MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
great martyr
Calque of Ancient Greek μεγαλομάρτυς (megalomártus).
Lawler
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Leathlobhair (“descendant of Leathlobhar”), a personal name composed of the elements leath (“half”) + lobar (“leprous; sick”), a nickname for a man of unhealthy constitution.
Iberic
From Latin Ibericus (“Iberian”). Attested since the 18th century as Iberick.
Futuna
From East Futuna Futuna, from Proto-Oceanic *putun₁, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *butun (Barringtonia spp.); cognate with Malay butun and Māori hutu (i.e. in pōhutukawa).
kyabakura
Borrowed from Japanese キャバクラ, itself from English cabaret club.
atabaque
Borrowed from Portuguese atabaque, from Arabic الطَّبَق (aṭ-ṭabaq, “plate”).
Soroptimist
From Latin soror (“sister”) and optima (“best”). See also -ist.
vicennium
From Latin vicennium, from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium, from vīciēs (“20 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vicennial + -ium.
talab
Borrowed from Hindi तालाब (tālāb), from Persian تالاب (tâlâb).
kalamarakia
From Greek καλαμαράκια (kalamarákia).
loukaniko
From Greek λουκάνικο (loukániko, “pork sausage”). Doublet of lucanica.
gopchang
Borrowed from Korean 곱창 (gopchang), a compound of 곱 (gop; mucous discharge, fat) + 창 (chang; intestines, guts).
bee hoon
From Hokkien 米粉 (bí-hún). Doublet of mei fun. Compare Malay bihun, Indonesian bihun, Tagalog bihon.
Nemeth
From Hungarian Németh, from német (“German”). The system of braille is named for Abraham Nemeth.
miswak
Borrowed from Arabic مِسْوَاك (miswāk), derived from Persian سواک (sevâk, “a teeth cleaning twig made from the arak tree”), originated from pre-Islamic Persia.
lahpet
From Burmese လက်ဖက် (lakhpak, “fermented or pickled tea”). The first element is ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la and hence a distant doublet of tea.
Weltpolitik
Borrowed from German Weltpolitik, a compound of Welt (“world”) + Politik (“politics”).
albizzia
From the commonly used, but invalid taxonomic name Albizzia, a correction of Albizia to match Filippo degli Albizzi's name. Such corrections, however, are not allowed by the taxonomic rules.
jiang hu
Borrowed from Mandarin 江湖 (jiānghú).
KKB
From Tagalog KKB, initialism of kani-kaniyang bayad (“going Dutch”, adjective, literally “to each their own payment”).
Isabela
Borrowed from Spanish Isabela. The province is named after Isabella II of Spain. Doublet of Isabelle.
Tiksi
From Yakut Тиксии (Tiksii), literally "moorage place".
Salyut
From Russian Салют (Saljut), from салют (saljut, “salute; fireworks”). Doublet of salute.
well-made play
Calque of French pièce bien faite, developed by the French dramatist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861).
Ashkelon
Borrowed from Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (′ašqəlōn).
zindiq
From Arabic زِنْدِيق (zindīq, “heretic”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (zndyk' /⁠zandīk⁠/, “heretic, Manichaean”).
qobar
From Ge'ez ቆባረ (ḳobarä, “darkness, blackness; fog, mist, dust”), from ቆበረ (ḳobärä, “become black, dark, or foggy”), which Antoine d'Abbadie said derives from the root ق ب ر (q b r, “bury”), because it "buries" the landscape and obscures the stars. Wolf Leslau alternatively speculated that it is "perhaps related" to Arabic كفر (kifr, “darkness of the night”) from the root ك ف ر (k f r, “conceal”).
Vehm
From a form of Middle High German veme (“condemnation, punishment, secret tribunal”), probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *faigī (“doomed to die”), see also fey.
Lattimore
From Vulgar Latin *latimarus (“translator, interpreter”), from Latin lătīnārius (“interpreter; Latinophone”).
acultomancy
From acutomancy, influenced by Latin acūleus (“needle”), + -mancy.
Hiva Oa
From South Marquesan [Term?], meaning long ridgepole.
zeera
Borrowed from Hindi जीरा (jīrā)/Urdu زیرہ (zīra), from Sanskrit जीरक (Jīraka) or Classical Persian زیرہ (zīra).
zerde
From Ottoman Turkish زرده (zerde, “zerde”), from Persian زرد (zard, “yellow”).
vorticella
Borrowed from translingual Vorticella, from Latin vortic- + -ella.
perizonium
From peri- (“around”) + Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle”) + -ium (“structure”).
Kitai
From Latin Kitai, from Khitan or , Khitai(n), probably via Uyghur خىتاي (xitay). Cognate with Cathay and Russian Кита́й (Kitáj).
Montseny
From Catalan Montseny, from Latin mōntem signī (literally “mountain of the sign”).
Bhargavi
Borrowed from Sanskrit भार्गवी (bhārgavī, “descendant of Bhrgu”).
McKittrick
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Shitrig, a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Sigtryggr, which is composed of the elements sigr (“victory”) and tryggr (“true”).
nepionic
From Ancient Greek νήπιος (nḗpios, “infant”) -n- + -ic.
lapserdak
Borrowed from Yiddish לאַפּסערדאַק (lapserdak). See that entry for more.
koumbaros
Transliteration of Greek κουμπάρος . Doublet of compere.
sukuk
Borrowed from Arabic صُكُوك (ṣukūk), plural of صَكّ (ṣakk, “bond, deed”).
Noto
Borrowed from Italian Noto, Italianization of Sicilian Notu.
kaesespaetzle
Borrowed from German Käsespätzle, from Käse (“cheese”) + Spätzle (“spaetzle”).
kataribe
Borrowed from Japanese 語(かた)り部(べ) (kataribe).
horripilate
From Late Latin horripilātus, perfect passive participle of horripilō (“(of hairs) to bristle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from horreō (“to bristle, shiver, dread”) + pilus (“hair”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”).
chronotope
From chrono- (“time”) + -tope (“space”), from Russian хронотоп (xronotop) as used by Mikhail Bakhtin.
Aqaba
Borrowed from Arabic العَقَبَة (al-ʕaqaba, literally “the obstacle”).
fodinichnion
From Latin fodīna (“a mine”) + -ichnion.
Cape Canaveral
From Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, from cañaveral (“reed bed”). It is the third oldest surviving European-given place-name in the US after Florida, and Dry Tortugas.
archisynagogue
Learned borrowing from Latin archisynagōgus. By surface analysis, archi- + synagogue.
Archuleta
Borrowed from Spanish Archuleta, from Basque Aretxuloeta.
viola da braccio
Italian viola da braccio (literally “viol for the arm”)
lalopathy
From Ancient Greek λάλος (lálos) + -o- + -pathy.
Gara
Various origins:
* Borrowed from Hungarian Gara, a variant of Garay.
* Reduced form of O' Gara, a surname of Irish origin.
Gaudete Sunday
From Latin gaudēte (“rejoice”), which is the first word of the Latin-language introit for this Sunday.
Sutekh
From Egyptian sw-W-t:x-A40 (swtḫ), a New Kingdom variant of s-t:X (stẖ).
unto the ages of ages
Calque of Ancient Greek εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων (eis toùs aiônas tôn aiṓnōn).
konfyt
From Afrikaans konfyt. Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and confit.
Broaden
Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a broad valley, from Old English brād (“broad”) + dene (“valley”). Alternatively, it could be a variant of the surname Braden.
beswathe
From Middle English *beswathen (“to becover”), from Old English swaþian (“to cover”), equivalent to be- + swathe (“to becover”).
Pazuzu
Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒉺𒍪𒍪 (Pazūzu).
Sexmoan
Borrowed from Spanish Sexmoán, from Kapampangan sasmuan (“meeting place”). Unrelated to sex moan.
Magonia
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Magonia, of further unknown origin. It's first attested in Latin in 815 by Agobard of Lyon.
Emesene
From Latin Emesēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνός (Emesēnós).
From Ancient Greek Ἐμεσηνή (Emesēnḗ).
Galla
* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall.
* As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala.
* As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.
Borrowed from Somali gaalo (“non-believers”).
securigera
Borrowed from translingual Securigera, itself from Latin secūriger (“axebearing, axewielding”).
Langford
Two main origins:
* From Old English lang (“long”) + ford (“ford”).
* The village in Nottinghamshire may derived from an Old English personal name *Landa + ford.
Egan
From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).
Turton
Habitational surname from a historical area in Lancashire, from Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
balbal
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal), from a Mongolic language.
Kengtung
Borrowed from Shan ၵဵင်းတုင် (káeng tǔng).
Moulmein
Borrowed from Burmese မော်လမြိုင် (maula.mruing).
Macclesfield
From the Old English name *Maccel, hence meaning field of Maccel. The Domesday Book records the name of Maclesfeld.
feelness
From feel + -ness, or perhaps continuing Middle English fēlnes (“perception”), from Old English ġefēlnes (“sensitivity; feeling”).
blenno-
From Ancient Greek βλέννα (blénna, “mucous discharge”).
hemerology
From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + -ology (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā, suffix indicating the study of something, or a branch of knowledge), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation; subject matter”) (from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā, suffix forming a feminine abstract noun) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ (suffix forming a collective noun))).
Epinomis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (Epĭnomĭ́s), from ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (epĭnomĭ́s, “an addition to a law”, “an appendix”).
Oban
From Scottish Gaelic Òban, from òban (“little bay”), diminutive of òb (“bay”).
Rattray
From Pictish, probably equivalent to Welsh rhawdd (“fortress”) + tref (“village”).
Blackett
A diminutive of the surname Black or a topographic surname for someone who lived by a dark headland, from Middle English blak (“black”) + heaved (“head”).
Jezreel
Borrowed from Hebrew יזרעאל (literally “God sows”). Possible doublet of Israel, but this is debated.
faspa
From Plautdietsch Faspa. Cognate to English vesper.
podite
From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + -ite (“bodypart”).
sarpat
Borrowed from Hindi सरपत (sarpat), from Sanskrit शर (śara, “arrow, reed”) + पत्त्र (pattra, “leaf”).
chalant
A back-formation from nonchalant, itself from Old French non- + chalant (“concerning, bothering”). By this process, the original Old French participle was coincidentally re-formed.
Shanahan
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Seanacháin.
Yamaha
Borrowed from Japanese 山葉 (Yamaha).
From Japanese ヤマハ. Named after Torakusu Yamaha (山葉 寅楠 (Yamaha Torakusu)), the company's founder.
parabaik
Borrowing from Burmese ပုရပိုက် (pu.ra.puik).
veksel
From Russian вексель (vekselʹ), from German Wechsel.
lues cerebri
Borrowed from Latin luēs (“syphilis”) + cerebrī (“of the brain”).
Moog
Borrowed from Alsatian Alemannic German Moog, from Middle German Maag, Mage.
Khaling
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཁ་གླིང་ (kha gling).
Dhangadhi
Borrowed from Nepali धनगढी (dhangaḍhī).
pirog
Borrowed from Russian пиро́г (piróg). Doublet of pierog/pieróg. For the plurals ending in n, see Yiddish פּיראָג (pirog).
Both from Polish Piróg and Russian Пирог (Pirog)
Kirsanov
Borrowed from Russian Кирса́нов (Kirsánov).
gryllos
From Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “comic figure, caricature”).
Sinam
From Manipuri ꯁꯤꯅꯥꯝ (sinām).
Theron
Borrowed from Latin Thērōn, in turn from Ancient Greek Θήρων (Thḗrōn).
From Occitan toponyms derived from Latin torus, thorus (“embankment, elevation”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to extend, to stretch out”).
 Made known in the Afrikaans form by the below actress.
Chersonese
From Latin Chersonēsus, from Ancient Greek Χερσόνησος (Khersónēsos), from χερσόνησος (khersónēsos, “peninsula”), from χέρσος (khérsos, “dry”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Rhene
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥήνη (Rhḗnē).
tamarix
Learned borrowing from Latin tamarix. Doublet of tamarisk.
chanpuru
Borrowed from Japanese チャンプルー (chanpurū), from Okinawan ちゃんぷるー (chanpurū), from Malay campur (“to mix”).
huat ah
From Hokkien 發啊 /发啊 (hoat--a), from 發 /发 (hoat, “to produce, to grow, to develop, to prosper, to pay out”) + 啊 (--a, “particle of exhortation”).
tetrapylon
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράπυλον (tetrápulon, literally “four gates”). Observable as tetra- + pylon.
tetrakionion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρακιόνιον (tetrakiónion).
Hecatompylus
From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.
tongzhi
Borrowed from Mandarin 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade”).
mak nyah
From Malay mak nyah, a compound word of mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”).
Steiger
* As a German surname, variant of Steger.
* Also as a German occupational surname for a foreman or mine inspector, and for someone who lived near a steep road, from Steiger (“foreman”, literally “one who ascends”) (see below).
* Also as a German surname, from the placename Steige in Alsace or Steige in Baden-Württemberg, these names themselves related to the word meaning to climb or ascend.
bo liao
From Hokkien 無聊／无聊 (bô-liâu, “bored; boring”).
Getae
From Latin Getae, from Ancient Greek Γέται (Gétai).
buay tank
From Hokkien 袂 (bōe, “cannot”) + Singapore Colloquial English tank (“to withstand”).
limpeh
Borrowed from Hokkien 恁爸／林北 (lín-pē, “I; me”, literally “your father”), specifically Singapore Hokkien 恁爸 (lím-pē, “I; me”, literally “your father”).
ah neh
Semantic extension from Tamil அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ, “elder brother”), reanalysed as a term prefixed by Hokkien 阿 (a, “stereotyping prefix”). Compare Ah Beng, Ah Lian, Ah Long, etc.
guai lan
Derived from Hokkien 怪𡳞 (koài-lān, literally “strange dick”).
sia suay
From Hokkien 瀉衰／泻衰 (sià-soe).
lup sup
Romanisation of Cantonese 垃圾 (laap6 saap3, “rubbish”).
mereing
From Middle English, from Old English mǣre (“boundary, limit”), from Proto-Germanic *mēriją (“boundary”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fence”). Cognate with Dutch meer (“a limit, boundary”), Icelandic mærr (“borderland”), Swedish landamäre (“border, borderline, boundary”).
gian peng
Romanization from Hokkien 癮飯 /瘾饭 (giàn pn̄g, “greed for rice”), from 癮 /瘾 (giàn, “a craving for something”) + 飯 /饭 (pn̄g, “rice”).
Coyle
An anglicised form of the Irish surname Irish Mac Dhubhghaill. The town in Oklahoma is named after businessman William H. Coyle, who served as a purchasing agent for the Eastern Oklahoma Railway.
yam cake
Calque from Chinese 芋頭糕／芋头糕 (yùtougāo).
Dai Di
Clipping of Cantonese 鋤大弟 /锄大弟 (co4 daai6 di2).
mee chiang kueh
From Teochew 麵煎粿／面煎粿 (min⁷ ziang¹ guê²), from 麵／面 (min⁷, “noodle”) + 煎 (ziang¹, “pan fried”) + 粿 (guê², “rice cake, pastry-like snack”).
kedani
From Japanese 毛蜱 (kedani, “[hairy] mite”).
Twentyman
From Middle English Twentiman, from twentiman, from twenti + man, commander of a levy of twenty or more men, and from later conflation of Twinterman with the number and/or surname. Equivalent to twenty + -man.
Pilkington
English habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from an Old English personal name *Pīleca + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
kee siao
From Hokkien 起痟 (khí-siáu, “to go mad”).
valeology
From Latin valeō (“to be strong, well or healthy”) + -logy.
cascrom
From Scottish Gaelic, from cas (“foot”) + crom (“crooked, bent”).
Watford
From either Old English wæt (“wet”) or wāþ (“hunting, chase”) + ford (“ford”).
procope
Learned borrowing from Late Latin procopē, via Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ) from verb προκόπτω (prokóptō, “to cut away in front; forward, advance”), προ- (pro-, “before; in front”) + κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).
ribspare
From Low German ribbesper, from Middle Low German ribbespêr (“spareribs”), from ribbe (“rib”) + sper (“spear; spit”), from Old Saxon ribbi + sper, from Proto-Germanic *ribją + *speru. The second element of the English word was probably influenced by English spare (“lean, wanting flesh”).
omphacomel
From Ancient Greek ὀμφακόμελι (omphakómeli), from ὄμφαξ (ómphax, “unripe fruit, especially grapes”) + μέλι (méli, “honey”).
rhodomel
From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + Latin mel (“honey”).
anchialine
From Ancient Greek ἀγχίαλος (ankhíalos, “near the sea”), from ἄγχι (ánkhi) and ἅλς (háls), + -ine.
paiseh
From Hokkien 歹勢／歹势 (phái-sè, “embarrassed”).
cteno-
From Ancient Greek κτείς, κτενός (kteís, ktenós, “comb”).
Asi
From Arabic الْعَاصِي (al-ʕāṣī).
Katta
Borrowed from Hindi कट्टा (kaṭṭā).
Italian poutine
From Italian + poutine, a calque of Canadian French poutine italienne; from being a variant of poutine that uses an Italian-style tomato-based pasta sauce instead of gravy.
zama-zama
From Zulu -zama, stem of ukuzama (“to try, strive, make an attempt to obtain something”).
laoya
From Hokkien 老爺／老爷 (lāu-iâ, “old-fashioned”).
zitoni
From Italian zitone, zitoni, an augmentative of zite, ziti.
conchiglioni
Borrowed from Italian conchiglioni, from conchiglie with the augmentative suffix -one applied.
Galsworthy
Habitational surname from a minor place in Devonshire, from Old English gagel (“sweet gale, bog myrtle”) + -worthy, a toponymic suffix deriving from Old English worþ (“enclosure”).
Hosororo
From its Warao [Term?] name, from ho (“water”) + sororo (“running, flowing”).
pennibrachium
From Latin penna (“feather”) + brachium (“arm”). Coined by Sullivan et al. in 2010.
Qin Mountains
Partial calque from Mandarin 秦嶺／秦岭 (Qínlǐng) derived from Hanyu Pinyin.
Sachertorte
From German Sachertorte, from Sacher + Torte (“tart, round cake”). By surface analysis, Sacher + torte. Named after Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher (1816–1907), who invented it in 1832.
pro domino
Borrowing from Latin prō (“as, like; as befitting”) + dominō (“owner of a residence; the master of its servants and slaves; lord”).
holoku
From Hawaiian holokū, usually explained as some sense of holo (“go”) and kū (“stop”).
Oller
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from German Öller, a variant of Öhler or Euler.
* Borrowed from Catalan Oller, an occupational surname for a potter, from Latin ollārius (“potter”).
groupo
From group + -o, probably adapted from Italian gruppo, name of the first Campagnolo groupsets.
leyn
From Yiddish לייענען (leyenen, “to read”).
bulbus glandis
From Latin bulbus ("bulb") + glandis ("acorn").
cold weapon
From cold + weapon, possibly a calque of Russian холо́дное ору́жие (xolódnoje orúžije, “cold weapon”), from холо́дное (xolódnoje) (the nominative neuter form of холо́дный (xolódnyj, “cold”)) + ору́жие (orúžije, “arm, weapon; weaponry”): see the 1876 quotation.
carabus
From Latin carabus. The entomological sense is borrowed from translingual Carabus, from the same Latin source.
Pippi Longstocking
Named after the character created by Astrid Lindgren, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump.
Ilham
From Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).
what's cracking
From crack, in turn from Middle English crak (“loud conversation, bragging talk”).
Kotiria
Borrowed from Guanano [Term?] (literally “water people”). See ko (“water”).
rest day
Possibly a continuation of Middle English resten-dei, restandæȝ, from Old English restendæġ (“day of rest; Sabbath”).
pillicock
From Middle English pilkoc, equivalent to an uncertain first element + cock (“a male chicken; slang term for a penis”). Compare the earlier surname Pylcock etc., as well as pillock, Scots pillie (“a penis”), Jutland regional Danish piller and pillerkok (“a penis”), regional Norwegian pill (“a penis”), and Swedish pillesnopp (“wiener, (small) penis”).
zaalouk
Borrowed from Arabic زَعْلُوك (zaʕlūk).
keroid
From Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -oid.
dontopedalogy
From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) and pes (“foot”), + -logy. Purportedly coined in 1960 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
a revolution is not a dinner party
Calque of Chinese 革命不是請客吃飯 /革命不是请客吃饭 (gémìng bùshì qǐngkè chīfàn, literally “revolution is not having guests to eat a meal”). An aphoristic political statement by Mao Zedong, defending violence as a means of imposing a different societal order; for more, see Wikipedia at revolution is not a dinner party.
privy house
From privy (“outhouse”) to clarify the intended sense, likely under the influence of Anglo-Norman privé hostel (attested in an 1139 British source) and Latin domus privata (1141).
gongpit
From Middle English gonge-put, from Old English gangpyt, equivalent to gong (“latrine, outhouse”) + pit.
toilet room
Originally from French chambre or cabinet de toilette, used for private grooming areas and then euphemistically for the locations of chamber pots and the plumbing fixtures which took their name from the room. Now generally understood as a direct (even impolitely overly direct) reference to the fixtures.
foreday
From Middle English *foreday (attested only in plural foredais), equivalent to fore- + day.
Halbach array
Named after Klaus Halbach, Halbach is borrowed from German Halbach.
ultroneity
From ultrone(ous) + -ity, from Latin ultroneitas.
klipdachs
Borrowed from German Klippdachs, from Dutch klipdas.
yotzei
Borrowed from Yiddish יוצא זײַן (yoytse zayn), from Hebrew יוֹצֵא (yotsé), active participle of יָצָא (yatsá, “to exit”).
bracha
Etymology tree
Hebrew בְּרָכָה (b'rakhá)bor.
Yiddish ברכה (brokhe)bor.
English bracha
Borrowed from Yiddish ברכה (brokhe), from Hebrew בְּרָכָה (b'rakhá).
baal korei
Borrowed from Yiddish בעל קורא (bal koyre), from Hebrew בַּעַל קוֹרֵא (bá'al koré), an alternative of בַּעַל קְרִיאָה (bá'al k'ri'á, literally “master of reading”).
vrock
Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s. Possibly related to Swedish vråk (“buzzard”).
choledocho-
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek χοληδόχος (kholēdókhos)bor.
New Latin cholēdochusbor.
English choledocho-
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin choledochus, from Ancient Greek χοληδόχος (kholēdókhos, “bile-containing”).
rhyparograph
From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -graph.
anallactic
From Ancient Greek ἀναλλακτικός (anallaktikós), from ἀλλάσσω (allássō, “to change”).
lotus foot
Calque of Chinese 蓮花腳 /莲花脚 (liánhuājiǎo).
kreotoxin
From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh, meat”) + toxin.
heuweltjie
From Afrikaans, from Dutch heuveltje (“hillock”).
ethopoeia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía). Equivalent to etho- + -poeia.
Kumbh Mela
Borrowed from Hindustani کُمبھ میلَہ (kumbh melā) / कुंभ मेला (kumbh melā). Related to kumbha and mela.
cumacean
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Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₁mn̥
Proto-Hellenic *kūmə
Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă)bor.
taxonomic name Cuma
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-k-s
Proto-Italic *-āks
Latin -āx
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Indo-European *-éyos
Proto-Italic *-ejos
Proto-Italic *-eos
Latin -eus
Latin -āceader.
taxonomic name -acea
taxonomic name Cumacea
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Latin -nus
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English cumacean
From taxonomic name Cumacea + -an, from the genus Cuma. Further from Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûmă, “wave; fetus, embryo”), Proto-Hellenic *kūmə and Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”).
meropic
From Ancient Greek μέροψ (mérops, “endowed with speech”), perhaps from μέρος (méros, “portion”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).
Godiva
From Middle English Godiva, a Latinised form of Old English Godġifu (literally “God gift”), from god (“god”) + ġifu (“gift”). Doublet of Goody, Goodey.
subbotnik
Borrowed from Russian суббо́тник (subbótnik), from суббо́та (subbóta, “Saturday”) + -ник (-nik).
voskresnik
From Russian воскре́сник (voskrésnik), from Russian воскресе́нье (voskresénʹje, “Sunday”) + -ник (-nik).
Octoechos
From Ancient Greek Ὀκτώηχος (Oktṓēkhos).
Tortola
Named after the Dutch island of Tholen with integration of the contracted preposition ter. The toponym was later (incorrectly) reinterpreted as a derivation from Spanish tórtola (“turtle dove”).
stavrotheotokion
From Ancient Greek σταυροθεοτοκίων (staurotheotokíōn).
sticherarion
From Greek στιχηράριο (stichirário), from στιχηρά (stichirá), ultimately from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos).
kathisma
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κάθισμα (káthisma, “a seat”).
ektenia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκτένεια (ekténeia).
lampadarius
From Latin lampadārius, from lampada, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “candle”).
antode
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀντῳδή (antōidḗ), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ).