin
From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.
Lamar
From a placename in Normandy, which was derived from Old French la mare (“the pool”).
Sathmar
From German Sathmar, from Hungarian Szatmár, a region in modern-day Romania. See Satu Mare.
cobza
From Romanian cobză, from Ukrainian ко́бза (kóbza), from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.
Doublet of komuz and kobza.
Agassi
Adaptation of Armenian Աղասի (Aġasi).
Borrowed from Korean 아가씨 (agassi).
Nalbandyan
Borrowed from Armenian Նալբանդյան (Nalbandyan).
Tankyan
From Armenian Թանկյան (Tʻankyan), Թանգյան (Tʻangyan).
Dolmayan
Borrowed from Armenian Դոլմայան (Dolmayan).
Odadjian
Borrowed from Armenian Օդաջյան (Ōdaǰyan).
Aznavour
From French Aznavour, an adaptation of Armenian Ազնավուրյան (Aznavuryan).
Devejyan
Borrowed from Armenian Դևեջյան (Deweǰyan).
dramyin
From Tibetan སྒྲ་སྙན (sgra snyan).