MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
voluptuosity
From Middle English voluptuosite, voluptuositee, voluptuostee, voluptuosyte, voluptuouste, from Middle French voluptuosité; compare Medieval Latin voluptuōsitas. By surface analysis, voluptuous + -osity.
Mabinogion
From Welsh Mabinogi (“instruction for young bards”), coined by the Welsh grammarian William Owen Pughe in 1795. The name originated from mabynnogyon, which occurs at the end of one of the four branches, and is now considered to have been a scribal error, mistaken as the plural for Welsh mabinogi, which is already plural, derived in an unclear manner from mab (“son, boy”).
hyperpepsia
From hyper- + Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -ia.
Nied
Borrowed from German Nied, a common element in placenames, possibly related to nieder (“low”).
nepenth
From French népenthe, népenthès (“nepenthes”), népente (“a plant from which a drug supposedly bringing relief from grief may be obtained”), or Latin nēpenthes: see further at nepenthes. Compare Italian nepente.
mooi-jai
Borrowed from Cantonese 妹仔 (mui⁶⁻¹ zai², “maidservant”).
moolie
Derived from a Calabrian dialect word for Neapolitan mulignana (“eggplant, aubergine”).
adelphotaxon
From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) + taxon.
Chitral
From Hindustani چترال / चित्राल (citrāl)), from Khowar چھترار (chitrār, “field”), from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra).
Kho
From Hokkien 許 /许 (Khó͘).
Ekadanta
From Sanskrit एकदन्त (ekadanta, “one-toothed”); ultimately from एक (eka, “one”) + दन्त (danta, “tooth, tusk”).
Harishchandra
From Sanskrit हरिश्चन्द्र (hariścandra, “having golden splendour”).
autexousious
autexousy, from Ancient Greek αὐτεξούσια (autexoúsia) + -ous.
skaw
Of North Germanic origin, from Icelandic skagi (“peninsula, promontory”). Also related to Icelandic skaga (“to protrude, to jut out”).
Turia
Borrowed from Spanish Turia or the Catalan Túria, from the Latin Tūria.
Borrowed from Spanish Turía.
Halwai
Borrowed from Hindi हलवाई (halvāī), from हलवा (halvā) + -ई (-ī). Cognate with halwa.
dolmadaki
Borrowed from Greek ντολμαδάκι (ntolmadáki).
cup noodles
From a trademark brand of Nissin, Japanese カップヌードル (“cup noodle”).
sheftalia
Borrowed from Greek σεφταλιά (seftaliá).
melitzanosalata
From Greek μελιτζανοσαλάτα (melitzanosaláta), meaning "aubergine salad".
malidzano
Borrowed from Macedonian малиџано (malidžano), from Italian melanzana (“eggplant”). Doublet of melongene.
daktyla
From Greek δάχτυλο (dáchtylo, “finger”). Doublet of date and dactyl.
kalitsounia
From Greek καλιτσούνια (kalitsoúnia).
Polono-
From Latin Polonia, on the model of Anglo-, Franco-, Sino- etc.
Norvego-
From Latin Norvegia, on the model of Anglo-, Franco-, Sino- etc.
shugoshin
From Japanese 守護神 (shugoshin, “guardian”) + -in.
water nymph
From Middle English water-nymph, equivalent to water + nymph.
ampelidaceous
From taxonomic name Ampelidaceae (“former name of Vitaceae”) + -aceous, from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “grapevine”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, “-son, indicating a familial connection”) + -aceae (“-aceous, resembling”).
calyceraceous
From translingual Calyceraceae + -ous, from Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “cup”) + Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + -aceous.
haloragaceous
From translingual Haloragaceae + -ous, from New Latin Haloragis + -aceae, formed irregularly from Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls, “salt”) + ῥάξ (rháx, “berry”) (a Pre-Greek / Mediterranean loan).
perfect is the enemy of good
A variant of the older the best is the enemy of the good, popularized by Voltaire in French as le mieux est l'ennemi du bien, itself a translation of the Italian proverb il meglio è nemico del bene.
Trogir
From Serbo-Croatian Trogir, possibly from Illyrian. A connection with Albanian tre gurë (“three stones”) has been hypothesized.
Opatija
From Serbo-Croatian Opàtija, from Italian Abbazia (“Opatija”), from abbazia (“abbey”), from Late Latin abbātia (“abbey”). Doublet of abbey and abbacy.
Labin
From Serbo-Croatian Labin, ultimately from Latin Alvona.
Cres
From Serbo-Croatian Cres, ultimately from Ancient Greek Χέρσος (Khérsos) from χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”).
Nin
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Nin, from Latin Aenona.
From Spanish Nin, from Catalan Nin, from a variant form of nen (“child”).
Cernik
From the Czech and Slovak surname, from černý (“black”). Compare Chernick.
Cerna
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Cerna.
Borrowed from Spanish Cerna.
Mljet
From Serbo-Croatian Mljet, from Proto-Slavic *Mьlětъ, from Latin Melita, from Ancient Greek Μελῐ́τη (Melĭ́tē) of uncertain origin. Doublet of Malta and Meleda.
Kazimir
Of Slavic origin and meaning "destroyer of peace", from Proto-Slavic *kaziti (“to destroy”) + *mirъ (“peace”).
Jaromir
Of Slavic origin, in which the first element could be Proto-Slavic *jaro (“spring”) and the second element *mirъ (“peace, world”).
Dougla
Borrowed from Caribbean Hindustani dugalaa (“many, much, a mix”), from Hindi दोग़ला (doġlā, “mixed blood, crossbreed, mixed breed, mixed race, illegitimate, hybrid, half-caste”), corrupted from Classical Persian داغول (dāġūl, “illegitimate child, trickster, cheat”).
Koo
Romanization of Cantonese 顧／顾 (gu3).
soutzouki
Borrowed from Greek σουτζούκι (soutzoúki), from Turkish sucuk (see also: Georgian ჩურჩხელა (čurčxela, “churchkhela”)). Doublet of sujuk.
McKay
From Irish Mac Aodha and Scottish Gaelic MacAoidh (literally “son of Aodh”). Related to McCoy and McGee.
McMillan
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Maoláin (“son of Maolán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of maol (“bald, tonsured”). Cognate with Irish Mac Maoláin.
McCallum
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Caluim (“son of Calum”).
McIntyre
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac an t-Saoir (“son of the craftsman”), from saor (“craftsman”).
Gort
Short for Gort Inse Guaire, Gort is from Irish gort.
basbousa
From Arabic بَسْبُوسَة (basbūsa).
Hispania Tarraconensis
From Latin Hispānia Tarracōnēnsis.
Mendel
* As a south German surname, variant of Meindl, from a pet form of Mein.
* As a Jewish given name, from the Yiddish personal name מענדל (Mendl), a diminutive form of מאַן (man, “man”), an affectionate form of מנחם (m'nachém), or ultimately from Old Spanish Mendes through Ladino.
eggah
From Egyptian Arabic عِجّة (ʕegga), from Arabic عُجَّة (ʕujja), from ع ج ج (ʕ j j) meaning "to be overcrowded or jammed pack", as the meal is typically packed or stuffed with chop-meat and/or various vegetable fillings.
Abishag
From Hebrew אבישג (“Avishag”, literally “Father of error” or “the Father wanders”), from אבי (avi, “father of; my father”) and שגג (shagag, “to go astray; to err; to sin”).
Berdichev
Borrowed from Russian Берди́чев (Berdíčev).
Berdychiv
Borrowed from Ukrainian Берди́чів (Berdýčiv).
jiangshi
Borrowed from Mandarin 殭屍／僵尸 (jiāngshī).
Burchuladze
From Georgian ბურჭულაძე (burč̣ulaʒe).
murtabak
From Arabic مُطَبَّق (muṭabbaq).
Bodish
From Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”) + -ish.
Bodic
From Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”) + -ic.
Juarista
From Spanish juarista, from the surname Juárez + -ista, after Mexican resistance-leader and five-times president Benito Pablo Juárez García (1806–1872), known as Benito Juárez.
onlay
From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.
abacomancy
Translingual: from Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”), and from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
nakodo
Borrowed from Japanese 仲人 (nakōdo, “go-between, mediary”).
per vaginam
Naturalized into medical English from neoclassical use of Latin in the professions. Exists in loanword form (retaining the Latin inflection, -am) and also in a further naturalized form with reanalysis in English morphology, per vagina = per + vagina, in parallel with other per + [English noun] constructions, such as per instructions or per statute.
protology
From Ancient Greek πρωτολογίᾱ (prōtologíā). By surface analysis, proto- + -logy.
tocrack
From Middle English tocraken (“to cause a cracking sound by breaking something with a lot of force; to fracture”), from Old English cracian (“to make a cracking sound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), equivalent to to- + crack.
Tenzin
Borrowed from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin).
bouleutic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βουλευτικός (bouleutikós), ultimately from βουλή (boulḗ).
toput
From Middle English putten (“to push, shove, put”), from Old English pytan (“to push, shove”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), equivalent to to- + put.
stegodon
From the genus name †Stegodon, referring to the shape of the molars: from Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + translingual -odon. Doublet of stegodont.
yakshini
From Sanskrit यक्षिणी (yakṣiṇī, feminine of यक्ष (yakṣa)).
gurkhan
From Khitan, via Chinese and Arabic historians, see modern Mongolian гүр хан (gür xan) for details.
Fennist
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *finnazder.?
Latin Fennusder.
Finnish fenno-
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der.
Finnish -isti
Finnish fennistider.
English Fennist
Derived from or influenced by Finnish fennisti. By surface analysis, Fenn- + -ist.
twintail
From twin + tail. Sense 2 is a calque of Japanese ツインテール (tsuintēru).
lichanos
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lichanos, from Ancient Greek λιχανός (likhanós, “the forefinger”).
parhypate
Unadapted borrowing from Latin parhypatē, from Ancient Greek παρυπάτη (parupátē, literally “next to the hypate, next-highest”). The hypate was the "highest" in the sense of being the string on a lyre nearest the player and physically above the other strings (compare a modern guitar, where the low E string is nearest the player), but actually the lowest in pitch.
Zhapu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ).
Chapu
An unhyphenated variant of the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ, “sudden bank”)
Cha-pu
From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ) Wade-Giles romanization: Cha⁴-pʻu³.
Chapoo
A romanization of Mandarin Chinese 乍浦 (Zhàpǔ, “sudden bank”). Compare Wade-Giles romanization Cha4-p'u3.
Sariyah
Borrowed from Arabic سَارِيَة (sāriya), the meaning “a cloud that comes by night”.
Yahya
From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an.
archbutler
From arch- + butler, probably a calque of German Erzschenke.
Bodie
* As a Scottish surname, variant of Body, Boddy, Boddie.
* As a French surname, variant of Bodi, see Beaudin.
Meilani
Modern American coinage, rhyming with Leilani. Can be interpreted as Hawaiian Mei + lani "heavenly May".
Agustin
Borrowed from Spanish Agustín. Doublet of Augustine and Austin.
Keenan
From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.
Raina
Borrowed from Kashmiri 𑆫𑆽𑆤𑆳 (rainā) / रैना (rainā) / رینا (rainā). This surname is mostly found in Kashmir. Borrowed also from Italian Raina.
Ishaan
From Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “Ishana”), a Hindu deity and guardian of the northeast direction.
Rivka
From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.
Abdiel
Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבְדִּיאֵל (“servant of God”).
Yamileth
From Spanish, derived from Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “Jamila”, literally “beautiful”).
Azariah
Borrowed from Hebrew עֲזַרְיָה (“Yahweh has helped”).
Maison
A spelling variant of Mason. The surname can also be from French Maison (“house”).
Harlan
American contraction of Harland, from Old English har (“grey”) / hara (“hare”) + land (“land”).
Aydin
From Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).
Mayson
As a surname, Middle English May's son, personal name shortened from Matthew and many other origins. The modern given name is mostly a spelling variant of Mason.
Yousef
Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
Farrah
Variant of Farrar, from Middle English ferreor (“iron worker, smith”). The given name was popularized by the American actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009). Her name is often interpreted as a variant of Farah.
Kole
The surname is an anglicization of German Kohl. The given name is a modern spelling variant of Cole.
Yosef
Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf), equivalent to Joseph.
Alden
From Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.
Hadassah
Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.
Amiya
Variant of Amiyah, from Hebrew אמאיה (āmíjah, literally “My mother is Jah”).
Axton
From Axton, Kent, Old English Acca (a personal name) + Old English stan (“stone”).
Zahra
Borrowed from Arabic زَهْراء (zahrāʔ), an epithet of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As a surname, it is predominantly found in Egypt.
Callan
Borrowed from Irish Ó Cathaláin (“descendant of Cathalán”).
Chanel
From French Chanel. As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.
Kenna
* As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna.
* As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaodha /Ó Cionaoith (“descendant of Cionaodh”), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.
Rohan
Borrowed from the present participial of Sanskrit रुह् (ruh, “"to ascend"”).
A romanization of Japanese 露伴 or ろはん (Rohan).
Alaia
Borrowed in the 21st century from Basque Alaia, from alai (“joyful”). For earlier use among English-speakers, compare Hebrew עֲלִיָּה ('alīyá, “ascent”), Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya, “high, exalted”).
Kenley
* Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley
* Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Yahir
Transliteration of Hebrew יַאִיר, meaning "he will light up". Doublet of Jair.
Ansley
From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).
Miah
Anglicized from Bengali মিঞা (mĩa /⁠mĩa⁠/), itself borrowed from Classical Persian میان (miyān). Doublet of Miya.
Ivanna
Transliteration of Ukrainian Іва́нна (Ivánna). Doublet of Jane.
Everleigh
From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.
Alia
Borrowed from Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya). The feminine form of Ali.
Lilyana
Transliteration of Bulgarian Лиляна (Liljana), equivalent to English Lilian.
Uriel
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐριήλ (Ouriḗl), from Hebrew אוּרִיאֵל (“God is my light”).
Maryam
Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam). Doublet of Mary, Maria, and Miriam.
Imani
Etymology tree
Arabic آمَنَ (ʔāmana)
Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)bor.
Swahili imani
Swahili Imanibor.
English Imani
Borrowed from Swahili, from imani (“faith, belief”), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).
Borrowed from Persian ایمانی.
Gannon
Derived from Irish Mag Fhionnáin "son of Finan".
Leonidas
From Ancient Greek Λεωνίδᾱς (Leōnídās, “son of Leon / lion”).
Danna
As a surname from French D'Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.
Nasir
Borrowed from Arabic نَاصِر (nāṣir).
Malakai
Borrowed from Fijian Malakai and Tongan Malakai, equivalent to English Malachi.
Amari
The surname is of multiple origins, including:
* A variant of Amaro, from Italian Amaro.
* A variant of Amar, from Arabic عَمَّار (ʕammār). See also Umari, Umar, Omar, and Amar.
* A Japanese surname ultimately deriving from Japanese 余り (amari, “remainder, surplus”).
Cason
As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).
Lorelei
Borrowed from German Lorelei (“murmuring rock or lurking rock”), but not used as a given name in Germany. The Lorelei (or Lorelei, Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei, Lurlei) is an infamous maritime disaster site because of the Rhine's current and the surrounding terrain. The shipwrecks have been subject to mythological explanation attempts since around 900 AD.
Aleah
Probably a fanciful spelling of Alia, Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).
Zuri
Etymology tree
Swahili Zuribor.
English Zuri
Borrowed from Swahili zuri (“good”).
Maliyah
Probably a fanciful spelling of Malia, from Hawaiian Malia.
Harlow
From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).
Finnegan
Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin (“descendant of Fionnagán”). Fionnagán is a given name that descends from Old Irish Finnacán, which is typically anglicised as Finnegan itself.
Kash
From Russian Каш (Kaš) and Chinese 喀什 (Kāshí), from Mongolian Хаш (Xaš), from Mongolian хаш (xaš, “jade”).
Leland
Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".
Atticus
From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attĭkós). Doublet of Attic.
Ainsley
Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).
Cesar
Anglicized spelling of Spanish César. Doublet of Caesar.
From Middle English Cesar.
Rhett
Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).
Paxton
From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).
Brantley
Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."
Kinsley
From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
Easton
From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.
Natalya
Transliteration of Russian Ната́лья (Natálʹja). Doublet of Natalie.
Samiyah
Derived from Arabic سَامِيَة (sāmiya).
Efrain
Anglicized spelling of Spanish Efraín. Doublet of Ephraim.
Dalia
Several etymologies:
* Borrowed from Italian Dalia
* Borrowed from Arabic دَالِيَة (dāliya), a surname mainly found in Egypt
* Borrowed from Bengali ডালিয়া (ḍaliẏa)
Macey
* As an English surname, variant of Massey.
* As a Slavic surname, Americanized from Slovak Macej, Carpathian Rusyn [script needed] (Mačej), Polish Maciej, all variants of Matthew.
Isam
From Arabic عِصَام (ʕiṣām, “security, pledge”).
Hershel
Borrowed from Yiddish הירשעל (hirshel), a diminutive of הירש (hirsh, “deer, buck”).
Hardie
Scottish variant of Hardy. Also shortened from McHardie, Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic mac C(h)ardaidh (“son of the craftsman”), from ceardaí.
Halsey
Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)
Calista
From Latin Callistus, from Ancient Greek Κάλλιστος (Kállistos, “most beautiful”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”). Compare Callisto.
Parthenia
From Ancient Greek Παρθενια (Parthenia, “virginity”), occurring in Greek mythology.
Yee
Borrowed from Cantonese 余 (jyu⁴) or Taishanese 余 (yi³) or Hokkien 余 (Î) or Cantonese 爾 /尔 (ji⁵).
Hyman
Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).
pillow word
Calque of Japanese 枕詞 (makurakotoba).
family romance
From family + romance, in psychoanalytic sense after German Familienroman.
Rethymno
From Greek Ρέθυμνο (Réthymno), from Ancient Greek Ρίθυμνα (Ríthumna).
Chabadnik
From Hebrew חַבַּדְנִיק (khabádnik). By surface analysis, Chabad + -nik.
Nafplio
From Greek Ναύπλιο (Náfplio), from Ancient Greek Ναύπλιος (Naúplios).
apotropaion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποτρόπαιον (apotrópaion).
quinquagesimal
From Medieval Latin quinquagesimus (“fiftieth”) + -al.
rosc
Learned borrowing from Irish rosc (“rhetorical composition”), from Old Irish rosc (“short poem, ode”).
congy
From French conge, from Latin congius, q.v. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys.
gallock
Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English gagol (“foolish”) + -ock, in the sense of "foolish person; fool"; or possibly from the same origin as French gauche.
roose
From Middle English rosen (“to boast”), from Old Norse hrósa (“to boast; praise”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþsōną, from *hrōþaz, *hrōþiz (“fame; glory; praise”). Cognate with Icelandic hrósa, Danish rose, Swedish rosa.
be a hundred years too early
Calque of Japanese 百年早い (hyaku-nen hayai).
Neorican
From neo- + (Puerto) Rican, modeled after Spanish neorriqueño, itself a blend of neoyorquino (“New Yorker”) + puertorriqueño (“Puerto Rican”).
nagari
From Indonesian nagari, ultimately from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Borrowed from Sanskrit नागरी (nāgarī), feminine of नागर (nāgara, “of the city”, adjective), from नगर (nagara). Related to negara, Angkor.
blicant
From Middle English blycande, blykkande, blikande, variants of blikiende, blikinde (“shining”), equivalent to blike + -and.
Oresund
Borrowed from Danish Øresund, Swedish Öresund, from Old Norse Eyrarsund.
Egyptland
From Middle English Egiptelond, Egipte-lond, from Old English Egipta land, Egypta land (“the land of the Egyptians”), equivalent to Egypt + land. Compare Dutch Egypteland, Icelandic Egyptaland.
Stellarton
The toponym derives from stellarite + -ton. Named for stellarite (“a type of torbanite”), a form of oil coal (“a type of coal”) that gives off "stars" (Latin stella) of fire when ignited, which is mined in the area.
Antigonish
Derived from the Mi'kmaq toponym N'alegihooneech, which translates to "place where branches are torn off". The toponym is thought to refer to a location where bears came to eat beechnuts or hazelnuts.
plighty
From Middle English plighty, plighti, equivalent to plight + -y.
Rashi
From Hebrew רַשִׁ״י (rash"i), acronym of רַבִּי שְׁלֹמֹה יִצְחָקִי (rabí sh'lomó yitskhakí).
ravenstone
From a calque of German Rabenstein, equivalent to raven + stone.
braird
From Scots braird, from Old English brerd (“edge; spike, corner”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.
subluxate
From New Latin sublūxātus (“subluxated”), perfect active participle of subluxare (“to subluxate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from sub- (“under, below, lesser”) + lūxō (“to dislocate”). Equivalent to sub- + luxate.
ur-continent
Borrowed from German Urkontinent, coined by Alfred Wegener, equivalent to ur- + continent.
khanhoo
From either Mandarin 看虎 (kàn hǔ, literally “watching the tiger”) or Hokkien 看虎 (khàn hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Spanish cuajo, Hokkien 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó), 看護 /看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘).
torple
From Middle English torplen, of obscure origin. Compare torfel and topple.
menacme
From Attic Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, top”).
slaugh
Borrowed from Dutch sla, shortened from salade (“salad, lettuce”). See also slaw.
Balaguer
Borrowed from Catalan Balaguer; in its turn derived from Andalusian Arabic بلغي (“Balàghey”).
Joachimsthaler
Borrowed from German Joachimsthaler, after the silver mine in Joachimsthal (now known as Jáchymov).
filmi geet
Borrowed from Hindi फ़िल्मी गीत (filmī gīt).
white genocide
Partial calque of Armenian սպիտակ եղեռն (spitak eġeṙn), literally "white Yeghern", and/or various similar terms like ճերմակ ջարդ (čermak ǰard, “white massacre”).
El Camino Real
Borrowed from Spanish El Camino Real, meaning "King's Highway".
thukpa
Borrowed from Tibetan ཐུག་པ (thug pa).
tarsioid
From French tarsi(er) + -oid, from Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek ταρσός (tarsós, “wickerwork mat"; "broad, flat surface"”).
Aegisthus
From Latin Aegisthus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγισθος (Aígisthos).
snake wine
Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).
pla ra
From Thai ปลาร้า (bplaa-ráa).
hongeohoe
From Korean 홍어회(洪魚膾) (hong'eohoe).
puttony
Borrowed from Hungarian puttony. Doublet of butt (“cask”).
esthiomene
From Ancient Greek ἐσθίω (esthíō, “eat, consume”), ἐσθῐομένη (esthĭoménē).
Xichang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Chinese 西昌 (Xīchāng, “Western Prosperity”).
Jianchang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “establishing prosperity”).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 建昌 (Jiànchāng).
Keen-chang
From Chinese 建昌 (Jiànchāng, literally “Establishing Prosperity”).
Jiandu
Borrowed from Chinese 建都 (Jiàndū, literally “Establishing Prosperity”).
quisquilious
From Latin quisquilia (“bric-a-brac”).
Rhodanian
An adaptation of the French rhodanien, Rhodanien with the suffix -ian.
otkhod
Borrowed from Russian отход (otxod, “withdrawal, departure, break”).
kangling
From Tibetan རྐང་གླིང (rkang gling, literally “leg flute”).
Pixian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 郫縣 /郫县 (Píxiàn).