MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Valentien
From French Valentien, from Latin Valentianus, from Valentia (“Valencia”) + -anus (“-ian: forming adjectives”). Doublet of Valencian.
Karoling
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *karaz
Proto-Germanic *karilaz
Proto-West Germanic *karil
Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ing
Medieval Latin Karolingusbor.
English Karoling
From Medieval Latin Karolingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carolus + -ing.
tekeli pitha
Borrowed from Assamese টেকেলি পিঠা (tekeli pitha).
Kwantien
From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 寬甸 (Kuāndiàn).
hado-
From Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hāídēs) + -o-. By surface analysis, had- + -o-.
nycti-
From Latinized form of Ancient Greek νυκτι- (nukti-), from νύξ (núx, “night”).
Guilbeault
From French Guilbeault, from Old High German Willibald, from Old English Willibald, from Willibeald
thel-
From Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”).
rassophore
From Ancient Greek ῥασοφόρος (rhasophóros). Literally, “robe-bearer”.
Amnok-gang
Borrowed from Korean 압록강(鴨綠江) (Amnokgang).
Tychicus
From Ancient Greek Τυχικός (Tukhikós).
spiritus rector
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus rector (literally “guiding spirit”), an alchemical term. First attested in 1729 in the writings of E. Strother.
Hrankarier
From Ukrainian Гранкар’є́р (Hrankarʺjér).
rhipsalis
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥίψ (rhíps, “wickerwork”) + Latin -alis (“-al”).
daintiful
From Middle English dayntefull, deyntefull, deintefull, equivalent to dainty + -ful.
hor lan
Pronunciation spelling of Hokkien 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hô-lân) and Cantonese 荷蘭／荷兰 (ho⁴ laan⁴⁻¹, “the Netherlands”), itself from Dutch Holland. Analyzable as a shortening of the alternative expression go hor lan or go Holland, literally “to go to Holland; to end up in Holland”.
bok chwee
Borrowed from Singaporean Hokkien 沐水 (bok-chúi).
deradelphus
From Ancient Greek δέρη (dérē, “neck, throat”) + Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”).
Chhukha
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཆུ་ཁ་ (chu kha).
Dagana
Borrowed from Dzongkha དར་དཀར་ནང་ (dar dkar nang).
Lhuentse
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལྷུན་རྩེ་ (lhun rtse).
Mongar
Borrowed from Dzongkha མོང་སྒར་ (mong sgar).
Pemagatshel
Borrowed from Dzongkha པད་མ་དགའ་ཚལ་ (pad ma dga' tshal).
Samdrup Jongkhar
Borrowed from Dzongkha བསམ་གྲུབ་ལྗོངས་མཁར་ (bsam grub ljongs mkhar).
Samtse
Borrowed from Dzongkha བསམ་རྩེ་ (bsam rtse).
Sarpang
Borrowed from Dzongkha གསར་སྤང་ (gsar spang).
Trashigang
Borrowed from Dzongkha བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་ (bkra shis sgang).
Trongsa
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཀྲོང་གསར་ (krong gsar).
Tsirang
Borrowed from Dzongkha རྩི་རང་ (rtsi rang).
Wangdue Phodrang
Borrowed from Dzongkha དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་ (dbang 'dus pho brang).
Zhemgang
Borrowed from Dzongkha གཞལམ་སྒང་ (gzhalm sgang).
Lokchina
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལོག་ཅི་ན་ (log ci na).
Metakha
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྨད་སྟབས་ཁ (smad stabs kha).
Phuentsholing
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་ (phun tshogs gling).
Sampheling
Borrowed from Dzongkha བསམ་འཕེལ་གླིང་ (bsam 'phel gling).
Khebisa
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཁེ་སྦིས་ས་ (khe sbis sa).
Nichula
Borrowed from Dzongkha ནི་ཅུ་ལ་ (ni cu la).
Khamaed
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཁ་སྨད་ (kha smad).
Khatoe
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཁ་སྟོད་ (kha stod).
Laya
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལ་ཡག་ (la yag).
Lunana
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལུང་ནག་ན་ (lung nag na).
Sangbay
Borrowed from Dzongkha གསང་སྦས་ (gsang sbas).
Kurtoed
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཀུར་སྟོད་ (kur stod).
Menbi
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྨན་སྦིས་ (sman sbis).
Metsho
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྨད་མཚོ་ (smad mtsho).
Minjay
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྨིན་རྒྱས་ (smin rgyas).
Kengkhar
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྐྱེངས་མཁར་ (skyengs mkhar).
Ngatshang
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྔ་ཚང་ (snga tshang).
Shermuhoong
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤེར་མུ་ཧཱུྃ་ (sher mu hūm̐).
Silambi
Borrowed from Dzongkha སི་ལམ་སྦི (si lam sbi).
Lamgong
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལམ་གོང་ (lam gong).
Lungnyi
Borrowed from Dzongkha ལུང་གཉིས་ (lung gnyis).
Shapa
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤར་པ་ (shar pa).
Nanong
Borrowed from Dzongkha ན་ནོང་ (na nong).
Norbugang
Borrowed from Dzongkha ནོར་བུ་སྒང་ (nor bu sgang).
Shumar
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤུ་མར་ (shu mar).
Lingmukha
Borrowed from Dzongkha གླིང་མུ་ཁ་ (gling mu kha).
Shenga Bjemi
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤེལ་རྔ་ན-སྦྱེ་མི་ (shel rnga na-sbye mi).
Langchenphu
Borrowed from Dzongkha གླང་ཅན་ཕུ་ (glang can phu).
Martshala
Borrowed from Dzongkha མར་ཚྭ་ལ་ (mar tshwa la).
Orong
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཨོ་རོང་ (o rong).
Pemathang
Borrowed from Dzongkha པདྨ་ཐང་ (pdma thang).
Phuntshothang
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕུན་ཚོགས་ཐང་ (phun tshogs thang).
Samrang
Borrowed from Dzongkha བསམ་རང་ (bsam rang).
Serthi
Borrowed from Dzongkha གསེར་ཐིག་ (gser thig).
Namgaychhoeling
Borrowed from Dzongkha རྣམ་རྒྱས་ཆོས་གླིང་ (rnam rgyas chos gling).
Pemaling
Borrowed from Dzongkha པདྨ་གླིང་ (pdma gling).
Phuentshogpelri
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕུན་ཚོགས་དབལ་རི་ (phun tshogs dbal ri).
Sangngagchhoeling
Borrowed from Dzongkha གསང་སྔགས་ཆོས་གླིང་ (gsang sngags chos gling).
Samtenling
Borrowed from Dzongkha བསམ་གཏན་གླིང་ (bsam gtan gling).
Senggey
Borrowed from Dzongkha སེ་ངྒེ་ (se ngge).
Sherzhong
Borrowed from Dzongkha གསེར་གཞོང་ (gser gzhong).
Shompangkha
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤོམ་སྤང་ཁ་ (shom spang kha).
Mewang
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྨད་ཝང་ (smad wang).
Lumang
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཀླུ་མང་ (klu mang).
Merag
Borrowed from Dzongkha མེ་རག་ (me rag).
Phongmed
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕོངས་མེད་ (phongs med).
Sagteng
Borrowed from Dzongkha སག་སྟེང་ (sag steng).
Samkhar
Borrowed from Dzongkha བསམ་མཁར་ (bsam mkhar).
Shongphoog
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤོང་ཕུག་ (shong phug).
Khamdang
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཁམས་དྭངས་ (khams dwangs).
Ramjar
Borrowed from Dzongkha རམ་སྦྱར་ (ram sbyar).
Korphoog
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྐོར་ཕུག་ (skor phug).
Langthil
Borrowed from Dzongkha གླང་མཐིལ་ (glang mthil).
Nubi
Borrowed from Dzongkha ནུ་སྦིས་ (nu sbis).
Kikhorthang
Borrowed from Dzongkha དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་ཐང་ (dkyil 'khor thang).
Mendrelgang
Borrowed from Dzongkha མནྜལ་སྒང་ (mnḍal sgang).
Patshaling
Borrowed from Dzongkha པ་ཚ་གླིང་ (pa tsha gling).
Phuntenchu
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྤུང་རྟེན་ཆུ་ (spung rten chu).
Rangthangling
Borrowed from Dzongkha རང་ཐང་གླིང་ (rang thang gling).
Semjong
Borrowed from Dzongkha སེམས་ལྗོངས་ (sems ljongs).
Sergithang
Borrowed from Dzongkha གསེར་གྱི་ཐང་ (gser gyi thang).
Nahi
Borrowed from Dzongkha ན་ཧི་ (na hi).
Nyisho
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཉི་ཤོག་ (nyi shog).
Phangyul
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕངས་ཡུལ་ (phangs yul).
Phobji
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕོབ་སྦྱིས་ (phob sbyis).
Ruepisa
Borrowed from Dzongkha རུས་སྦིས་ས་ (rus sbis sa).
Sephu
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྲས་ཕུག་ (sras phug).
Nangkor
Borrowed from Dzongkha ནང་སྐོར་ (nang skor).
Ngangla
Borrowed from Dzongkha ངང་ལ་ (ngang la).
Phangkhar
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཕང་མཁར་ (phang mkhar).
Shingkhar
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཤིང་མཁར་ (shing mkhar).
ombres chinoises
From French ombres chinoises (literally “Chinese shadows”).
ante-camera
From Middle French anticamera and its etymon Italian anticamera, with substitution of ante-, originally after Spanish antecámara, itself after Italian.
Purulia
Borrowed from Bengali পুরুলিয়া (puruliẏa).
Fawzia
Borrowed from Arabic فَوْزِيَّة f (fawziyya), from فَوْز (fawz, “victory, triumph”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).
Alipurduar
Borrowed from Bengali আলিপুরদুয়ার (alipurduẏar).
Fawzi
Borrowed from Arabic فَوْزِيّ (fawziyy), from فَوْز (fawz, “victory, triumph”) + ـِيّ (-iyy, nisba suffix).
poddinger
From Middle English podagere, podenger, a variant or alteration of potager, potynger. Compare slightly later porringer.
tyl-
From Latin tylo-, from Ancient Greek τύλη (túlē, “swelling”) and τύλος (túlos, “lump, knot”).
Majia
From Mandarin 瑪家 (Mǎjiā).
Ligang
From the Mandarin 里港 (Lǐgǎng).
Kalahandi
Borrowed from Odia କଳାହାଣ୍ଡି (kaḷāhāṇḍi).
Kouhu
From Mandarin 口湖 (Kǒuhú).
Lunbei
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崙背 (Lúnbèi).
Mailiao
From Mandarin 麥寮 (Màiliáo).
Kallakurichi
From Tamil கள்ளக்குறிச்சி (kaḷḷakkuṟicci).
Kancheepuram
From Tamil காஞ்சிபுரம் (kāñcipuram).
Namakkal
From Tamil நாமக்கல் (nāmakkal).
Sivaganga
From Tamil சிவகங்கை (civakaṅkai). By surface analysis, Siva + Ganga.
Merah
Borrowed from Arabic مَرَاح (marāḥ).
ZAKA
Borrowed from Hebrew זק״א, abbreviation of אסון קרבנות זיהוי, meaning "disaster victims identification".
Mikac
From Serbo-Croatian Mikac, Serbo-Croatian Mikać, and Serbo-Croatian Mikač.
Donechchyna
From Ukrainian Доне́ччина (Donéččyna).
melisso-
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey”). By surface analysis, meliss- + -o-.
meliss-
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey”).
melissic
From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey”). By surface analysis, meliss- + -ic.
Foakaidhoo
Borrowed from Dhivehi ފޯކައިދޫ (fōkaidū).
eutecto-
From Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”) + -o-.
anchieutectic
From Ancient Greek ἄγχι (ánkhi) + Ancient Greek εὔτηκτος (eútēktos, “easily melted”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”). By surface analysis, anchi- + eutectic.
edaph-
From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”).
edapho-
From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”). By surface analysis, edaph- + -o-.
hernio-
From Latin hernia (“protruded viscus”). By surface analysis, herni- + -o-.
Am Yisrael Chai
Borrowed from Hebrew עם ישראל חי (am yisra'él kháy, literally “the people of Israel live”).
Ramzi
Borrowed from Arabic رَمْزِيّ (ramziyy).
attico-
From Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós) + -o-. By surface analysis, attic + -o-.
o algo
Borrowed from Spanish o algo así. Amerimutt memes often ended sentences in or something to mock Americans for their overuse of the phrase. This was then translated to Spanish to mock Mexicans in the Meximutt meme.
Kimhyonggwon
Borrowed from Korean 김형권군(金亨權郡) (Gimhyeonggwon'gun). Named after Korean revolutionary Kim Hyŏnggwŏn, uncle of Kim Il Sung.
Third Rome
Calque of Russian Тре́тий Рим (Trétij Rim).
Theodorias
Borrowed from Latin Theodōrias, from Ancient Greek Θεοδωριάς (Theodōriás), from Θεοδώρα (Theodṓra) + -ιάς (-iás).
alafranga
From Ottoman Turkish آلافرانغه (alafranga), from Italian alla franca.
alaturca
From Ottoman Turkish آلاتورقه (alaturka), from Italian alla turca.
oy vavoy
Borrowed from Hebrew אוי ואבוי (óy va'avóy).
creo-
From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + -o-.
kreo-
From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh”) + -o-.
docos-
From do- + -cos- from Ancient Greek δώδεκα (dṓdeka) and Latinized form of Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).
tetracos-
From tetra- + -cos- from Latinized form of Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).
duodec-
From Latin duodecim (“twelve”). By surface analysis, duo- (“two”) + dec- (“ten”).
depsi-
From Ancient Greek δέψειν (dépsein, “knead”). By surface analysis, deps- + -i-.
hypsistaphylia
By surface analysis, hypsi- + staphyle + -ia, from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ).
staphyl-
From Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”).
botry-
From Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “cluster of grapes”).
Quechajaja
From Spanish Quechajaja, itself from Quechua kicha (“open”) + qaqa (“rock, cliff, mountain”).
Oyda
From Oyda Oyda, it is an endonym of the people and language while also an ethnonym and toponym. According to oral tradition, the name is a cognate of the Oyda noun oyda (“seat; chair”), used metaphorically to represent the "comfort" and "hospitality" the region offered to various settling clans.
Dipylon
From Ancient Greek Δίπυλον (Dípulon) (“Two Gate”), so named because of its unique architectural design featuring an inner and outer gatehouse separated by a rectangular courtyard. The art style was named after the funerary amphorae found in the cemetery near the gate.
Vilcanota
From Spanish Vilcanota, itself borrowed from Quechua willkamayu (“sacred river”) and Aymara willkanuta (“house of the sun”).
Habomai
From Japanese 歯舞 (Habomai). Ultimately from Ainu ハ アプ オマ イ (ha apu oma i), meaning "the islet where the drift ice retreats".
Mukilteo
Borrowed from Lushootseed bək̓ʷəɬtiwʔ.
Shanika
From Sinhalese ශානිකා (śānikā).
Walbom
From Danish Walbom, from German Walbaum, from Wal (“walnut”) + Baum (“tree”).
Ili-
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἴλιον (Ílion).
Indooroopilly
Possibly from Yagara nyindurupilli 'gully of leeches', from Yagara nyindur 'leeches' and Yagara pilli 'gully'
bekishe
Borrowed from Yiddish בעקעשע (bekeshe).
Circeo
Borrowed from Italian Circeo, from Latin Circaeus, from Ancient Greek Κιρκαῖος (Kirkaîos).
Shabbat Kallah
"Kallah" is from Hebrew כַּלָּה (“a bride”)
vach nacht
Borrowed from Yiddish וואך־נאכט (vakh-nakht)
bhapa
From Punjabi ਭਾਪਾ (bhāpā, “father, elder brother”). The term originated in the Potohari dialect of Punjabi spoken around Rawalpindi, and was brought to India by Sikhs, particularly of Khatri background, who fled the 1947 Rawalpindi massacres which occurred prior to Partition. This history continues to form the background of this word as used today.
Strabonian
From Latin Strabō (stem: Strabōn-) + -ian.
Strabonic
From Latin Strabō (stem: Strabōn-) + -ic.
Malmberget
From the definite singular of Swedish malm + berg (“the ore mountain”).
Djibril
Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرِيل (jibrīl).
calyc-
From Latin calycis, genitive of calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”).
calyci-
From Latin calycis, genitive of calyx, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “case of a bud, husk”). By surface analysis, calyc- + -i-.
calic-
From Latin calicis, genitive of calix. See also calyx.
ordo amoris
Borrowed from Latin ōrdō amōris (“order of love”).
Asan
Borrowed from Korean 아산(牙山) (Asan).
Shihtsuishan
From Mandarin 石嘴山 (Shízuǐshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Shih²-tsui³-shan¹.
Markam
From Tibetan སྨར་ཁམས་ (smar khams).
Gonjo
From Tibetan གོ་འཇོ་ (go 'jo).
Jomda
From Tibetan འཇོ་མདའ་ ('jo mda').
Karub
From Tibetan མཁར་རོ་ (mkhar ro).
Zhag'yab
From Tibetan བྲག་གཡབ་ (brag g.yab).
Zogang
From Tibetan མཛོ་སྒང་ (mdzo sgang).
Pasho
From Tibetan དཔའ་ཤོད་ (dpa' shod).
Riwoche
From Tibetan རི་བོ་ཆེ་ (ri bo che).
Lhorong
From Tibetan ལྷོ་རོང་ (lho rong).
Banbar
From Tibetan དཔལ་འབར་ (dpal 'bar).
Salvadoran quesadilla
Calque of Spanish quesadilla salvadoreña.
foretouch
From Middle English *foretouchen, fortouchen, equivalent to fore- + touch.
Pharamond
Borrowed from French Pharamond, from Medieval Latin Pharamundus, from Germanic.
Libertador
From Spanish libertador (“noun”), all named for Simón Bolívar.
Zuhayr
Borrowed from Arabic زُهَيْر (zuhayr).
Shadi
Borrowed from Arabic شَادِي (šādī), Iranian Persian شَادی (šâdi).
Taybad
Borrowed from Iranian Persian تَایْبَاد (tâybâd).
mitpallel
Borrowed from Hebrew מִתְפַּלֵּל.
Mazin
Borrowed from Arabic مَازِن (māzin).
Borrowed from Russian Мазин (Mazin).
Ayman
Borrowed from Arabic أَيْمَن (ʔayman).
Muntaser
Borrowed from Arabic مُنْْتَصِر (muntaṣir).
Kharbouch
Borrowed from Arabic خَرْبُوش (ḵarbūš).
Xinbin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新賓 /新宾.
Dongzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東洲 /东洲 (Dōngzhōu).
age-during
Calque of Ancient Greek αἰώνιος (aiṓnios, “eternal, everlasting, endless”), which is composed of αἰών (aiṓn, “age, eon”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix). First used in Young's Literal Translation.
Dzhokhar
From Russian Джохар (Džoxar), from Chechen Джовхӏар (Džovhar), from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar).
Tamerlan
From Russian Тамерла́н (Tamerlán), from Chechen Тамерлан (Tamerlan).
Barghouti
Borrowed from Arabic الْبَرْغُوثِيّ (al-barḡūṯiyy).
kutki
Borrowed from Nepali कुटकी (kuṭkī)
Korandje
Presumably from Korandje kwạṛa n dzyəy (“Korandje”)
rattan pepper
Calque of Chinese 藤椒 (téngjiāo).
sunpati
Borrowed from Nepali सुनपाति (sunapāti).
septen-
From an altered form of Latin septem (“seven”) used in some compounds such as septendecim and septentriō.
Lakurawa
From a Hausa adaptation of French les recrues, meaning "the recruits".
quinqua-
From an altered form of Latin quīnque (“five”) used in quīnquāgintā.
Al-Yasa
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْيَسَع (al-yasaʕ) from Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע
Chinhuangtao
From Mandarin 秦皇島 /秦皇岛 (Qínhuángdǎo) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-huang²-tao³.
Dhu'l-Kifl
Borrowed from Arabic ذُو الْكِفْل (ḏū l-kifl) From Arabic ذُو (ḏū, “owner”) and كِفْل (kifl, “lot, portion, share”): "He who possesses the lot." The meaning of this is unclear. First attested in the Quran (at 21:85 and 38:48).
canth-
From canthus, from Latin canthus (“corner of the eye”), from Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye”).
Qinghe
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 青河 (Qīnghé).
Geiranger
From Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk Geiranger, from Old Norse Geirangr, from geirr (“spear”) + angr (“inlet”), named for the neighbouring Geirangerfjord.
duilian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 對聯 /对联 (duìlián).
shrivatsa
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit श्रीवत्स (śrīvatsa)
Shahani
Borrowed from Urdu شاہانی (śāhānī).
cormo-
By surface analysis, corm + -o-, from Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of boughs”).
flusk
Uncertain. Likely from Middle English *flusken, a variant of flusshen (“to move rapidly, dart”), the same origin as flush. Perhaps from Old Norse *flugsa (“to flap, flutter”), from Proto-Germanic *flugisōną (“to flutter”); compare Norwegian Nynorsk flugsa (“to flutter”), Norwegian Bokmål flugse (“to flutter”). Compare also Norwegian flogsa, flogse (“to run around, frolic, flirt”), Faroese flogsa (“to gad about, solicit”).
bidgee-widgee
Alteration of New Zealand English biddi-biddi, Anglicisation of Māori piripiri.
Ostashkov
Borrowed from Russian Оста́шков (Ostáškov).
Chuwo
From Mandarin 曲沃 (Qūwò) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻü¹-wo⁴.
Zhangjiachuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張家川 /张家川 (Zhāngjiāchuān).
Maiji
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 麥積 /麦积 (Màijī).
Gangu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 甘谷 (Gāngǔ).
Gnjilane
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Gnjilane /Гњилане.
crani-
From Medieval Latin crānium (“skull”), from Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “skull”).
Nicomachus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νικόμαχος (Nikómakhos).
aretocracy
From arete (“virtue, excellence”) + -cracy, from Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).
hendec-
From Ancient Greek ἕνδεκα (héndeka, “eleven”).
ogdoa-
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eightfold, group of eight”).
maja blanca
From Philippine Spanish maja blanca, from maja + blanca (“white”). Related to Spanish manjar blanco (literally “white delicacy”). Compare Tagalog maha-blangka, French blanc-manger.
Laestrygon
Borrowed from Latin Laestrȳgōn, from Ancient Greek Λαιστρῡ́γων (Laistrū́gōn).
Sanchuniathon
Borrowed from Latin Sanchuniathōn, Sanchōniathō, Sanchōniathōn, Sanchuniathō, from Ancient Greek Σαγχουνιάθων (Sankhouniáthōn), Σαγχωνιάθων (Sankhōniáthōn), from Phoenician.
Sanchoniathon
Borrowed from Latin Sanchōniathōn, Sanchōniathō, from Ancient Greek Σαγχωνιάθων (Sankhōniáthōn), from Phoenician.
Artemides
From Ancient Greek Ἀρτέμιδες (Artémides), plural of Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis”).
Shamchun
Borrowed from Cantonese 深圳 (sam1 zan3).
cnemid-
From Ancient Greek κνημῖδος (knēmîdos), genitive of κνημῑ́ς (knēmī́s, “shin, calve”).
cnemido-
From Ancient Greek κνημῖδος (knēmîdos), genitive of κνημῑ́ς (knēmī́s, “shin, calve”). By surface analysis, cnemid- + -o-.
cnem-
From Ancient Greek κνημῑ́ς (knēmī́s, “shin, calve”).
pudendo-
From Latin pudendum (“external genitals, shaming”). By surface analysis, pudend- + -o-.
caus-
From Ancient Greek καῦσος (kaûsos, “heat, fever”).
Diablo wind
So called because in the San Francisco Bay area the wind blows from the direction of Mount Diablo and the Diablo Range, which ultimately gets its name from Spanish diablo (“devil”), the hot and fiery connotations of which may have reinforced the use of the name for hot, firestorm-causing winds.
partzuf
Borrowed from Hebrew פַּרְצוּף, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon). Doublet of prosopon.
sympathico-
From New Latin sympathico-, combining form (in e.g. sympathico-tonicus) of sympathicus formed with -o-.
Siwarha
Borrowed from Arabic سِوَارهَا (siwārhā, literally “her bracelet”), so named because Betelgeuse derives from Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, literally “hand of Jawzāʾ”); جَوْزَاء f (jawzāʔ, “Jawzāʾ”) is a female figure in Arabian legend.
apricious
From Latin aprīcus (“warmed by the sun, sunny”) + -ous. Compare apricity.
Water Carrier
Calque of Latin Aquarius. Compare Afrikaans Waterdraer
MacMaster
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maighstir or Mac Á Mhaighstir (“son of the master”), from maighstir (“master”). By surface analysis, Mc- + master.
Qiannan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黔南 (Qiánnán).
bitaura
Borrowed from Hindi बिटौरा (biṭaurā).
Kuujjuaq
From Inuktitut ᑰᔾᔪᐊᖅ (kooyyoaq) or ᑰᑦᔪᐊᖅ (kootyoaq), literally, “great river”.
Water Man
Calque of Latin Aquarius. Compare Dutch Waterman, German Wassermann, Swedish Vattumannen.
yin choy
Borrowed from Chinese 莧菜 /苋菜 (jin6 coi3).
Shaan-Gan-Ning
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 陝甘寧 /陕甘宁 (Shǎn-Gān-Níng), a blend of 陝西／陕西 (Shǎnxī, “Shaanxi”) + 甘肅／甘肃 (Gānsù, “Gansu”) + 寧夏／宁夏 (Níngxià, “Ningxia”).
Tonganoxie
Borrowed from Unami Tànkinakwsi (given name), from tànkinakwsi anim (“to look short, to seem small”), from tànk- (“short, small”) + -inakwsi (“to look like”).
snoke
From Middle English snoken, from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from Proto-Germanic *snuk-.
Seselwa
From Seychellois Creole seselwa, from French seychellois. Doublet of Seychellois.
Pax Judaica
From Latin pāx (“peace”) + Iūdaica (“Jewish”) after the model of the imperial Roman Pāx Rōmāna, former British Pax Britannica, and present Pax Americana.
animal soul
Calque of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ הַבַּהֲמִית (néfesh habahamít).
palikarism
From Ancient Greek παλικάρι (palikári) + -ism.
DePooter
From Dutch de and Dutch poten, an occupational name meaning "planter".
Kreol Seselwa
From Seychellois Creole kreol seselwa, from French créole seychellois.
psittac-
From Latin psittacus (“parrot”), from Ancient Greek ψιττακός (psittakós).
Sublime State of Afghanistan
Borrowed from Persian دولت علیه افغانستان.
Kangerlussuaq
Borrowed from Greenlandic Kangerlussuaq (“Big Fjord”).
Maniitsoq
Borrowed from Greenlandic Maniitsoq.
Luqu
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 碌曲 (Lùqū).
Boissevain
From French Boissevain.
The town in Manitoba is named after Adolphe Boissevain.
prosodiac
From Middle French prosodiaque and its etymon Late Latin prosōdiacus, from Koine Greek προσοδιακός (prosodiakós), from Ancient Greek προσόδιον (prosódion) + -ακός (-akós). By surface analysis, prosodi(on) + -ac.
Kalipurush
Borrowed from Hindi कलिपुरुष (kalipuruṣ), made of कलि (kali, “the demon Kali, Kalipurush”) and पुरुष (puruṣ, “a man”).
begedil
Borrowed from Malay bergedel, begedil, from Javanese bregedel, from Indonesian perkedel, from Dutch frikadel.
hentak kaki
Unadapted borrowing from Malay hentak kaki (literally “stomp one’s feet”), referring to a punitive military drill command in the Singapore Armed Forces requiring soldiers to march on the spot. The full drill command is hentak kaki, cepat hentak.
Meitei Hui
From Meitei, referring to the rearers, and Manipuri ꯍꯨꯏ (huʼi, “a dog”).
Kiryas Joel
Borrowed from Yiddish קרית יואל (kris yual).
O'Flaherty
Anglicization of Irish Ó Flaithbheartaigh. See also Flaherty.
Shaugh Prior
Shaugh is from Old English sceaga, Prior refers to early possession by Plympton Priory.
Nava'i
From Classical Persian نَوَائِی (nawā'ī, literally “melodious”), from نَوَا (nawā, “melody”) + ـئِی (-'ī, suffix forming adjectives).
Guangzong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣宗 /广宗 (Guǎngzōng).
Dexing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 德興 /德兴 (Déxīng).
Guangfeng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣豐 /广丰 (Guǎngfēng).
Guangxin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣信 /广信 (Guǎngxìn).
Hengfeng
From Mandarin 橫峰 /横峰.
Wannian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 萬年 /万年 (Wànnián).
Yugan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 餘干 (Yúgān).
Aoyituogelake
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奧依托格拉克 /奥依托格拉克 (Àoyītuōgélākè).