MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
frumgild
Learned borrowing from Old English frumġild, frumġyld (“a first payment or compensation”), from fruma (“first”) + ġild, ġyld (“payment”). More at former, geld.
Pecha Kucha
Coined by British architect and author Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein in 2003 from onomatopoeic Japanese ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha, “continuously and in a lively fashion [of speech]”, adverb).
overslay
From Middle English overslay, oversleie, from Old English ofersleġe, oferslæġe (“lintel”), equivalent to over- + slay.
overfare
From Middle English *overfaren, ouerfaren, from Old English oferfaran (“to pass; pass over; go off”), equivalent to over- + fare. Related to German überführen (“to transfer”).
tepache
Borrowed from Spanish tepache, from Nahuatl tépiatl or Nahuatl tepachoa.
tweeb
From Moroccan Arabic طبيب (ṭbīb, “doctor, physician”).
Delph
(For the village) from Old English delf, gedelf (“quarry”)
artophorion
From Greek αρτοφόριο (artofório), or rather its Ancient Greek etymon.
Flanagan
From Irish Ó Flannagáin (“descendant of Flannagán”), a personal name from a double diminutive of flann (“blood red”).
Milner
* As an English surname, variant of Miller, retaining the -n- of Middle English mylnere (“miller”).
* As a German surname, variant of Müller, Mueller.
canaigre
Possibly from Mexican Spanish canaigre, cañagre, cañaigre, variants of cañagria, from caña agria (“canaigre”, literally “sour cane”), from caña (“cane; reed”) (ultimately from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na)) + agria (feminine singular of agrio (“sour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)).
Hesiodic
Akin to Hesiod + -ic, semi-learned borrowing from Latin Hēsiodicus.
crux ansata
Learned borrowing from Latin crux ansāta, from crux (“cross”) + ansātus (“handled; having handles”).
astatki
From Russian оста́тки (ostátki), nominative and accusative plural of оста́ток (ostátok), meaning "remnants".
athrepsia
From a- + Ancient Greek θρέψις (thrépsis, “nourishing”) (from τρέφω (tréphō)) + -ia.
caballeria
From Spanish caballería, from caballero (“horseman, gentleman, cowboy”) + -ía (“-y: forming nouns”), from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman, rider”), from Latin caballus (“horse”) + -ārius (“-ary”). Doublet of cavalry and chivalry.
carromata
From Philippine Spanish carromata, from Spanish carromato + -a. Compare Tagalog karomata, Cebuano karomata.
fan-tan
Borrowed from Cantonese 番攤 /番摊 (faan¹ taan¹, literally “repeated divisions”).
Turkman
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تركمان (Türkmân), from Persian ترکمان (torkamân). Doublet of Turcoman and Turkmen.
As singular of Turkmen, influenced by the English man, plural men.
Hyksos
From Ancient Greek Ὑκσώς (Huksṓs), Ὑξώς (Huxṓs), from Egyptian ḥqꜣ-ḫꜣst (“foreign ruler, Hyksos”), from ḥqꜣ (“ruler”) + ḫꜣst (“foreign land”).
Gemonian
From Latin gemoniae (“of laments”) (from gemō) + -an, referring to the scalae gemoniae ("stairway of laments") where the bodies of executed people were exposed.
teleseme
From tele- + Ancient Greek σῆμᾰ (sêmă, “sign”).
Bakewell
From the Old English personal name Badeca + wella (“spring, stream”).
tikor
Borrowed from Hindi तीखुर (tīkhur), likely from Sanskrit त्रि (tri) + क्षुर (kṣura).
toccatina
From Italian toccatina, itself toccata + -ina.
Italian mile
From Calque of Italian miglio (“(Italian) mile”), with a qualifier to distinguish it from other miles.
crastinal
From Latin crāstinus (“of or belonging to tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
inselberg
From German Inselberg, from Insel (“island”) + Berg (“mountain”).
Pugwash
The toponym is derived from Mi'kmaq pagweak (“shallow water, shoal”).
quartilho
From Portuguese quartilho, from quarto (“fourth”) + -ilho (“-elle: forming diminutives”), in reference to its size being one-fourth the canada. Doublet of cuartillo and cuartilla.
Duffield
* (Place in England) Attested in the 1086 Domesday Book as Duvelle. From Old English Dūfefeld, a compound of *dūfe (“dove”) + feld (“field”).
infight
Apparently a back-formation from infighting, perhaps continuing Middle English infighten (“to attack”), from Old English infiht, infeoht (“an attack made upon a person by another in the same house or between members of a household”), equivalent to in- + fight. Compare Middle English infiht (“an internal fight, a brawl within a household”).
gingelly
From Hindi [Term?] or Marathi [Term?], ultimately from Arabic جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān).
esaul
From Russian есау́л (jesaúl), Ukrainian осаву́л (osavúl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol 札撒兀勒 (zhásāwùlè /⁠⁠ǰasa'ul⁠/).
ensaimada
From Catalan ensaïmada. Doublet of ensaymada.
noun of place
Calque of Arabic اِسْم مَكَان (ism makān)
dompt
Borrowed from French dompter (“to break in, tame (an animal); to subdue, suppress”), from Middle French dompter, from Old French donter, danter, from Latin domitāre, the present active infinitive of domitō (“to tame”), from domō (“to break in, tame; to conquer, subdue, vanquish”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”)) + -itō (suffix forming frequentative verbs). The English word is a doublet of daunt.
skiatron
From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -tron.
tenebrescence
Learned borrowing from Latin tenebrēscēns, present participle of tenebrēscere (“to grow dark”).
xynomyzithra
Borrowed from Greek ξινομυζήθρα (xinomyzíthra).
datalogy
From data + -logy, from Danish datalogi. Proposed for use in English by Danish scientist Peter Naur.
Lan
From Mandarin 嵐 /岚 (Lán).
Zante
Borrowed from Italian Zante, from Ancient Greek Ζάκυνθος (Zákunthos), possibly through Latin Zacynthus. Doublet of Zakynthos.
Alb Sunday
From Ecclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs, itself a contraction of Dominica in Albīs dēpōnendīs or dēpositīs, “Sunday for putting away the white things”, so called because, in the early church, those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism.
Kalymnos
Borrowed from Greek Κάλυμνος (Kálymnos).
angusticlave
From Latin angustus (“narrow”) and clavus (“nail, stripe”).
anito
From Spanish anito, Tagalog anito, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qanitu, Proto-Austronesian *qaNiCu.
gesso duro
Borrowed from Italian gesso (“mixture of plaster of Paris and glue”) duro (“hard”).
seecatch
Borrowed from Russian сека́ч (sekáč, “adult male boar, hog or seal”).
shintiyan
Borrowed from Arabic شِنْتِيَان (šintiyān) which is itself from Coptic ϣⲉⲛⲧⲱ (šentō).
tetraskelion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρασκέλιον (tetraskélion, “four-legged”).
Chalmette
Named for its founder, Louis-Xavier Martin de Lino de Chalmette, from French.
nut-brown
From Middle English nute-brun, equivalent to nut + brown.
nuthack
From Middle English nuthake, nuttehake, nothak, equivalent to nut + hack. Compare nuthatch and nutcracker.
sophoi
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σοφοί (sophoí, “wise”, adjective).
Donetsk People's Republic
Calque of Russian Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика (Donéckaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Донецька народна республіка (Donecʹka narodna respublika).
Luhansk People's Republic
Calque of Russian Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Луганська народна республіка (Luhansʹka narodna respublika).
esquites
Borrowed from Spanish esquites, plural of esquite (“toasted corn”), from Nahuatl īzquitl
Nephthys
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt, O9 t:H8
chaoux
From French chaoux, from Ottoman Turkish چاوش (çavuş).
aganactesis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγᾰνάκτησῐς (agănáktēsĭs, “physical pain and irritation”).
epagomena
From the neuter plural of Ancient Greek ἐπαγόμενος (epagómenos, “added on”), used by Greek writers of antiquity to describe the five epagomenal days of the calendar of the Egyptians.
awaze
From Amharic አዋዜ (ʾäwaze).
mundialization
From French mondialisation, from mondial (“global, worldwide”) + -isation; or from Latin mundus (“the world”) + -ization, by analogy with the French word.
wargus
From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).
hamada
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَادَة (ḥamāda).
Borrowed from Japanese 浜田 (Hamada).
gallize
From German Gall + English -ize (suffix forming verbs from adjectives or nouns with the sense of doing what the adjective or noun denotes), from the surname of Dr. Ludwig Gall (1791–1863), the German inventor who developed the process.
warry
From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġean, weriġan, wirian (“to curse, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to curse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).
Lotophagus
Borrowed from Latin Lōtophagus, from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos, literally “lotus eater”).
Indish
From Middle English indish, from Old English Indisċ. By surface analysis, Ind + -ish.
Hijazi
Borrowed from Arabic حِجَازِيّ (ḥijāziyy). See also Hejaz.
hagigah
Borrowed from Hebrew חֲגִיגָה (ḥagiga, “celebration, pilgrimage, festival offering”), derived from the root ח־ג־ג (ḥ-g-g, “celebrate, make a pilgrimage”). Cognate to Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj, “pilgrimage”).
Cinquecentist
From Italian cinquecentista (“Cinquecentist”), from cinquecento (“sixteenth century”) + -ista (“-ist, suffix indicating a person with a particular creative or academic role”); compare French cinquecentiste.
coyotillo
From Spanish coyotillo; diminutive of coyote, which is able to eat its poisonous fruit without harm.
pulmotor
From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor. Originally a brand name.
quodlibetic
From Latin quodlibeticus, from quodlibet + -icus. Equivalent to quodlibet + -ic.
quindene
From Medieval Latin quindena, from Latin quīndēnī (“15 each”), from the distributive form of quīndecim (“15”). It is used for a period of 14 days owing to the Roman and medieval practice of counting inclusively.
quindecima
From Italian quindecima, from Latin quindecima (“15th”), from quindecim (“15”).
shulgoer
From shul (“Ashkenazi synagogue”) + goer. Shul is borrowed from Yiddish שול (shul, “school; synagogue”), from Old High German scuola (“school”), from Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “place for giving lectures, lecture hall, school”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower; to take hold of”). Piecewise doublet of schoolgoer.
Comma Johanneum
Learned borrowing from Latin Comma Iōhannēum.
material heresy
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis māteriālis.
parcen
Probably a back-formation from parcener, from Old French parçonier, from parçon, parcion (“part, portion”), from Latin partītiō (“a division”).
Jodo Shinshu
Borrowed from Japanese 浄土真宗 (literally “True Pure Land School”).
Phrygian cap
From Phrygian (“of or relating to Phrygia, its people or their culture”) + cap. Sense 2 (“congenital abnormality of the gall bladder”) is a calque of German phrygische Mütze, coined by J. Bartel in 1916 and popularized by Edward A. Boyden.
tac-au-tac
From French riposter du tac au tac (“to parry”), where tac imitates the sound made by the steel.
struggle session
Calque from Chinese 批鬥大會／批斗大会 (pīdòu dàhuì)
falciger
From Latin falc- (“sickle, scythe”) + -i- + Latin -ger (“carrier, bearer”), from gerere (“bear, carry”).
milwell
From Middle English milwell (amid many other forms), from Anglo-Norman meluel (amid other forms) and Old French moluel, probably from moruel, from Old Breton mor (“sea”) (from Proto-Brythonic *mor) + Old French lus and luz (“pike, [as sea-luce] hake”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with modern French morue.
Garamond
From Garamondus, the Latin form of the name of Claude Garamont.
Fong
Borrowed from Cantonese 方 (fong1), 房 (fong4), 馮／冯 (fung4), Taishanese 鄺／邝 (fong1), or other less common Chinese surnames.
proud-hearted
From Middle English proude-herted, prowd-herted, equivalent to proud + hearted.
argumentum ad consequentiam
Borrowed from Latin argūmentum ad cōnsequentiam.
Rong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 容 (Róng).
misforgive
From Middle English misforgiven, equivalent to mis- + forgive.
acini di pepe
From Italian acini di pepe, literally "peppercorns."
evenlike
From Middle English efenlike, also evenliche, from Old English efnlīċe (“evenly, equally”, adverb). More at evenly.
stronghearted
From Middle English strong-herted, strong-hertyd, equivalent to strong + hearted. Compare German starkherzig (“strong-hearted”), Swedish stark hjärtat (“strong-hearted”).
strongheartedness
From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to stronghearted + -ness.
strong-heartedness
From Middle English stronghartydnes, equivalent to strong-hearted + -ness.
ushioni
Borrowed from Japanese 牛鬼 (うしおに, ushioni).
manodanda
Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोदण्ड (manodaṇḍa, “complete control over one's thoughts”).
kayadanda
Borrowed from Sanskrit कायदण्ड (kāyadaṇḍa, “complete control over one's body”).
exodos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos, “a departure”). Doublet of exodus.
gulti
Borrowed from Tamil குல்தி (kulti), reverse of தெலுகு (teluku).
pignistic
Coined by Philippe Smets from Latin pignus (“a bet”) + -istic.
Sobranje
From Bulgarian събрание (sǎbranie, literally “assembly”).
Chippendale
From an assimilated (alveolarized) variant of the placename Chippingdale, from Old English ċīeping (“market”) + dæl (“valley”).
* (furniture): Named after English cabinetmaker Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779).
corah
Borrowed from Hindi कोरा (korā, “fresh, unused; (of silk) plain or undyed”).
Bucephalus
Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
only-begotten
From Middle English oonlybigeten, equivalent to only + begotten. Compare also Middle English only geten, oonly geten (“only-begotten”, literally “only-gotten”) and Middle English onbygoten, oon be-gotyn, one bygeten, oon bigetun, oon bigeten (“only-begotten”, literally “one-begotten”). Calque of Latin ūnigenitus, itself a calque of Ancient Greek μονογενής (monogenḗs).
Baraca
Named in allusion to the Hebrew בְּרָכָה (bərɔḵɔ̂, “blessing”) that occurs in 2 Chronicles xx. 26 and 1 Chronicles xii.
berseem
Borrowed from Arabic بِرْسِيم (birsīm).
earth-tilth
From Middle English erthe-tilthe, equivalent to earth + tilth.
bheestie
From Hindustani भिश्ती (bhiśtī) / بہشتی (bhiśtī, “heavenly”), from Persian بهشت (behešt, “heaven”).
earth-drake
From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).
Cao
From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 曹 (Cáo).
Gia
* (name from Italian): Borrowed from Italian Gia
* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgia.
ressala
From Hindi रिसाला (risālā), from Classical Persian رساله (risāla), from Arabic رِسَالَة (risāla)
naib
From Urdu نائب (nāib) / Hindi नाइब (nāib), नायब (nāyab), from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib).
wait-a-while
Originally after South African Dutch wacht-en-beetje; compare wait-a-bit.
Sulu
From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 /苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).
Congreve
Habitational surname from a minor place in Staffordshire, from Old English cumb (“valley”) + grāf (“grove”).
Congreve match
From German Congreve, after William Congreve, British rocket pioneer and administrator of the Imperial Continental Gas Association during the 1820s.
Hakhel
From Hebrew הַקְהֵל (hak-hél), imperative of הִקְהִיל (hik-híl, “to assemble”).
ophidiarium
From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) + -arium.
car-handed
Northern and Scottish dialects from Scottish Gaelic caerr (“awkward”) + handed.
zerumbet
From Medieval Latin zerumbet, zurumbet, from Arabic زُرُنْبَاد (zurunbād).
Nonthaburi
From Thai นนทบุรี (non-tá-bù-rii).
Nakhon Ratchasima
From Thai นครราชสีมา (ná-kɔɔn-râat-chá-sǐi-maa).
Chiang Mai
Borrowed from Thai เชียงใหม่ (Chiiang Mai), from เชียง (chiiang, “walled city”) + ใหม่ (mài, “new”). In reference to the kingdoms, from their capital.
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Calque of Georgian საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა (sakartvelos sabč̣ota socialisṭuri resṗubliḳa)
nota augens
From New Latin nota augēns, from nota (“mark, sign; critical mark or remark; note”) + augēns (“increasing, augmenting”). Coined by Zeuss in his Grammatica Celtica.
Jarawa
Borrowed from Aka-Bea [Term?] (“foreigner”).
habromania
From Ancient Greek ἁβρός (habrós, “graceful, pretty”) with the suffix -mania.
procrastinatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin prōcrāstinātrīx. By surface analysis, procrastinate + -trix.
Deobandi
From Hindustani دیوبندی / देवबन्दी (devbandī); which means "of Deoband, Deobandi," from Devband, Deoband, town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the location of the Islamic seminary in which the movement began.
Vicentine
From Latin Vīcentīnus, by-form of Vīcētīnus.
chinlone
From Burmese ခြင်းလုံး (hkrang:lum:), from ခြင်း (hkrang:, “basket”) + အလုံး (a.lum:, “ball”).
pikake
From Hawaiian pīkake, itself from English peacock, see which for full derivation. Both Arabian jasmine and peacocks were associated with Princess Kaʻiulani, so they came to have the same name in Hawaiian.
Etan
Rendering of the modern (Israeli) Hebrew אֵיתָן (Etán), equivalent to the English Ethan.
kaladana
Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], from काला (kālā, “black”) + दाना (dānā, “grain”).
oikology
From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house, household”) + -logy.
Metatron
From Hebrew מְטַטְרוֹן (Məṭaṭrôn), whose origin is obscure. Possibly from Hebrew מטרא (mattara) 'keeper of the watch.' The Greek/Latin form superficially appears to be a Greek compound meta-τρον (-tron), but that would not seem to make much sense semantically, meaning something like "among-tool." It has also been proposed that the Hebrew word actually does in turn originate from Greek, coming from μετά + θρόνος, with the "th" being transformed into a "t" as the word was repeatedly taken up by one language from another. A review by Hekhalot lists these two possibilities plus seven more.
ekagrata
Borrowed from Sanskrit एकाग्रता (ekāgratā, “concentration, singlemindedness”).
Thingyan
Borrowed from Burmese သင်္ကြန် (sangkran), from Sanskrit संक्रान्ति (saṃkrānti, “passage of the sun from one celestial position to another”).
Cozumel
From Mayan Ah Cuzamil Peten, translating as "the island of swallows."
Liwan
From Mandarin 荔灣 /荔湾 (Lìwān).
Borrowed from Arabic ليوان.
lares and penates
A calque of Latin lares et penates. See lar and penates.
Cederberg
Borrowed from Swedish Cederberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ceder (“cedar”) and berg (“mountain”).
kinderspullen
Borrowed from Dutch kinderspullen (“children's things”), from kind + -er- + spullen.
Snotley
snot + -ley, a suffix used in several popular names, including Ashley and Bradley, from Old English leah (“clearing, meadow”).
Bratley
brat + -ley, a suffix used in several popular names, including Ashley and Bradley, from Old English leah (“clearing, meadow”).
leproma
From New Latin leproma, equivalent to lepra (“leprosy”) + -oma (“mass or tumor related to”).
Azazel
From Hebrew עֲזָאזֵל (azazél, “Azazel, cliff from which the scapegoat was sent to its death”), Arabic عَزَازِيل (ʕazāzīl).
weather-gaw
Probably borrowed from Scots weather-ga, weather-gaw, weather-gow, possibly from English weather-gall, from weather + gall (“blister, swelling; (figurative) something exasperating or galling”).
cognates
* Dutch weergal
* German wettergalle
cuirie
From Middle English quyrre, now respelled according to or reborrowed from its source, Old French cuirie (French cuirie).
Cassel
* As an English surname, variant of Cassell.
* As a German surname, variant of Kassel, related to the above. Both senses have been adapted as Swedish surnames. Compare Castel.
* As a French surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself a derivative of Late Latin castellum and thus related to the above.
alfilaria
From Spanish alfilerillo, from alfiler (“pin”). The ending was assimilated to the familiar botanical suffix -aria.
Chung
Romanization
* From the McCune-Reischauer transliteration of Korean 정 (jeong), from Korean 鄭, 丁, 程. Doublet of Tee.
* From transliteration of Chinese 宗, 程, 种, 仲, 钟, 鍾, 張, 张, 章, 蔣, 蒋, frequently originating from Hong Kong or Taiwan
neokoros
Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεώκορος (neṓkoros).
Soviet of Nationalities
Calque of Russian Сове́т Национа́льностей (Sovét Nacionálʹnostej).
Trang
Borrowed from Vietnamese Trang. Doublet of Zhuang.
From Thai ตรัง (dtrang).
Afridi
Borrowed from Hindustani آفریدی (āfredī) / आफ़्रीदी (āfrīdī), from Pashto اپريدی (Apriday).
Barakzai
From Pashto بارکزی (bārəkzay).
ratton
From Middle English ratoun, from Anglo-Norman ratoun and Middle French raton, corresponding to rat + -oon.
oophoron
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾠοφόρον (ōiophóron, “egg-bearer”), neuter of ᾠοφόρος (ōiophóros, “egg-bearing”). By surface analysis, oo- + -phore + -on.
Danaus
From Latin Danaus, from Ancient Greek Δᾰνᾰός (Dănăós).
Kafka
From German Kafka, from Czech German Kavka (“jackdaw”), from either Upper Sorbian or Lower Sorbian, which are ultimately from the Proto-Slavic *kavъka, imitating the call of a jackdaw.
Compare Polish kawka, Czech kavka, Slovene kávka, all meaning “jackdaw”.
shicker
Borrowed from Yiddish שיכּור (shiker, “drunk”), from Hebrew שיכור / שִׁכּוֹר (shikór).
Sursilvan
From Romansh sursilvan, named after the Surselva region in Switzerland.
Edelmann
Unadapted borrowing from German Edelmann (“nobleman”). Doublet of Edelman.
Gottscheerish
Borrowed from German Gottscheerisch. See Gottschee, region in southern Slovenia.
Gottscheer
Either from German Gottscheer or simply Gottschee + -er.
Gottschee
From German Gottschee, first mentioned in 1363 as Middle High German Gotsche. Compare the Slovenian name Kočevsko.
drury
From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).
ephelcystic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐφελκυστικός (ephelkustikós), from its use in νῦ ἐφελκυστικόν (nû ephelkustikón, “movable nu”, literally “dragged-in nu”).
Paropamisus
Borrowed from Latin Paropamīsus, from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).
Paropamisadae
From Latin Paropamisadae, from Ancient Greek Παροπαμισάδαι (Paropamisádai), from Old Persian *Para-uparisaina (“beyond higher than the eagle”).
Strathspey
From strath + Spey, an adaptation of Scottish Gaelic Srath Spè.
gonagra
From Ancient Greek γονάγρα (gonágra, “gout in the knee”). Compare gon-.
orphanotrophium
Learned borrowing from Latin orphanō̆trophīum, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανοτροφεῖον (orphanotropheîon).
mundowie
Perhaps from Dharug manuwi, or Awabakal manduwaŋ.
Musqueam
From Halkomelem xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.
danwei
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 單位／单位 (dānwèi).
play-play
Reduplication of play, influenced by Malay grammar (Malay main-main), or a calque of Mandarin 玩玩 (wánwan).
Reduplication of play, possibly influenced by Afrikaans speel-speel.
monimostyly
From Ancient Greek μόνιμος (mónimos, “fixed in place”) + -styly, from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
Baster
Derived from the Dutch word for "bastard" (i.e. crossbreed), due to their mixed ethnic origin; see Dutch bastaard.
guiler
From Middle English giler, gylur, gylour, gilour, from Old French guilëor, equivalent to guile + -er.
Denali
Borrowed from Koyukon Deenaalee (“the tall one; the high one; the great one”) (/dinæli/, variously rendered Dinale or Denali), from -naał- (“be long, tall”).
Erlian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 二連／二连 (Èrlián).
Erenhot
Borrowed from Mongolian ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠡ
ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (eriyee qota) / Эрээн хот (Ereen xot).
Righteous Among the Nations
Translation of Hebrew חסיד אומות העולם / חֲסִיד אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם (khasíd 'umót ha'olám, literally “righteous [one] of the nations of the world”).
rhexis
From Ancient Greek ῥῆξις (rhêxis, “breaking”), compare -rrhexis.
dzongkhag
Borrowed from Dzongkha རྫོང་ཁག (rdzong khag).
dungkhag
Borrowed from Dzongkha དྲུང་ཁག (drung khag).
kopitiam
Borrowed from Malay kopitiam, from Hokkien 咖啡店 (ko-pi-tiàm), in turn from Malay kopi (“coffee”).
odynometer
From Ancient Greek ὀδύνη (odúnē) + -meter.