MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Lilia
Borrowed from Latin lilia, plural of lilium (“lily”), or a Latinization of the English Lily.
Lila
Variant of Leila or Lilah, depending on pronunciation; also associated with Spanish lila (“lilac”).
From Sanskrit लीला (līlā, “play, charm”).
Ermengarde
From the Old English name reinforced by its Norman cognate, from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz (“all,whole”) + *gardaz (“enclosure”), "strong protection". Cognate with the German saint's name Irmgard.
Almira
Coined name, possibly inspired by Elmira, of a queen of Castile in C. F. Handel's opera Almira (1705) to an Italian [Term?] libretto.
flacon
Borrowed from French flacon. Doublet of fiasco, flagon, and flask.
buccinator
Borrowed from Latin buccinātor (“trumpeter”), from buccinō (“blow the trumpet”) + -tor (“-ator, -er”).
deraign
Inherited from Middle English dereynen, from Old French deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), from Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”).
lattermath
From latter (from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”)) + math (dialectal, from Old English mæþ (“mowing”), from the Proto-Germanic *mēþą).
mauka
Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).
maulana
Borrowed from Hindustani मौलाना (maulānā) / مَولَانَا (maulānā), from Classical Persian مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā), ultimately from Arabic مَوْلَانَا (mawlānā, “our lord”).
The Indian slang usage of the term for any Muslim person was derived from a stereotype, especially towards Muslims who look stereotypical (beard, robes, and skullcap).
Mauna Kea
Unadapted borrowing from Hawaiian Mauna Kea (literally “White Mountain”), presumably in reference to its seasonal snow cover.
Mauna Loa
Unadapted borrowing from Hawaiian Mauna Loa (literally “Long Mountain”). Doublet of Maunaloa.
maunch
From Middle English maunche, from Old French maunche, one of the variants of manche, from Latin manica. Doublet of manche.
mauvais quart d'heure
Unadapted borrowing from French mauvais quart d'heure (“bad quarter of an hour”).
mavis
From Middle English mavys, from Anglo-Norman mauvis, from Old French mauvis (“song thrush”).
Kashaya
Borrowed from Kashaya kʼahša·ya (“skillful; expert gambler”).
Borrowed from Sanskrit कषाय (kaṣāya, “astringent; dull; yellowish red; dirt; passion”), from Proto-Indo-European *kars-. Cognates include Sanskrit कष्ट (kaṣṭa) and English harsh.
Bonifacio
From Italian Bonifacio, from Late Latin Bonifātius, named after Boniface II of Tuscany. Doublet of Boniface.
yaya
From Tagalog yaya, from Philippine Spanish yaya.
The male name is ultimately from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā); likely through a West African language.
umwhile
From Middle English umwhile, umwhyle, umbewhile, from the phrase umbe while (literally “at times, at some time”). Analyzable as um- + while. More at while.
Gagen
Two main origins:
* Variant of Gahan or Geoghegan, two surname of Irish origin.
* Borrowed from German Gagen, a topographic surname from a Tyrolean term meaning "Alpine dairy hut".
jequirity
From French jéqwirity, from Tupi-Guarani jekirití. Alternatively, from Portuguese jequiriti, jequirití, perhaps of Indic origin; akin to Hindi रत्ती (rattī, “ratti”).
baristo
From barista (“bartender”), the -a having been interpreted as the Italian feminine singular ending -a, and then substituted with the masculine singular ending -o to specify a masculine, rather than feminine, agent noun.
burusera
Borrowed from Japanese ブルセラ (burusera), from a combination of ブルマー (burumā, “bloomers”) + セーラー服 (sērā-fuku, “sailor suit”), from English bloomers and sailor respectively.
whimberry
From earlier winberry, a variant of wineberry with regular shortening of the first vowel before a consonant cluster (in wineberry this was prevented or reversed due to analogy). Wineberry is derived from Middle English winberie, wineberie (“grape; type of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe, wīnberie (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“grape; wineberry”), from *wīną (“wine”) (from Latin vīnum (“wine”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to twist, wind; etc.”), referring to the vine) + *bazją (“berry”) (further etymology unknown).
The assimilation of /nb/ to /mb/ seen in some forms is to be expected (compare hemp from Old English henep). Other forms show the influence of unrelated words; the consonantism of forms with initial wh- is probably due to the influence of whin (“furze, gorse (Ulex europaeus); similar prickly plant”), while windberry clearly represents remodelling as wind + berry.
physalis
From New Latin Physalis, coined by Linnaeus from Ancient Greek φυσαλλίς (phusallís, “bladder, wind instrument”), from φυσιόω (phusióō, “to puff up, blow up”), φυσώ (phusṓ).
brambleberry
From Middle English brymbyll bery, from Old English brǣmelberġe, from Proto-West Germanic *brāmilabaʀi, equivalent to bramble + berry.
hindberry
From Middle English *hindberie, from Old English hindberie, hindberġe, hindberiġe, equivalent to hind + berry. Compare Dutch hennebes, hinnebes, German Himbeere, Danish hindbær.
hurtleberry
From Middle English hurtil-beri (“bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub”); further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”), and Old English horte (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”).
palapa
Borrowed from Spanish palapa, from Tagalog palapa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaqpaq.
proslambanomenos
From Ancient Greek προσλαμβανόμενος (proslambanómenos, “accessory”), from προσλαμβάνω (proslambánō).
mawmenny
Borrowed from Middle English mawmene, from Anglo-Norman maumenee, an alteration of Arabic مأمونية (maʔmūniyya) after malmener, maumener (“to mistreat”).
maxillar
Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ar.
maxillo-
Etymology tree
Latin māxillader.
English maxillo-
Ultimately from Latin māxilla.
chalazion
From Late Latin chalazion, from Ancient Greek χαλάζιον (khalázion), diminutive of χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”).
Wichita
Uncertain. Probably from Creek we-chate (“red water”), referring to We-chate hatchee (Red Water River, or Red River of the South).
mesele
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.
Vitus
Name of an early martyr, Late Latin Vitus, perhaps from a Thracian word meaning "a person from Bithynia". Also associated with Latin vita (“life”). Vitus has also been used as a Latinization of Guy.
smake
From dialectal smak, early modern English smake, from Middle English smaken (“to taste, sense flavour, detect by taste or smell”), from Middle Dutch smaken (“to taste”).
Xanthochroi
Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “fair, yellow, golden, blond”), and either χρώς (khrṓs, “skin”), or ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale”).
unbeholden
From Middle English unbehealden, equivalent to un- + beholden.
tropicalista
From Brazilian Portuguese tropicalista (although apparently first attested later as noun). By surface analysis, tropical + -ista. Piecewise doublet of tropicalist.
kataifi
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قطائف (kadaif), from Arabic قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif).
dhoni
Borrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni).
aeroscopy
From Ancient Greek ἁεροσκοπία (haeroskopía, “divination by observing the heavens”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).
mbube
From Zulu imbube (“lion”) (uyimbube (“you are a lion”)).
rebbetzin
Borrowed from Yiddish רביצין (rebetsin), from Hebrew רב (“master”) plus Slavic *-itsa (feminine suffix) plus Yiddish ־ין (-in, feminine suffix).
chistka
From Russian чи́стка (čístka, “cleaning, purge”).
Samael
From Hebrew סַמָּאֵל (sammāʾēl).
serica
Borrowed from translingual Serica, from Latin sērica (“garments, silk”).
Learned borrowing from Latin Serica, from Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
misal
From Marathi मिसळ (misaḷ, “mixture”).
meader
From Middle English *medere, from Old English mǣþere (“a mower”), equivalent to math + -er.
foliophagy
From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -phagy (“to feed on”).
periegesis
Borrowed from Koine Greek περιήγησις (periḗgēsis, “the action of being shown around, as by a guide (chiefly in the titles of works)”), from Ancient Greek περι- (peri-, “around, surrounding”) + ἥγησις (hḗgēsis, “command, leading”) (from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, noun-forming suffix)), from περιηγεῖσθαι (periēgeîsthai, “to lead around”); compare Late Latin periegesis. Cognate with Greek περιήγηση (periígisi, “tour, sightseeing”).
adversity
From Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, the accusative singular of adversitās, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advertō (“to turn toward”).
retard
From Middle English retarden, from Anglo-Norman or Latin, from Anglo-Norman retarder, from Latin retardāre (“to retard”), from re- + tardus (“slow”).
rhypophagy
From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) and the suffix -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”)
See also suffix -phagy.
poltophagy
From Ancient Greek πόλτος (póltos, “porridge”) and the suffix -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”). See also suffix -phagy.
psomophagy
From Ancient Greek ψωμός (psōmós, “morsel”) + -phagy.
mealtide
From Middle English meeletide, equivalent to meal + -tide (“time, period, hour”). Compare Dutch maaltijd, German Mahlzeit, Icelandic máltíð.
guar
From Hindi ग्वार (gvār), from Sanskrit गोपाली (gopālī, “kind of cucumber”), shortened from गोपालकर्कटी (gopālakarkaṭī, “cowherder's cucumber”), from गोपाल (gopāla, “cowherd”) + कर्कटी (karkaṭī, “cucumber”) (see Latin cucumis and cucurbita).
bispel
From Middle English bispel, from Old English bīspel, biġspel (“proverb, parable, example, story”), from bī- (“by”) + spel (“talk, story”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Biespil (“example”), Middle Dutch bijspel (“proverb, parable”), German Low German Bispeel (“example”), German Beispiel (“example”). More at byspel, by-, spell.
stoor
From Middle English storen, *sturien, from Old English *storian, variant of styrian (“to stir, move”), from Proto-Germanic *sturōną (“to turn, disturb”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, twirl, swirl, move”). Cognate with Dutch storen (“to disturb”), Middle Low German stören (“to stir”), German stören (“to disturb”), dialectal German sturen (“to poke, root”). See stir.
hoatzin
From Nahuatl huāctzin (which probably designated a different bird).
promnesia
Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pre-, before”) + μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + -ία (-ía) on the model of amnesia, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Compare Greek προμνησία (promnisía).
thremmatology
From Ancient Greek θρέμμα (thrémma, “nursling”) + -ology.
empyema
From Ancient Greek ἐμπύημα (empúēma, “gathering, abscess”).
pteranodon
From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + ἀνόδων (anódōn, “toothless”). By surface analysis, ptero- + an- + -odon.
Alipio
Borrowed from Spanish Alipio; this surname is predominantly found in the Philippines.
fluxion
From Middle French fluxion, from Late Latin fluxiō, from Latin flūxus + -iō.
isocheim
From iso- + Ancient Greek χεῖμα (kheîma, “cold, winter”).
isothere
From French isothère, from iso- + Ancient Greek θέρος (théros, “summer”).
isoneph
From iso- + Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos, “cloud”) (see nepho-).
isobront
From iso- + Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) (see bronto-).
northmost
From north + -most, or possibly from Old English norþmest, undergoing the same reanalysis by folk etymology as foremost.
sandek
From Yiddish סנדק (sandek), from Hebrew סַנְדָּק (sandák), most likely from Ancient Greek σύντεκνος (súnteknos, literally “companion of child”), from συν- (sun-) + τέκνον (téknon).
kenaf
From Persian کنف (kanaf). See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more. Doublet of cannabis, canvas, and hemp.
misfeed
From Middle English *misfeden, from Old English misfēdan; equivalent to mis- + feed.
Ohrid
Borrowed from Macedonian Охрид (Ohrid), from о- (o-) + хрид (hrid, “mount, hill, elevation”).
It has been proposed by Katičić that the modern name is a modified version of the ancient Greek name, where the transition of "Lychnidus" to "Ohrid" presupposes a characteristic sound development from Albanian. Same development as Nish from Naissos, Shtip from Astibos and Sharr from Scardus, which may have thereby entered Slavic.
unworked
From Middle English unwerked, unwerched, equivalent to un- + worked. Doublet of unwrought.
moros
From its Spanish name, Spanish moros y cristianos (literally “Moors and Christians”), in reference to the colors of the two ingredients.
Aniceto
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese Aniceto. This surname is predominantly found in Mozambique.
Kaimana
From Hawaiian kaimana (“diamond”), shortening of Kaimana Hila (“Diamond Head, Hawaii”).
From Indonesian Kaimana.
sapota
Latinization of Nahuatl tzapocuahuitl (“Manilkara zapota, sapodilla”)
telestial
Uncertain.
* Possibly a blend of terrestrial + celestial, which are the names of the other two degrees of glory.
* Possibly related to Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far away”), Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end, purpose”)
* Also possibly Latin tellus (“ground or earth”).
grossular
From New Latin grossularius, from translingual Grossularia, a subgenus of Ribes, including the gooseberry, from French groseille. The mineral name is in reference to a particular green variety found in Siberia.
iotacism
From Ancient Greek ἰωτακισμός (iōtakismós), by surface analysis from iota + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme).
Mingrelian
From Mingrel + -ian, from Georgian მეგრელი (megreli). Compare the variant Megrelian.
kokosh cake
Hobson-Jobson of Hungarian kakaós (“cocoa”, adjective) + cake.
pareunia
From Ancient Greek πάρευνος (páreunos, “lying beside, lying with”).
clas
From Welsh clas, from Middle Welsh clas, from Proto-Brythonic *klas, from Latin classis. Doublet of class and classis.
piphat
From Thai ปี่พาทย์ (bpìi-pâat).
Deighton
From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.
xacuti
From Konkani शागोती (śāgotī), सागुती (sāgutī).
Ajeesh
From Malayalam അജീഷ് (ajīṣŭ).
karve
Borrowed from Old Norse karfi, or one of its descendants, potentially Swedish karve, or Danish karve.
abortorium
From abort. Compare auditorium, vomitorium. Possibly a borrowing of Russian абортарий (abortarij) or its variant аборторий (abortorij).
Moana
From Hawaiian Moana (“sea, ocean”), Māori moana, and other Polynesian languages.
oncome
From Middle English oncomen, from Old English oncuman, ancuman (“to arrive, come upon, happen”), from Proto-Germanic *anakwemaną (“to come to, come at, arrive”), equivalent to on- + come. Cognate with Dutch aankomen (“to arrive”), German ankommen (“to arrive”), Swedish ankomma (“to arrive”).
From Middle English oncome (“an attack”), equivalent to on- + come. Compare Old English ancuman (“to arrive, come upon, happen”). More at ancome, income.
hyporchema
From Ancient Greek ὑπόρχημα (hupórkhēma).
dolmade
Back-formation from dolmades, from Greek ντολμάδες (ntolmádes), plural of ντολμάς (ntolmás).
laojiao
Borrowed from Mandarin 勞教 /劳教 (láojiào) (an abbreviation of 勞動教養／劳动教养 (láodòng jiàoyǎng)).
caveola
Learned borrowing from New Latin caveola, constructed from cavea (“hollow, cavity; cage”) + -ola (diminutive suffix). Doublet of jail, which is from Late Latin caveola, an earlier, natural formation of the same term. More at cave, cavum, cava and cage.
apatheia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia). Doublet of apathy.
Tees
From Old English *Tēs(e), but uncertain beyond that. Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *tes (“heat”), which would be in reference to the “boiling” surging water of so much of the upper river, especially at places like Cauldron Snout.
isorhythm
Etymology tree
German Isorhythmikbor.
English isorhythm
Borrowed from German Isorhythmik, coined in 1904 by composer Friedrich Ludwig (1895-1970) (iso- + rhythm).
limbmeal
From Middle English lymmele, limmel, from Old English limmǣlum (“limbmeal, limb by limb”); equivalent to limb + -meal.
tastable
From Middle English tastable, taastable, equivalent to taste + -able. Compare Old French tastable.
co-mother
* com- + mother, as calque of Latin commater, French commère.
cummer
From Middle English commare, from Old French commere (modern French commère), from Late Latin commāter.
honeysuck
From Middle English honysoke, from Old English huniġsūce, huniġsūge; equivalent to honey + suck.
proudness
From Middle English proudnes, proudnesse, equivalent to proud + -ness.
selachian
From the (disused) genus name Selache, from Latin selachē, from the plural of Ancient Greek σέλαχος (sélakhos, “shark”).
Tauber
Borrowed from German Tauber, an occupational surname for a pigeon breeder, from Taube (“pigeon”) + -er.
Borrowed from German Tauber.
saury
Eggcorn of Japanese 佐伊羅 (saira). By surface analysis, -saur (“dinosaur or other extinct reptile”) + -y (diminutive suffix).
telestich
From Ancient Greek τέλος (télos, “end”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich.
dictatorship of the proletariat
Calque of German Diktatur des Proletariats.
Initially worded as Diktatur der Arbeiterklasse “dictatorship of the working class” and Klassendiktatur des Proletariats “class dictatorship of the proletariat”, both attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 [1850].
Two early appearances of the precise wording Diktatur des Proletariats “dictatorship of the proletariat” are in:
* Joseph Weydemeyer's article “Die Diktatur des Proletariats” [1 January 1852]; and
* Marx's letter to Weydemeyer [5 March 1852].
Isoko
Borrowed from Edo isoko (“outskirts, environs”), referring to the fact that some of the predecessors of the Isoko migrated from the Kingdom of Benin to modern-day Isokoland, and thus the name represented those who lived on the outskirts of the Benin Empire.
adjunction
From Latin adjunctio, from adjungere: compare French adjonction, and see adjunct.
calf love
From calf + love, calque of Dutch kalverliefde. Attested since the 19th century.
ousia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐσία (ousía), from οὖσα (oûsa), the feminine present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “I am”).
konjac
From the Latinized binomial name for the plant, Amorphophallus konjac or Arisaema konjac in earlier texts, from Japanese 蒟蒻, 菎蒻 (konnyaku) or Korean 곤약 (gonyak). The Japanese term probably derives from Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 蒟蒻 (MC kjuX|kjuH nyak). The plant is not native to the Japanese archipelago, and was imported from China.
co-father
From co- + father, in sense 1 as a calque of Latin compater, French compère.
Medan
From Malay, said to be from Tamil மைதானம் (maitāṉam, “ground”). More at Medan.
percuss
From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“to strike, to beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“to shake, to strike”).
Varsovian
From Latin Varsovia (“Warsaw”) + -an, or French Varsovien.
Nicosian
From Medieval Latin Nicosianus, from Nicosia + -ānus. Equivalent to Nicosia + -an.
targum
From Hebrew תַּרְגּוּם (targúm, “translation”).
fraktur
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Latin frangō
Latin frāctūrus
Latin frāctūrabor.
German Frakturbor.
English fraktur
First appears c. 1886 as fractur, and c. 1904 as fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.
wost
From Middle English wost, from Old English wāst (also wǣst), from Proto-Germanic *waist, second person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to wit, know”). More at English wit.
Knight Templar
From knight + Templar (ultimately from Latin templum (“temple”), notably the Temple Mount in Jerusalem).
halach uinic
From Spanish, from the original Mayan jalach wíinik (literally “real man (?)”).
therethrough
From Middle English ther-thurgh, þerþurh, þærþurrh, from Old English *þǣrþurh, from Proto-West Germanic *þārþurhw, equivalent to there + through. Cognate with Old High German dārduruh.
thereover
Inherited from Middle English therover, tharover, from Old English þǣrofer, equivalent to there + over. Cognate with Dutch daarover (“thereover”), Middle Low German darover (“thereover”), German darüber (“thereover”), Danish derover (“thereover”), Swedish däröver (“thereover”).
Eichmann
Borrowed from German Eichmann.
(noun): After Otto Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), the architect of the Holocaust.
Baghdadi
Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَادِيّ (baḡdādiyy). By surface analysis, Baghdad + -i.
wharenui
Borrowed from Māori wharenui (literally “big house”).
Kiracofe
Respelling of Dutch Kircove or German Kirchhoff, topographic names for someone living by the churchyard.
Borrowed from Bulgarian Кира́ков (Kirákov) (compare the name Кирил (Kiril)).
dialetheism
Coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley, from di- + Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”), in 1981.
xenelasia
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.
xeraphim
From Portuguese xarafin, from Arabic اَشْرَاف (ašrāf), plural form of شَرِيف (šarīf, “highborn”).
shereef
From Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf). Doublet of sharif and Sharif.
xeriff
From Arabic شَرِيفِيّ (šarīfiyy).
borsch
From Russian борщ (boršč) and Ukrainian борщ (boršč).
tehsildar
From Urdu تحصیل دار (taḥṣīl dār), from Persian تحصیلدار, from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl), and Persian دار (dâr).
archduchy
From French archiduché, from Middle French, itself from archi- (“arch-”) < Latin archi- + duché (“duchy, dukedom”) < Latin dux (“leader, commander, duke”).
Cyrene
From Latin Cȳrēnē, from Ancient Greek Κυρήνη (Kurḗnē), of uncertain origin. Classical sources considered the Thessalian demigod the etymon for the Libyan city. Modern scholars variously derive the name from the Libyan spring Κύρα (Kúra) or, noting the myth attested before the spring or city, consider an existing Proto-Berber name to have been conflated with the Thessalian myths by early Greek colonists.
cleruchy
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κληρουχία (klēroukhía), from κληροῦχος (klēroûkhos, “cleruch”); see cleruch.
hemistich
From French hémistiche, from Latin hēmistichium, from Ancient Greek ἡμιστίχιον (hēmistíkhion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “verse”).
medimnus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos).
shar-pei
Borrowed from Cantonese 沙皮 (saa¹ pei⁴, “sandpapery skin”).
simi
From Hokkien 什物 or 什麼／什么 (sím-mi̍h, “what”).
Borrowed from Italian Simi.
traitorly
From Middle English trayterly, traytourliche, equivalent to traitor + -ly.
cist
Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.
Borrowed from Welsh cist (“chest”) (see kistvaen), from Latin cista (“chest, casket”), see above.
big O notation
From the capital letter O (short for order, originally German Ordnung) used in the notation.
dosha
From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).
Borrowed from Malayalam ദോശ (dōśa).
octakis-
From Ancient Greek ὀκτάκις (oktákis, “eight times”).
heptakis-
From Ancient Greek ἑπτάκις (heptákis, “seven times”).
chillum
Borrowed from Hindustani चिलम (cilam) / چِلَم (cilam), from Classical Persian چِلَم (čilam).
decakis-
From Ancient Greek δεκάκις (dekákis, “ten times”).
Khond
Borrowed from Odia କନ୍ଧ (kandha).
Lake Michigan
Michigan, from Ojibwe Mishigami (“great lake”)/ᒥᔑᑲᒥ.
mishegoss
Borrowed from Yiddish משוגעת (meshugas), from משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”), from Hebrew משוגע (meshugga`, “crazy”), from שׁוּגַּע (shugga‘, “be driven mad”), שִׁיגַּע (shigga‘, “drive mad”).
integrity
Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.
scutellum
Borrowed from New Latin scūtellum, diminutive of Latin scūtum (“shield”).
sensillum
Borrowed from German Sensillum, from New Latin sensillum, diminutive of Latin sēnsus (“perception, feeling”). Coined by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in Systematische Phylogenie (1895).