MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
kompot
From Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian компо́т (kompót) and Polish kompot. Doublet of composite, compost, and compote.
From Polish kompot. Doublet of composite, compost, and compote.
cunctation
Borrowed from Latin cūnctātiō (“a delaying, tarrying”), from cūnctor (“linger, hesitate”).
endura
From New Latin endūra, from Old Occitan endurar (“to fast, endure”).
neutrois
Apparently a blend of French neu(tre) (“neuter”, adjective) or its etymon Latin neu(ter) (“neuter”, adjective) + French trois (“three”) (referring to the third gender), coined by Holly A. Burnham in 1995 as a self-description.
koulibiaca
Borrowed from Russian кулебяка (kulebjaka, “a pie with meat, fish or cabbage filling”).
doubtfulness
From Middle English doutefulnesse, dowtefulnesse, equivalent to doubtful + -ness.
Sakhalin
From Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), which was borrowed from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ
ᡠᠯᠠ
ᠠᠩᡤᠠ
ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river (literally: black river)”). Ultimately from Proto-Tungusic *sakalīn (“black”).
Viborg
From Swedish Viborg from vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. Doublet of Vyborg.
Vyborg
From Russian Выборг (Vyborg) from Swedish Viborg, from vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. Doublet of Viborg.
guarana
From Brazilian Portuguese guaraná, from Sateré-Mawé warana.
jackfruit
From jack (“jackfruit”), from Portuguese jaca (“jackfruit”), from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka) / Tamil சக்கை (cakkai), + fruit.
longan
Borrowed from Cantonese 龍眼 /龙眼 (lung⁴ ngaan⁵, literally “dragon’s eye”). Doublet of Longyan (“grape”).
Acmeism
From Russian акмеи́зм (akmeízm), from Ancient Greek.
Japheth
From Middle English Jafeth (as attested in Wycliffe's Bible), from Old English Iafeth (see e.g. Aelfric of Eynsham) and Middle French Japhet, both from Late Latin Iaphet, Iafeth, from Koine Greek Ἰάφεθ (Iápheth), from Hebrew יֶפֶת (yépheth). Further origin uncertain; folk etymology as well as rabbinical and patristic claims usually point to a meaning like "enlarged", in reference to Genesis 9:27, or "fair" (pale, in reference to complexion).
malosol
Borrowed from Russian малосоль (malosolʹ), from мало (malo, “light”) + соль (solʹ, “salt”).
Prince Charming
Calque of French Roi Charmant (“Charming King”).
pugnacity
From pugnac(ious) + -ity, from Latin pugnacitas.
Samsun
From Turkish Samsun, from Ottoman Turkish صامسون (Samsun).
prideful
From Middle English pridefulle, prydefull, equivalent to pride + -ful.
Susheela
Borrowed from Sanskrit सुशीला (suśīlā).
forthrightness
From Middle English forthrightnesse, forþriȝtnesse, equivalent to forthright + -ness.
mojito
From Spanish mojito, diminutive of mojo (“sauce”), from mojar (“to moisten”), from Vulgar Latin *molliō (“to soften by soaking”), from Latin molliō (“soften”), from mollis (“soft”).
tennis ball
From Middle English teneys-ball (attested in the plural teneys-ballis), equivalent to tennis + ball.
Barbuda
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂
Proto-Italic *farβā
Vulgar Latin barba
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Vulgar Latin -tusder.
Vulgar Latin -ūtus
Vulgar Latin *barbūtus
Spanish barbudo
Spanish barbudabor.
English Barbuda
From Spanish barbuda (“bearded”), referring perhaps to natives' beards or fig trees. Coined by Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. Compare Lombardy. Doublet of Barbados.
patten
From Middle English patyn, patin, pateyn, from Old French patin, from patte (“paw, hoof”), from Latin patta, of imitative origin.
quetsch
From French quetsche, from Lorraine German Quetsche (standard German Zwetschge), ultimately from Latin damascēna. Doublet of damson.
oyra
From Faroese oyra, from Old Norse eyrir, from Latin aureus. Doublet of aureus, eyrir, öre, and øre.
Mordred
Alteration of Modred, from Latin Modredus, from Proto-Brythonic *Modrọd (whence Old Breton Modrot, Old Cornish Modred, Old Welsh Medraut), perhaps from Latin Moderātus.
grimness
From Middle English grimnesse, from Old English grimnes (“severity, fierceness, cruelty”), equivalent to grim + -ness.
Enoch
From Late Latin Enoch, from Ancient Greek Ἑνώχ (Henṓkh), from Hebrew חֲנוֹךְ (Ḥănôḵ).
dirhem
Borrowed from Turkish dirhem, from Ottoman Turkish درهم (dirhem), borrowing from Persian درهم (dirham), borrowing from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), borrowing from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn), borrowing from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and adarme.
gilet
Borrowed from French gilet (“vest, waistcoat”), from regional Italian gileccu (Calabria), gilecco (Genoa), gelecco (Naples), ggileccu (Sicily), etc. (standard Italian gilè is borrowed from French), from Turkish yelek (“jelick; vest, waistcoat”) (ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹl (“wind”, noun)) with the final syllable modified to match other types of clothing such as corselet and mantelet. The Oxford English Dictionary does not regard the French word as having derived from Arabic جَلِيقَة (jalīqa), which it views as a recent borrowing from Italian into Algerian Arabic. Doublet of jelick.
saucerful
From Middle English saucerful, saucerfull, sauserful, sawcyr full; equivalent to saucer + -ful.
saveloy
From a corruption of cervelat (“Swiss smoked beef or pork sausage”) or French cervelas (“type of thick, short sausage”) (perhaps influenced by Savoy (“historical region in western Europe now shared between modern France, Italy, and Switzerland”)), both from Old French cervelat, from Italian cervellata (compare Italian cervelletto (“cerebellum”), cervello (“brain”), probably from the fact that the sausage was originally made from pork brains), from Old Milanese Lombard zervelada, from Latin cerebellum (“brain; little brain”), from cerebrum (“brain”) (from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ellum (suffix forming diminutives).
saccholactic
From French saccholactique, corresponding to a contracted form of saccharo- + lactic.
shagreen
First use appears c. 1677, an Anglicized form of chagrin, from French chagrin, from Ottoman Turkish صاغری (modern Turkish sağrı). However, the etymology of French chagrin is complex and disputed, and likely of Germanic origin. Whether there was any influence between an existing French word of Germanic origin and a Turkish loan is unclear.
margaric
From French margarique (in acide margarique), ultimately from Ancient Greek μάργαρον (márgaron, “pearl”).
tricorn
Borrowed from Latin tricornis (“three-horned; three-pronged”). By surface analysis, tri- + corn(er). Compare French tricorne (“three-cornered hat”). Doublet of tricorne.
mou
From Cantonese 冇 (mou5), also influenced by Malay mau variant of mahu (“to want”).
Borrowed from Chinese 牟 (móu).
zakuska
Borrowed from Russian заку́ска (zakúska, “appetizer”).
Seychellois
Borrowed from French seychellois. Doublet of Seselwa
peise
From Middle English peysen, from Anglo-Norman peiser, peser and Middle French peser, from Latin pēnsāre (literally “weigh”). Doublet of poise.
Teuton
PIE word
 *tewtéh₂
Attested since 1720, from Latin Teutonēs, Teutonī (“the Teutons”) (cf. Ancient Greek Τεύτονες (Teútones)), a Germanic or Celtic tribe that inhabited a coastal area in today's Germany and devastated Gaul between 113 and 101 BCE. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“people”), from which come:
* Proto-Germanic *þeudō (“people”)
** Old English þēod (“nation, people, country, language”), Middle English thede
** Proto-Germanic *þeudanaz (“ruler, leader of the people”)
*** Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 (þiudans, “king”)
*** Old Norse þjóðann (“prince, king”)
*** Old Saxon þiudan (“lord of the people, ruler”)
*** Old English þēoden (“king, lord”)
** Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of the people or tribe”)
*** English Dutch
*** German deutsch
* Proto-Celtic *toutā
** Old Irish túath
* Persian توده (tôda, tude, “heap, masses, people, folk”)
* Proto-Slavic *ťuďь (“foreign, strange”)
** Russian чужо́й (čužój, “stranger”), чудно (čudno, “strange”), чу́до (čúdo, “miracle”)
diapause
From Ancient Greek διάπαυσις (diápausis, “pause, cessation”). By surface analysis, dia- + -pause.
Yolanda
From Spanish Yolanda, the form of a medieval royal name of obscure, probably Germanic, origin. It has been identified with Latin Violante and with Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Yvette
Borrowed from French Yvette. The politics sense is a reference to the name of a docile young girl in a school textbook, and was popularized by separatist politician Lise Payette (1931–2018).
Selma
Taken to use in the 19th century when similar-sounding names, Elma, Thelma, Alma, Wilma, etc. were in vogue. Perhaps a shortening of Anselma, or from the name of a place in the James Macpherson's Ossian cycle of epic poems, itself from Scottish Gaelic sealladh + math (“good vision”). In some cases perhaps borrowed from Turkish Selma, from Arabic سَلْمَى (salmā).
Diviya
From Sanskrit दिव्या (divyā́), feminine of दिव्य (divyá, “divine, heavenly”).
Gobelin
Named after a Parisian manufacturing company founded by Jean Gobelin, whose French name derives from German Kobold (“evil gnome”).
Connemara
Borrowed from Irish Conamara, from Conmhaicne Mara (literally “the Conmhaicne of the sea”), a branch of an ancient native tribe named Conmhaicne (literally “descendants of Conmhac”).
jiu
Borrowed from Mandarin 酒 (jiǔ).
From Romanian Jiu.
qu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 區 /区.
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of various Mandarin surnames, including 瞿 (Qú) and 曲 (Qū).
sugarallie
From sugar + Scots alicreesh, allacreesh (“liquorice”), earlier alacreische, probably through Dutch lakkeris from Old French licorece, licoresse, whence English licorice, liquorice.
coltsfoot
From Middle English coltisfote, coltys fot, equivalent to colt + -s- + foot.
octonary
From the Latin octōnārius (“containing eight”), from octōnī (“eight at a time”, “by eights”, “eight each”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary).
natural logarithm
From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica.
nunnation
From nun + -ation, from Arabic نُون (nūn, “the letter ن”).
haulm
From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.
all roads lead to Rome
Modern wording of medieval sentiment; apparently originally a reference to Roman roads generally and the Milliarium Aureum (Golden Milestone) specifically.
Appears in the Latin form mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam (“a thousand roads lead men forever to Rome”) in Liber Parabolarum, 591 (1175), by Alain de Lille.
The earliest English form appears to be “right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome”, in A Treatise on the Astrolabe (Prologue, ll. 39–40), 1391, by Geoffrey Chaucer.
vacance
From Middle French vacance, from Medieval Latin vacantia. Doublet of vacancy.
extenuating
From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
wine bottle
Inherited from Middle English wynebotellys pl, equivalent to wine + bottle.
Hephzibah
From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).
Valentinus
Borrowed from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). Doublet of Valentine, Valentino, Valentina, and Valentini.
hogget
From Middle English hogget, from Anglo-Norman hoget and an Anglo-Latin hogettus.
steelyard
From steel + yard (“enclosed area, rod”).
The sense of “place” is a calque of Dutch staalhof or Middle Low German Stalhof (Modern Dutch staal (“steel”) + hof (“court, yard”)).
The sense of “balance” is presumably from the sense of “place”, originally “steelyard beam”, mixed with additional sense of “rod” (hence “rod for weighing steel”), replacing earlier Latin statera.
Laestrygonian
From Laestrygon [from Latin Laestrȳgōn, from Ancient Greek Λαιστρῡ́γων (Laistrū́gōn)] + -ian.
depurate
From Late Latin depuratus, past participle of depurare (“to purify”).
cerrado
From Portuguese cerrado (literally “shut, thick”), from cerrar (“to shut”).
Ramaytush
From Northern Ohlone Rammay-tuš (“people from the west”), used by the Chochenyo people of the East Bay.
Alger
* As an English surname, when pronounced with a soft g, from the Middle English personal name Alger, borrowed from Old French Aug(i)er, of Germanic origin, from *Adalgari, composed of *aþal (“noble”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Compare Auger.
* When pronounced with a hard g it is a variant of Algar. As a Scottish and English surname, it may be a variant of Algeo.
Nouakchott
From French Nouakchott, from Arabic نُوَاكْشُوط (nuwākšūṭ).
Eysturoy
Unadapted borrowing from Faroese Eysturoy.
equerry
From an alteration of earlier esquiry (through the influence of the unrelated Latin equus), from Middle French escuirie, escuerie, derivative of escuyer (“squire”), or alternatively from Medieval Latin scuria (“stable”), from Old High German scura (“barn”). Compare esquire.
eradicable
From Latin ērādīcābilis, from ērādīcō (“uproot”), equivalent to eradicate + -able.
erector
From Latin ērigō (“to raise up, elevate, lift”), equivalent to erect + -or.
eruptive
From French éruptif. By surface analysis, erupt + -ive.
Mykines
The Faroese island and village is borrowed from Faroese Mykines, from Old Irish Muc Innis. The Greek village is borrowed from Greek Μυκήνες (Mykínes). Doublet of Mycenae.
Berenice
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βερενίκη (Bereníkē, “bringer of victory”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Macedonian (compare the native word Φερενίκη (Phereníkē)), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry, to bring”) + νίκη (níkē, “victory”). Doublet of Veronica.
Brenda
Possibly from Old Norse brandr (“sword”); by folk etymology seen as a feminine form of Brendan. Its use as a nickname for Queen Elizabeth II originated in Private Eye in reaction to a perceived attempt by the royals to appear less distant and upper class.
Harare
From Shona Harare, supposedly from haarari (“it doesn't sleep”), in reference to a waterfall.
Sanaa
From Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ).
Nuku'alofa
From Tongan Nukuʻalofa, from nuku (“abode”) + alofa (“love”). Literally, “abode of love”.
Carmel
From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, “vineyard of El/God”).
aval
Borrowed from French aval.
From Latin avus (“grandfather”).
From Malayalam അവൽ (aval) or Tamil அவல் (aval).
bulbul
Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul).
sanguineous
Borrowed from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguine.
ratiocinate
From Latin ratiocinor (“to reckon, argue”). First use appears c. 1643 in the writings of Kenelm Digby.
amphisbaena
From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “both ways”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”)).
endlessness
From Middle English endelesnesse, from Old English endelēasnes; equivalent to endless + -ness.
Jeanette
From Jean + -ette or misspelling of French Jeannette, from Jeanne + -ette, q.v. Originally chiefly Scottish.
Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Angrez
From Hindustani انگریز / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez), from Portuguese inglês (“Englishman”). Doublet of English.
Adonai
From Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾădônāy, “My Lord”); used in place of the Tetragrammaton YHWH as a name of the deity of Abrahamic religion during prayer recitation.
overman
From Middle English overman (“a superior; leader; master”). Compare superman. By surface analysis, over- + man.
From over- + man, as a calque of German Übermensch.
hwair
From Gothic *𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂 (*ƕair, “hwair, cauldron, kettle, pot”).
rigg
From Middle English ryg, ryge (“storm”), from or related to Old Norse hregg (“storm and rain”).
bundook
From Hindi बन्दूक़ (bandūq, “gun”), from Arabic بُنْدُقِيَّة (bunduqiyya, “gun”), from بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet”) + ية (ya, “-y”), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭣𐭪 (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, “Pontic nut”). Doublet of bonduc.
Bayer
Borrowed from German Bayer. The surname is converged from both Bavaria and Middle High German beieren (“to ring a bell”).
mathom
Learned borrowing from Old English māþum (“treasure, object of value, jewel, ornament, gift”), from Proto-Germanic *maiþmaz (“present, gift”); introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings with the conceit that it was a translation of his invented language Adûni's kast, a word used by Hobbits as a generic name for items which they were unwilling to throw away, but for which they had no use.
holo-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós
Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos)bor.
English holo-
From Ancient Greek ὅλος (hólos, “whole”).
mephitis
From Latin mefītis, mephītis, from the name of a Samnite goddess who personified the poisonous gases emitted from swamps and volcanoes.
evangel
From Middle English evaungel, evangile, from Old French evangile, from Late Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”), from εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + ἀγγέλλειν (angéllein, “to announce”) (English angel). The word gospel is from the same Ancient Greek origin, also meaning “good news”, but translated into Latin, then calqued into Old English.
Cora
Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the Ancient Greek epithet Κόρη (Kórē) for Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). It could also refer directly to κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).
tallboy
By surface analysis, tall + boy, but the furniture sense may have been originally modeled after lowboy, related to French bois (“wood”).
Pistole
Borrowed from German Pistole (“pistol”), probably a nickname for an aggressive person.
Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).
Gogol
From Russian Го́голь (Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Го́голь (Hóholʹ). The surname is from Ukrainian го́голь (hóholʹ, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolь.
Compare Russian го́голь (gógolʹ), Belarusian го́галь (hóhalʹ), Old East Slavic гоголь (gogolĭ), Polish gogol.
voetsek
From Afrikaans voertsek, voortsek, short form(s) of voort sê ek (“go on I say”).
hifu
From Japanese 被風, 被布, 披風 (ひふ, hifu).
Elfland
From Middle English elfland, equivalent to elf + land; the idea of a home for elves appears in Scots Elfhame and Old Norse Álfheimr.
hatta
From Arabic حَطَّة (ḥaṭṭa).
impalpable
From Middle French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis. See im- + palpable.
seg
From Middle English segge, from Old English seċġ (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“follower, retainer, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, accompany”). Cognate with Norwegian segg, Icelandic seggur (“bully”).
Probably from the root of Latin secāre (“to cut”).
dactyly
From Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”), equivalent to dactyl- + -y.
faux ami
Unadapted borrowing from French faux-ami, from faux (“false”) + ami (“friend”).
enuresis
From Latin enuresis, from Ancient Greek ἐνούρησις (enoúrēsis); surface analysis parses uresis as a constituent.
envenom
From Middle English envenymen, from Old French envenimer (“to poison, taint”); equivalent to en- + venom.
Attashin
Derives from Persian آتشین (âtašin, literally “fiery”), derived from آتش (âtaš, “fire”).
Dolan
From Irish Ó Duibhlin. Doublet of Devlin.
light elf
Back-formation from light elves, a calque of Old Norse ljósalfar.
dark elf
Back-formation from dark elves, a calque of Old Norse dǫkkalfar.
prerenal
Borrowed from New Latin praerēnālis and equal to pre- + renal.
exegetic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐξηγητικός (exēgētikós).
paraphernal
From Medieval Latin paraphernālis, from Late Latin parapherna + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, paraphern(a) + -al.
explainable
From explain + -able from Latin explanō (“to flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”).
tenuity
From tenu(ous) + -ity, from Latin tenuitas.
extramural
From Latin extramuralis, from extra (“outside”) + muralis (“of a wall”).
legua
From Spanish legua (“Spanish league”) and Portuguese légua (“Portuguese league”), from Late Latin leuga and leuca (“Gaulish league, distance of one hour's walking”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā. Doublet of league.
reductio ad absurdum
Unadapted borrowing from Latin reductiō ad absurdum.
Osaka
From Japanese 大(おお)阪(さか) (Ōsaka, literally “large hill”) — the slope up to the Uemachi Plateau, where Osaka Castle sits.
chrysoberyl
From Latin chrysoberyllus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσοβήρυλλος (khrūsobḗrullos, “gold beryl”), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) after its color, and βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”), equivalent to chryso- + beryl.
boulanger
From Surinamese Dutch boulanger, from French beringène, from Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from Persian بادنجان (bâdenjân). Doublet of aubergine.
herder
From Middle English herder, herdere, hurder (attested as a surname), an alteration of Middle English herde (“herder, herdsman”), from Old English hyrde, hierde (“herder”), from Proto-West Germanic *hirdī, from Proto-Germanic *hirdijaz, equivalent to herd + -er. Doublet of herd ("herder"), as in cowherd, goatherd, shepherd, etc.
Anastasi
Romanization of Russian Анаста́сий (Anastásij), cognate with English and Latin Anastasius, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
glister
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
sea calf
From Middle English see calf, ultimately a calque of Latin vitulus marīnus (literally “sea calf”). Compare French veau marin and German Seekalb. See also Latin porcus marīnus (“porpoise”, literally “sea pork”), rāna marīna (“anglerfish”, literally “sea frog”), bōs marīna (“sea cow, dugong”), caballus marīnus (“seahorse”), canis marīnus (“seal”, synonym of vitulus marīnus, literally “sea dog”) and translingual Phoca vitulina (“calf-like seal, sea calf”). Equivalent to sea + calf.
Stylianos
From Greek Στυλιανός (Stylianós), from Ancient Greek Στυλιανός (Stulianós, literally “someone firm”), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pole”).
Stelios
From Greek Στέλιος (Stélios), diminutive of Στυλιανός (Stylianós), from Ancient Greek Στυλιανός (Stulianós, literally “someone firm”), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pole”).
bombazine
From Middle French bombasin, from Late Latin bombasinum, ultimately from bombyx (“silkworm”).
epideictic
From Ancient Greek ἐπιδεικτικός (epideiktikós), from ἐπιδείκνυμι (epideíknumi, “to display, exhibit”), from ἐπι- (epi-) + δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to show”).
godhood
From Middle English *godhod, from Old English godhād, equivalent to god + -hood. Compare godhead and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.
digitate
The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).
Kari
From Norwegian Kari, diminutive of Katrine.
Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Finnish Kari, an ornamental surname from kari (“rock, skerry”).
* Borrowed from Marathi करी (karī), a surname of unexplained origin.
unnumbered
From Middle English unnoumbird, unnoumbrid, un-nowmbyrde, unnowmyrd; equivalent to un- + numbered.
pendent
From Middle English pendaunt, Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, respelled to reflect Latin pendēns, pendentis, present participle of pendere (“to hang, to be suspended”). Compare pendant, which retained the spelling.