MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
akathist
From Ancient Greek ἀκάθιστος (akáthistos, “unseated, standing”). Attested in the 1850s (as Akathist and Akathistos), after slightly earlier (1830s) German usage.
irmologion
From Ancient Greek εἱρμολόγιον (heirmológion).
automelon
From Byzantine Greek αὐτόμελον (autómelon), neuter of αὐτόμελος, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) + μέλος
Orthrus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄρθρος (Órthros).
Benedicite
From Latin benedīcite, a plural imperative of benedīcō (“to bless; to praise”, literally “to say well (of)”).
yayue
Borrowed from Mandarin 雅樂／雅乐 (yǎyuè, literally “elegant music”). Doublet of gagaku and aak.
fudanshi
Borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)男(だん)子(し) (fudanshi, literally “rotten boy/man”).
talayot
Borrowed from Catalan talaiot, from talaia (“watchtower”), of Arabic origin.
Erythraean Sea
Partial calque of Latin Erythraeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρὰ θάλασσα (Eruthrà thálassa).
dudou
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 肚兜 (dùdōu, “literally belly cover”).
ailurophilic
From ailuro- (“cat”) + -philic, both from Ancient Greek.
meriyasu
Borrowed from Japanese メリヤス (“a stretchy knit fabric”)
amir al-umara
From Arabic أمير الأمراء, literally "emir of emirs".
gluco-
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der.
New Latinder.
English gluco-
From the New Latin combining form from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”).
day's residue
Calque of German Tagesreste, coined by Sigmund Freud.
doudu
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 兜肚 (dōudù, “literally [item] covering the belly”).
tou-tu
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 兜肚 (dōudù, literally “[item] covering the belly”).
tou-tou
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 兜兜 (dōudōu, diminutive form of dudou).
haramaki
Borrowed from Japanese 腹巻 and 腹巻き (haramaki).
Chajnantor
From Kunza tchacknatur (“place of departure” or “place of lift-off”), a place of platforms for worshipping the Sun.
bogolan
Borrowed from Bambara bɔgɔlanfini (“mud cloth”).
cockabondy
Perhaps from Welsh coch y bonddu (literally “red with black stem”).
trainor
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.?
Latin trahere
Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre
Old French traïnerder.
Old French trainder.
Middle English trayne
English train
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English trainerbor.
Cebuano trainorbor.
English trainor
Borrowed from Cebuano trainor, itself from English trainer.
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Thréinfhir (“son of Thréinfhear”) a personal name composed of the elements tréan (“strong”) + fear (“man”). Compare Cranor.
empaestic
From Ancient Greek ἐμπαιστικός (empaistikós, “embossed”), from ἐμπαίω (empaíō), from παίω (paíō, “strike”).
euryoecious
From Ancient Greek εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”) + Ancient Greek οἰκέω (oikéō, “to dwell”). By surface analysis, eury- + -oecious.
noctuoid
From Latin noctua (“owl”, literally “nocturnal one”) + -oid.
shitfire
From shit + fire, possibly a calque of Spanish cacafuego (“braggart”, literally “fireshitter”).
vetsin
Genericized trademark of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin food company. The Ve-Tsin (味精) trademark itself comes from Shanghainese 味精 (⁶vi-cin₁), which is ultimately from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei).
Kiyomi
Borrowed from Japanese きよみ (Kiyomi).
Borrowed from Japanese 清見 (きよみ, kiyomi).
hopia
Borrowed from Tagalog hopia, from Spanish hopia, from Hokkien, possibly 好餅 /好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). See also Early Manila Hokkien 香餅 /香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, literally “fragrant pastry”), Indonesian bakpia. Compare Cebuano hopya.
Squamish
From Squamish Sḵwx̱wú7mesh.
resiliate
From French résilier (“cancel, annul, invalidate”).
From Latin resiliō (“leap or spring back; rebound”).
rown
From Middle English rowen, from Old English rōwen, ġerōwen, from Proto-Germanic *rōanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *rōaną (“to row”), equivalent to row + -en.
From Middle English rownen, variant of rounen, from Old English rūnian. More at roun.
amatonormativity
A compound of Latin amātō or amātus and normativity, modeled on heteronormativity and coined by philosophy professor Elizabeth Brake in 2011.
pendidikan
From Malay pendidikan moral (“moral studies”), Malay pendidikan (“education”).
Sui
From Mandarin 隋 (Suí).
From Mandarin 隨／随 (Suí).
From Mandarin 水族 (Shuǐzú) or Sui Suic.
staphyle
From Latin staphylē, from Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ).
soor
From Hindi सूअर (sūar, “pig”). Doublet of sow and swine.
lang may yer lum reek
PIE word
 *dlongʰos
Borrowed from Scots lang may yer (or your) lum reek (expression of good wishes for one’s prosperity, literally “long may your chimney smoke”): from lang (“long”), lum (“chimney”), and reek (“of a chimney: to emit smoke”).
jahilliya
From Arabic جَاهِلِيَّة (jāhiliyya, “ignorance”).
Chastain
Borrowed from French Chastain, derived from the Old French chastaigne (“chestnut”).
dai pai dong
From Cantonese 大牌檔 /大牌档 (daai6 paai4 dong3).
wok hei
Borrowed from Cantonese 鑊氣 /镬气 (wok6 hei3).
enjo kosai
From Japanese 援助交際 (enjo kōsai).
kaifong
Borrowed from Cantonese 街坊 (gaai1 fong1) in the mid-1800s.
Craxism
From Italian craxismo, equivalent to Italian Craxi + -ism.
teh tarik
Borrowed from Malay teh tarik (literally “pulled tea”).
Ibarra
Borrowed from Spanish Ibarra, a habitational surname of Basque origin.
Pingju
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 評劇 /评剧 (píngjù).
Kunqu
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 崑曲 /昆曲 (kūnqǔ, literally “Kun[shan] melody”).
Kunju
Borrowed from Mandarin 崑劇 /昆剧 (kūnjù, literally “Kun[shan] opera”).
pinisi
Borrowed from Makasar pinisiʼ, cognate with English pinnace.
nunc stans
Borrowed from Latin nunc (“now”) + stāns (“staying, remaining”).
elderate
From elder + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it), a calque of Lithuanian seniūnija.
Mailer
* As an English surname for an enameler, via Middle English from Old French esmal. Compare Ambler.
* As a Welsh surname, variant of Meylor, from the personal name Meilyr, of Brythonic origin, corresponding to mael (“prince”) + rhi (“king”).
Skuld
From Old Norse Skuld, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to be obligated”). See English should.
Gutland
From Luxembourgish gut (“good”) + Land (“land”). Calqued in French as bon pays.
marjaiya
Borrowed from Arabic مَرْجِعِيَّة (marjiʕiyya)
qatayef
From dialectal Arabic قَطَايِف (qaṭāyif), from قَطَائِف (qaṭāʔif).
chernukha
From Russian черну́ха (černúxa), from чёрный (čórnyj, “black”).
Chiemgauer
Borrowed from German Chiemgauer, named after the Chiemgau region.
Ries
* As a south German and Jewish surname, from the noun Riese (“giant”).
* Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German rīs (“brushwood, twig”), from Old Saxon hrīs.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Reis, Riess.
* As as Welsh surname, variant of Rice.
pretendent
From Middle French pretendent, from the present participle of pretendre (“to claim”). By surface analysis, pretend + -ent.
Bellefontaine
Borrowed from French Bellefontaine (literally “beautiful fountain”).
Four Olds
Calque of Chinese 四舊 /四旧 (Sìjiù, “the four old (things)”)
Anuak
From Anuak àŋwáa (self-designation).
Anusara
From Sanskrit अनुसर (anusara, “act of following; pursuit, conformity”). The Sanskrit term is often translated by practitioners as meaning ‘flowing with grace’, apparently following the reading of creator John Friend.
priestress
From Middle English preesteresse, from prestre (“priest”; from Middle French prestre) + -esse (“-ess”), and Middle French prestresse; later reinterpreted as priest + -ress.
governoress
Originally from Middle English governeresse, from Old French governeresse. In this form (with -o-; unlike governeress, governer seems to have never been more common than the -o- form) and later uses, directly from governor + -ess.
governeress
From Middle English governeresse, from Old French governeresse; equivalent to governer + -ess.
hygropetric
From hygro- + -petric from Ancient Greek πέτρος (pétros, “stone”).
Bollen
Either a variant of Bullen or borrowed from Dutch and North German Bollen.
temple name
Calque of Chinese 廟號 /庙号 (miàohào). The temple (廟 /庙 (miào)) refers to the grand temples (太廟 /太庙 (tàimiào)) built by each dynasty for ancestor worship where each deceased monarch's temple name was recorded on their ancestral tablet in the grand temple.
tonkotsu
Borrowed from Japanese 豚骨 (tonkotsu), from 豚 (ton, “pork”) + 骨 (kotsu, “bone, rib”).
Borrowed from Japanese とんこつタバコ入れ (tonkotsu tabako-ire).
Hypsipyle
From Latin Hypsipylē and its etymon, the Ancient Greek Ῠ̔ψῐπῠ́λη (Hŭpsĭpŭ́lē).
Lomax
Inherited from Northern Middle English Lumhalghes, from Northumbrian Old English *Lummhālas, from *lumm (“pool”) + hālas (“corners”).
Vellish
Borrowed from Yiddish וועליש (velish). Doublet of Welsh.
burn the candle at both ends
Calque of French brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts. First attested in the 18th century, originally in the sense “to be doubly profligate”.
Christiania
Borrowed from Danish Christiania, equivalent to Christian + -ia, named for Christian IV of Denmark.
Beacon Hill
Calque of Cantonese 煙墩山 /烟墩山.
Portoferraio
Borrowed from Italian Portoferraio (literally “iron-working harbour”), from porto (“harbour”) + ferraio (“that works iron”), after the numerous ironworks historically present in its territory.
maness
From man + -ess, especially after Biblical Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ishá, “woman”), which is traditionally presented as a feminine form of אִישׁ ('ish, “man”) but is a false cognate. Compare French hommesse, formed upon the same analogy.
Probably a variant of Dutch Manes.
metapelet
Borrowed from Hebrew מְטַפֶּלֶת (m'tapélet, “nanny”), derived from Hebrew טִיפֵּל (tipél, “to take care of”).
hypolemma
From Latin hypolēmma, from Ancient Greek ὑπόλημμᾰ (hupólēmmă, “supposition”), from ὑπο- (hupo-, “lesser”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “assumption”).
emmenology
From Ancient Greek ἔμμηνα (émmēna, “menses”) + -o- + -logy.
hysterocleisis
From Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra) + Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis). By surface analysis, hystero- + -cleisis.
cousiness
From Middle English cosynes, cosyness; equivalent to cousin + -ess.
loimology
From Ancient Greek λοιμός (loimós) + -ology.
Stockwell
From Old English stocc (“tree trunk, stump”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).
LN
From Japanese LN(エルエヌ) (eruenu), from ライトノベル (raito noberu), from English light + novel.
Sigd
From Ge'ez ሰግድ (sägd, “prostration”).
Musnad
From Arabic مُسْنَد (musnad), from Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩯𐩬𐩵 (ms³nd).
Zarphatic
From Hebrew צָרְפַת (tsar'fát, “France”) + -ic.
Dasher
* Americanized form of German Dascher.
* Possibly a habitational name from Dasher near Kippen in Stirlingshire.
tlaplon
From Nahuatl tlapal + -on. Attested from 1978 in physics literature.
Zambales
Borrowed from Spanish Zambales, from the plural of zambal + -es, referring to the Sambal people, from Sambali Sambal.
melo-
From French mélo-, from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb, musical phrase, melody, song, tune”).
From Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “cheek”).
barong Tagalog
From Tagalog barong-tagalog (literally “Tagalog clothing”).
guolaosi
From Mandarin 過勞死／过劳死 (guòláosǐ), from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi). Doublet of gwarosa and karoshi.
Nergal
Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒄊𒀕𒃲 (ᵈGÌR-UNUG-GAL /⁠nergal⁠/).
Amazonomachia
Borrowed from French Amazonomachie or German Amazonomachie, or a direct learned borrowing from their etymon Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ (Amazonomăkhĭ́ā), from Ἀμαζών (Amazṓn, “mythical female warrior from the Black Sea region”) (for further etymology see that entry) + μᾰ́χη (mắkhē, “battle, combat”) (either ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂gʰ- (“to fight”) or Pre-Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns).
The plural form Amazonomachiae is derived from Amazonomachia + Latin -iae (plural form of -ia), while Amazonomachiai is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀμαζονομᾰχῐ́αι (Amazonomăkhĭ́ai).
protuberantial
From Latin prōtubērantiālis. By surface analysis, protuberance + -ial.
urumi
Borrowed from Malayalam ഉറുമി (uṟumi) / Tamil உறுமி (uṟumi).
Honghuzi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅胡子 /红胡子 (literally “red beards”).
Kakure Kirishitan
Borrowed from Japanese 隠れキリシタン (Kakure Kirishitan, literally “hidden Christian”).
Meroe
From Ancient Greek Μερόη (Meróē), from Meroitic 𐦨𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (medewi /⁠məɾəwi⁠/), 𐦦𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (bedewi /⁠bəɾəwi⁠/). Possibly related to Old Nubian ⲙⲓⲇⲇ (midd, “to be ready”), hence alert. Alternate forms ⲙⲉⲇⲇ (medd) and ⲙⲉⲣⲁ (mera).
Romanoff
Transliteration of Russian Рома́нов (Románov). From Рома́н (Román), from Romance Roman, from Latin Roma (“Rome”), possibly from a name for river (referring to the Tiber).
Smirnoff
Derived from Russian Смирно́в (Smirnóv).
Smirnov
Borrowed from Russian Смирно́в (Smirnóv).
hamotzi
From Hebrew הַמּוֹצִיא (“hamotzi”).
Myanma
Unadapted borrowing from Burmese မြန်မာ့ (mranma.).
Lazistan
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لازستان, itself borrowed from Classical Persian لازستان (lāzistān, “Lazica; Lazia”).
Haftarah
From Hebrew הַפְטָרָה (haftará), also through Yiddish הפֿטרה (haftore).
The alternative spellings with -or- and pronunciations with /ɔːɹ/ – which may appear even outside of Ashkenazi pronunciation traditions – may possibly be strengthened due to influence from Torah or reanalysis to half + Torah, as the haftarah follows the reading of the Torah and is of secondary importance.
swevening
From Middle English swevenyng, from sweven (“dream”) and thus equivalent to sweven + -ing. Germanic cognates include Danish søvn (“sleep”), Icelandic svefn (“sleep”), Norwegian søvn (“sleep”), Swedish sömn (“sleep”).
machloket
From Hebrew מחלוקת / מַחְלֹקֶת.
Anya-Nya
Probably from Ma'di ɨ̄nyānyā (“poison”).
dickkopf
Borrowed from German Dickkopf (“stubborn person”, literally “thick head”), from the fact that Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK1), one of the dickkopf proteins, was found to be required for head formation in embryos. The word was coined by Andrei Glinka, Wei Wu, Hajo Delius, A. Paula Monaghan, Claudia Blumenstock, and Christof Niehrs in a 1998 article published in Nature: see the quotation.
broyges
Borrowed from Yiddish ברוגז (broyges), from Hebrew ברוגז \ בְּרֹגֶז (literally “in anger, with anger”).
Jagiellonian
From Polish Jagiełło (Polonized form of Lithuanian Jogaila) + -n- + -ian.
les jeux sont faits
Borrowed from French les jeux sont faits (literally “the games are made”). Earliest use found in James Joyce (1882–1941) in the 1920s.
untame
From Middle English untame, ontame, equivalent to un- (“not”) + tame.
From Middle English untamen, *untemien (attested as untemed), equivalent to un- (“back; reverse”) + tame.
Sun Salutation
Calque of Sanskrit सूर्यनमस्कार (sūryanamaskāra), from सूर्य (sūrya, “sun”) + नमस्कार (namaskāra, “respectful greetings”)
slaught-beam
Probably a calque of Dutch slagboom or German Schlagbaum. These are etymologically equivalent to English slay + beam, meaning a beam that can be banged (“slain”) down. The word slaught (related with slay) would have been chosen because it is phonetically closer to the continental words.
Alternatively it might be a phono-semantic matching of Dutch sluitboom, which has the same sense, but literally means “closing beam”. In this case, however, the etymological relation between the element slaught and the above-mentioned words would be a curious coincidence.
Oganessian
From Russian Оганеся́н (Oganesján), russification of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (Hovhannisyan).
faites vos jeux
Borrowed from French faites vos jeux (literally “make your bets”).
Adachi
Borrowed from Japanese 足立(あだち) (Adachi).
Arakawa
Borrowed from Japanese 荒川 (あらかわ, Arakawa).
eidoloscope
From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “figure, representation”) + -scope.
padek
Borrowed from Lao ປາແດກ (pā dǣk).
Edogawa
Borrowed from Japanese 江戸川 (えどがわ, Edogawa).
Shinjuku
Borrowed from Japanese 新(しん)宿(じゅく) (Shinjuku).
sonfucker
Compound of son + fucker, by analogy with motherfucker.
Calque of Hindustani بیٹا چود (beṭā cod) / बेटाचोद (beṭācod).
ampaw
From Tagalog ampaw. Compare Spanish hampáo, Cebuano ampaw, Ilocano ampaw, Central Bikol ampaw, Aklanon ampaw, Maranao ampaw.
Myrna
An anglicization of Irish Muirne (“beloved”). Popularized by the American actress Myrna Loy.
Tunstall
From Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”) + steall (“stable”).
Mordecai
Borrowed from Hebrew מָרְדֳּכַי (mordocháy).
feldscher
From Russian фельдшер (felʹdšer), from German Feldscher.
hodo-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “path, road, way; journey”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”). By surface analysis, hod- + -o-.
hodophobic
From hodo- (prefix meaning ‘path, road; travel’) + -phobic (suffix forming adjectives indicating an aversion or dislike, or a fear of a specific thing). Hodo- is derived from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “path, road, way; journey”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); while -phobic is from -phobia (from Late Latin -phobia, from Koine Greek -φοβία (-phobía), ultimately from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “alarm, fear, terror”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (“to flee, run”)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns).
Sense 1 (“of the dendrites of neurons: tending not to form branches”) was possibly coined by Enrique Ramón-Moliner and Walle Nauta in a 1966 article: see the quotation.
Commander of the Faithful
Calque of Arabic أَمِير الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ʔamīr al-muʔminīna)
gamjatang
Borrowed from Korean 감자탕 (gamjatang).
cepelinas
Borrowed from Lithuanian cepelinas (“Zeppelin”). Doublet of Zeppelin.
lobbygow
Probably from Cantonese, but of unclear derivation. The first element is either English lobby or modified after that word from an obscured Chinese source; the second element may be English gow (“opium”), or may be Cantonese 狗 (gau², “dog”).
logania
Borrowed from New Latin Logania (“the genus name”), after the botanist James Logan.
wildegranaat
From Afrikaans wildegranaat, from wilde granaat (“wild pomegranate”).
singkamas
Borrowed from Tagalog singkamas, from Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama; from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.
annaprashana
From Sanskrit अन्नप्राशन (annaprāśana). See also annaprasan.
stasiology
Borrowed from French stasiologie, coined in 1951 by French jurist, sociologist and politician Maurice Duverger (1917–2014) from stase (“stasis”) + -iologie (“-ology, indicating the study of a particular subject”), because of the way the opposition of political parties tends to prevent governments from making dramatic changes.
Gigi
Borrowed from French Gigi. Sometimes a pet form of English names such as Virginia or Genesis.
Occasionally from initials G.G. (e.g. George General 'Gigi' Gryce).
McManus
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mághnais (“son of Magnus”).
littling
From Middle English *litling, from Old English litling, lytling, lȳtling (“a little one, child”), equivalent to little + -ling.
Interahamwe
Etymology tree
Rwanda-Rundi -tera
Rwanda-Rundi hamwe
Rwanda-Rundi intêrahámwebor.
English Interahamwe
Borrowed from Rwanda-Rundi interahamwe (“those who work/fight together”).
quartary
From Latin quārtārius (“quarter-sextarius, quarter-pint”), from quārtus (“fourth”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adj.”). Equivalent to quart + -ary. Doublet of quartarius.
From Latin quārtus (“fourth”) + -ary (adjective-forming suffix) within English in place of the correct form quaternary.
Haketia
From Arabic حَكَى (ḥakā, “to tell”).
qisas
From Arabic قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ).
Tamsui
From romanization of Hokkien 淡水 (Tām-súi); internationally conventional translation.
dalal
From an Indian language (compare Hindi दलाल (dalāl)), from Arabic دَلَّال (dallāl).
Fried Liver Attack
Translation of Italian giuoco fegatello (“fried liver game”).
numdah
From Urdu نمدا (namdā), from Persian [script needed] (namad, “carpet”), probably related to Sanskrit नमत (namata, “something woolen”), नवत (navata, “woolen cloth”).
Kissane
From Irish Ó Ciosáin.
From Moroccan Arabic كيسان (kīsān, literally “glasses”).
bhaichara
Borrowed from Hindi भाईचारा (bhāīcārā).
dandasana
From Sanskrit दण्डासन (daṇḍāsana).
kheera
From Persian خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”), derived from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥 (xyār). Cognate to Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka).
kimuchi
From Japanese キムチ (kimuchi), from Korean 김치 (gimchi). Doublet of kimchi.
Grady
From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).
chawl
Borrowed from Marathi चाळ (cāḷ), from Sanskrit. Doublet of cell.
From Middle English chaule, chavel, from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, jowl”). More at jowl.
vastu
From Sanskrit वास्तु (vā́stu, “homestead, house, building”).
Nanga Parbat
Borrowed from Urdu نانگا پربت.
phaceloid
From Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”) + -oid.
Hydruntum
From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.
Homo superior
From Latin homo superior (literally “superior human”), modeled after New Latin Homo sapiens (literally “wise human”). Coined by Olaf Stapledon in his novel Odd John: A Story Between Jest and Earnest (1935).
Olynthus
From Latin Olynthus, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυνθος (Ólunthos).
Niarbyl
From a Manx word meaning "tail", from the way it extends into the Irish Sea.
ach-y-fi
Borrowed from Welsh ych a fi with alteration due to the conflating of unstressed a with the Welsh vowel y.
reticello
Borrowed from Italian reticello, a masculine diminutive of rete (“net”).
lapphund
From Swedish lapphund, from lapp (“Lapp”) + hund (“dog”).
likembe
Borrowed from Lingala likembé, from li- + kembé.
bramberry
From Middle English bramber, brember, from Old English brēmber, from Proto-West Germanic *brāmabaʀi. Doublet of frambesia and framboise. Cognate with German Brombeere. Related with bramble, brambleberry.
Vardar
From Ancient Greek Βαρδάριος (Bardários), possibly of Thracian origin, from an earlier *Vardários, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)wordo- *wori- (“black water”). More at Vardar.
Cyzicus
From Latin Cȳzicus, from Ancient Greek Κύζικος (Kúzikos).
corpus spongiosum
Learned borrowing from New Latin corpus spongiōsum (“spongy body”).
songly
From Middle English songly, songli, songelich, songlic, sanglic, equivalent to song + -ly. Compare songlike.
lipostomy
From lipo- (“lacking”) + stoma (“mouth”) + -y (“condition”), from Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō) and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).
droff
From Middle English drof (“turbid, troubled”), from Old English drōf (“dreggy; dirty; troubled”). Cognate with Dutch droef (“sad; miserable”), German trüb (“turbid; dim; sad”) (English trub).
Honan
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river”).
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEoghanáin (“descendant of Eoghanán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of Eoghan.
Ho-nan
From the Wade–Giles romanizations of the Chinese 河南 (Hénán, literally “[land] south of the river”), Wade-Giles romanization: Ho²-nan².
Kwang-chow Foo
From Mandarin 廣州府 /广州府 (Guǎngzhōu fǔ, “Guangzhou prefecture”). See also Kwang-chow, Kwangchow.
Fuyuko
Borrowed from Japanese ふゆこ (Fuyuko).
Toyoko
Borrowed from Japanese とよこ (Toyoko).
Borrowed from Japanese 東横 (Tōyoko) or Japanese トー横 (Tōyoko).
glaucescence
By surface analysis, glaucescent + -ence, though Merriam-Webster presumes a New Latin *glaucēscentia, from New Latin glaucēscēns (“glaucescent”). However, the Missouri Botanical Garden's A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin holds no examples attesting this, instead attesting Latin glaucēdō. By surface analysis, Latin glauc(us) + -escence.
goldsmithery
From Middle English goldsmithrie. Equivalent to goldsmith + -ery.
kendama
Borrowed from Japanese けん玉 (けんだま, kendama), from 拳 (けん, ken, “game played with the hands; fist”) or 剣 (けん, ken, “sword”) + 玉 (たま, tama, “ball”).
behen
A Medieval Latin transcription of the Arabic بَهْمَن (bahman).
palindromia
From Ancient Greek παλίνδρομος (palíndromos, “running back again”).
histic
19th century. From French histique, from Ancient Greek ἱστός (histós, “web”).
dinergate
From din- + ergate, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome, mighty, fearfully great”) + Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “workman”).
monodomy
From mono- + Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house”) + -y.