MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Dacudac
Borrowed from Kankanaey Dacudac. See that for more details.
Eydelshteyn
Transliteration of Russian Эйдельштейн (Ejdelʹštejn), itself from Yiddish.
Eidelstein
Transliteration of Russian Эйдельштейн (Ejdelʹštejn), itself from Yiddish.
Poh
From a dialect word for standard German Pfau (“peacock”), or Hokkien 傅 (Pò͘).
Leseb
Borrowed from Kankanaey Leseb. See that for more details.
Legarda-Burnham-Kisad
Variously:
* "Legarda" is from Legarda Road, named after Benito Legarda.
* "Burnham" is from Burnham Park, named after Daniel Burnham.
* "Kisad" is from Kisad Road, which is from Ibaloi kisad (“a condition when a priestess is possessed by a spirit during a religious rite”).
chao chee bye
From Hokkien 臭膣屄 (chhàu-chi-bai, “dirty, smelly cunt”).
pi sai
From either or both Hokkien 鼻屎 (phīⁿ-sái) and Teochew 鼻屎 (pin⁷ sai²).
bak chor mee
From Hokkien 肉脞麵 /肉脞面 (bah-chhò͘-mī).
Puruchuco
From Quechua phuruchuku (“feather hat”), from phuru + chuku
Jeshurun
Borrowed from Hebrew יְשֻׁרוּן (yeshurún).
subrisive
Borrowed from New Latin subrisivus (“amusing”), from Latin subrīdeō (“to smile”).
subrision
Borrowed from Late Latin subrisio (“smile”), from Latin subrīdeō (“to smile”).
Shanhsi
From Mandarin 山西 (Shānxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan¹-hsi¹.
From Mandarin 陝西 /陕西 (Shǎnxī), Wade–Giles romanization: Shan³-hsi¹.
diaphagetic
From the Ancient Greek root Ancient Greek διάφαινειν (diáphainein) meaning "to show through" and the suffix -etic, denoting a characteristic or relation.
bah kut teh
Borrowed from Hokkien 肉骨茶 (bah-kut-tê).
Luichew
From either or both Leizhou Min 雷州 and Hokkien 雷州 (Lûi-chiu). Doublet of Leizhou and Luichow.
Hainam
From Hainanese 海南 (Hái-nâm). Doublet of Hainan and Hailam.
Hailam
From either or both Hokkien 海南 (Hái-lâm) or Hainanese 海南. Doublet of Hainan and Hainam.
Su-ngai Padi
From Thai สุไหงปาดี (sù-ngǎi-bpaa-dii), from Malay Sungai Padi (literally “River of Rice Plants”).
Bannang Sata
From Thai บันนังสตา (ban-nang-sà-dtaa), from Malay Bendang Setar (literally “Rice Field of Gandaria”).
Kubang Pasu
Unadapted borrowing from Malay Kubang Pasu.
Kali Puja
Kali + Puja, based on Sanskrit काली (kālī) and Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā). Literally means "reverence of Kali".
Shangdu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 上都 (Shàngdū).
Glorious Thirty
Calque of French Trente Glorieuses, first used in the title of a 1979 book on the topic by the French demographer Jean Fourastié.
pilfre
From Middle English pilfre (“booty”), from Old French pelfre (“plunder, booty, spoils”), of unknown origin. Compare pelf.
Plouton
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn). Doublet of Pluto.
Bouda
Learned borrowing from Ge'ez ቡዳ (buda).
caeoma
New Latin caeoma, from Ancient Greek καίειν (kaíein, “to burn”) + -ωμα (-ōma). Attested from 1832.
Darband
From Persian دربند (darband, literally “bar of a door, bolt; a barrier”), from در (dar, “door, gate, passage”) + بند (band, “band, tie, fastening”).
doikayt
From Yiddish דאָיִקייט (doikeyt).
Schengen realm
Calque of German Schengenraum, likely preferring English realm as the nearest logical soundalike for German Raum.
Badby
Meaning 'Badda's fortified place', from Old English Baddanbyrġ, from the personal name Badda, genitive singular Baddan + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortress”). The first syllable of the second element was elided over time through natural erosion, which led to it sounding identical to the common Old Norse-rooted locative ending -by.
Baledgarno
Bal is from Scottish Gaelic baile, Edgar refers to the King of Scotland from 1001 to 1005.
Hindal
Learned borrowing from Chagatai هندل (hndl), compound of هند (hnd, “India”) + ال (ʾl, “taker”).
nankhatai
Borrowed from Hindustani नानख़टाई (nānxaṭāī)/نان خَطائی (nān xatāī), from Classical Persian نَانِ خَطَائِی (nān-i xatā'ī, “Cathayan bread, bread of Cathay”).
cockanathan
cock + Tamil நாதன் (nātaṉ, “lord”, common suffix for given names).
baluku
Corruption of Malay buah duku (“fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum, langsat”), under influence from Hokkien phonology, in which /d/ sounds are rendered as /l/s in loanwords, compare 黎撩 (lê-liô) from radio and 鐳／镭 (lui, “money”) from Malay duit.
Medousa
From Ancient Greek Μέδουσα (Médousa).
Pegasos
From Ancient Greek Πήγασος (Pḗgasos).
Lychpit
From lych + pit, lych being from Old English lic (“corpse”), so it probably refers to a burial pit.
Laid
* As an English surname, from Middle English lade (“river crossing”), from Old English gelād, from lād (“canal, watercourse”).
* As an Estonian surname, from the noun laid (“holm, islet”).
Berry Pomeroy
From Old English burh, byrig, recorded as Beri in 1086 (DB), the manorial affix is from the de Pomerei family, from the 11th century.
Minya Konka
Borrowed from Tibetan མི་ཉག་གངས་དཀར་རི་བོ (mi nyag gangs dkar ri bo).
bentho-
From Ancient Greek βένθος (bénthos, “the depths”). By surface analysis, benth- + -o-.
champorado
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish champurrado. Compare Tagalog tsampurado, Cebuano sampurado, Central Bikol tsampurado.
Zhili
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 直隸 /直隶 (Zhílì).
Zhao'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 詔安 /诏安 (Zhào'ān).
Yongsan
From Korean 용산(龍山) (Yongsan)
Xinxing
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新星 (Xīnxīng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新興 /新兴 (Xīnxīng).
Vlad the Impaler
Calque of Romanian Vlad Țepeș.
Thaipusam
Borrowed from Tamil தைப்பூசம் (taippūcam).
Songyuan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 松原 (Sōngyuán).
Shuangliu
From Mandarin 雙流 /双流 (Shuāngliú).
Panjin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盤錦 /盘锦 (Pánjǐn).
Laibin
From Mandarin 來賓 /来宾 (Láibīn).
Kashima
Borrowed from Japanese 鹿嶋 (Kashima).
hatafat dam brit
From Hebrew הַטָּפַת דַּם בְּרִית.
Ambalavasi
Borrowed from Malayalam അമ്പലവാസി (ampalavāsi).
Wendens Ambo
Apparently two villages originally, Wenden Magna and Wenden Parva. The affix is from Latin ambo (“both”).
muta-
From mutation, itself from Latin mūtātiō, by analogy with other Graeco-Latin prefixes.
Dawu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大悟 (Dàwù).
Dabu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 大埔 (Dàbù).
enhort
Early uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor. The verb fell out of use during the 19th century and was formed anew in the last few decades of the 20th century as a blend of enjoin + exhort or a similar formation.
takzir
Borrowed from Arabic تَعْزِير (taʕzīr). Doublet of tazir.
Welles
Named after Well, Lincolnshire, from Old English wielle (“fountain, spring”). Cognate with English well.
Suifenho
From Mandarin 綏芬河 /绥芬河 (Suífēnhé) Wade–Giles romanization: Sui²-fên¹-ho².
Wulian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 五蓮 /五莲.
lao sai
From Hokkien 落屎 (làu-sái).
asco-
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin ascus via back-formation from Ascomycetes, which see.
levator prostatae
Borrowed from New Latin levātor prostatae (“lifter of the prostate”).
Yizhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 伊州 (Yīzhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 宜州 (Yízhōu).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 益州 (Yìzhōu).
meshuganon
From meshugge + -on, from Yiddish משוגע (meshuge, “crazy”). Coined by Hungarian-American physicist Edward Teller in 1989 during a
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)-National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop.
rightle
By surface analysis, right + -le; or perhaps an alteration of Middle English rightlechen (“to correct, rectify”), from Old English rihtlǣċan (“to make right, rectify, correct, amend”).
Muharrem
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محرم (muharrem), from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram).
quindec-
From Latin quīndecim (“fifteen”). By surface analysis, quin- (“five”) + dec- (“ten”).
Strathearn
From strath + Earn (“a river in Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Uisge Èireann.
Gwernaffield
From Welsh gwern (“alders, alder grove”) and Old English feld (“field”); Welsh gwaun (“moor, heath”) probably relates to the Welsh name Y-Waun.
Mynyddygarreg
From Welsh mynydd y garreg (“mountain of stone”)
Jaoho
From Mandarin 饒河 /饶河 (Ráohé), Wade–Giles romanization: Jao²-ho².
Huaping
From Mandarin 華坪 /华坪 (Huápíng).
Yongsheng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永勝 /永胜 (Yǒngshèng).
Ninglang
From Mandarin 寧蒗 /宁蒗 (Nínglàng).
kueh pie tee
From Hokkien 粿 (kóe, “rice cake”) and English patty (in the sense of patty shell and patty iron). Attested in 1956 as kwei patti cooked with a patti iron in Susie Hing's cookbook In a Malayan Kitchen.
kor kor
From Cantonese 哥哥 (go¹⁻⁴ go¹) or Hokkien 哥哥 (ko-ko). Compare Indonesian koko.
From Hokkien 姑姑 (ko͘-ko͘, “paternal aunt”).
jie jie
From Cantonese 姐姐 (ze²⁻⁴ ze²⁻¹) and Mandarin 姐姐 (jiějié).
Luoxian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 羅先 /罗先 (Luóxiān).
clemmy
From clem + -y, originally from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”).
Tesuque
From Spanish Tesuque, from Tewa Tetsʼúgéh (“narrow place of the cottonwood trees”).
Guyhirn
From Old French guie (“guide”) and Old English hyrne (“corner”); there is a bend in the River Nene here.
phaggot
From the Latin script letter f being replaced by Ancient Greek φ (ph), pronounced /pʰ/ → /ɸ/ → /f/.
latibulate
From Latin latibulārī + -ate, from latibulum (“a hiding-place, lair”) + -ārī. See also latibulize.
Judeomisic
From Judeo- + -misic, from Ancient Greek μῑσέω (mīséō, “to hate”) or μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”), coined as an alternative to anti-Semitic and Judeophobic.
Judeomisia
From Judeo- + -misia, from Ancient Greek μῑσέω (mīséō, “to hate”) or μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”), coined as an alternative to anti-Semitism and Judeophobia.
kiasuism
kiasu + -ism, from Hokkien 驚輸／惊输 (kiaⁿ-su, “afraid to lose out”)
kiasuness
kiasu + -ness, from Hokkien 驚輸／惊输 (kiaⁿ-su, “afraid to lose out”)
kiasiness
kiasi + -ness, from Hokkien 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ-sí, “afraid to die”)
besweat
From Middle English beswette, be-swet, bi-swæt, past participle of Middle English bisweten, besweten (“to sweat all over, cover with sweat”), from Old English beswǣtan (“to sweat over, toil”), equivalent to be- + sweat.
khasra
Borrowed from Hindustani ख़सरा (xasrā) / خسره (xasra), from Classical Persian خَسَرَه (xasara), from Arabic خَسَرَة (ḵasara).
Cerne Abbas
Cerne refers to the River Cerne; Abbas is from Latin abbas (“abbot”).
shewage
From Middle English schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (“scavage”), from Middle English shewing, schewing (“inspection, examination, show”), from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods”), equivalent to show + -ing. Doublet of scavage.
chresmographion
From Ancient Greek χρησμογράφιον (khrēsmográphion), from χρησμός (khrēsmós, “oracle”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
formosity
From Late Middle English formosite, formosyte, from Old French formosité, from Latin fōrmōsitās (“beauty”). Cognate to French formosité, Scots formosite.
patchri
From Malay paceri or pajeri, from Tamil பச்சடி (paccaṭi, “raita; a yogurt dish with vegetables mixed in”) or a cognate from another Dravidian language.
siumai
Borrowed from Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖 (siu¹ maai⁶⁻²).
siew mai
Borrowed from Cantonese 燒賣 /烧卖 (siu¹ maai⁶⁻²).
Kwangmyong
Borrowed from the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 광명 (Gwangmyeong, literally “Light”). Doublet of Gwangmyeong.
Porth Navas
From Cornish; porth is cognate with Welsh porth (“port”).
consumptuous
From Latin cōnsūmptus, past participle of cōnsūmō, + -uous.
Kuznets
Borrowed from Russian кузнец (kuznec, “blacksmith”).
Cranborne
From Old English cran + burna, recorded as Creneburne in 1086 (DB).
Craster
From Old English crāwe + ceaster (“fortification or earthwork haunted by crows”), recorded as Craucestre in 1242.
gifture
From Middle English yifture, ȝefture. Equivalent to gift + -ure.
Xwedodah
Borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (hwytw(k)ds /⁠xwēdōdah⁠⁠/), not attested in Classical Persian. Compare Iranian Persian خویدودِه (xidude), a learned borrowing.
Exbourne
From Old English ġēac (“cuckoo”), dative singular, ġēaces + burna (“stream”).
Exbury
From Old English personal name *Eohhere, genitive case *Eohheres + byriġ, dative singular of burh (“fort”).
Exford
From Old English Ex (“Exe river”) + ford, 'the ford across the river Exe".
Byculla
Anglicisation of Marathi भायखळा (bhāykhaḷā).
Worli
Anglicisation of Marathi वरळी (varḷī).
Camatagan
Borrowed from Kankanaey Camatagan. See that for more details.
Supang
Borrowed from Kankanaey Supang. See that for more details.
verdour
From Middle English verdour, a variation of verdure, from Middle French verdour, verdure.
From Middle French verdour.
Chichun
From Mandarin 蘄春 /蕲春 (Qíchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi²-chʻun¹.
thuribuler
From unattested Latin *thūribulārius, *thūribulāriorum, ultimately from thūribulum.
Liuzhi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 六枝 (Liùzhī).
Shuicheng
From Mandarin 水城 (Shuǐchéng).
Panzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盤州 /盘州 (Pánzhōu).
Mount Poinsur
Anglicisation of Marathi मंडपेश्वर (maṇḍpeśvar).
Kris Kringle Mart
By surface analysis, analyzable either as (1) a calque of German Christkindlmarkt or (2) a proprialization from Kris Kringle + mart.
Pontarfynach
From Welsh, the bridge over the Afon Mynach, and the Welsh name for Devil's Bridge.
kengster
keng + -ster, the first element is a clipping of chao keng, from Teochew 臭 (cao³, “dirty, ill-reputed”) + 經 /经 (gêng¹, “to evade; to pass the buck”).
Swanford
From either:
# Old English swan (“swan”), genitive plural, swana + ford.
# Old English swān (“herdsman”), genitive plural, swāna + ford.
Mickleover
From Middle English Mycheloure, from Old English miċel (“great”) + ōfer (“ridge”). Recorded as Ufram Majorem in 1087 from Old English ōfer + Latin maior (“great”), and as Magna Oura in 1223 from Latin magnus (“large”) + Old English ōfer.
fa cai
From Mandarin 髮菜 /发菜 (fàcài).
provulge
From Latin prōvulgō. Doublet of promulgate and promulge.
kadiasker
A reduced form of Ottoman Turkish قاضی العسكر (kadilasker), see kazasker for more.
chao ta
From Hokkien 臭焦 (chhàu-ta).
Ch'ao-hsien
From Mandarin 朝鮮 /朝鲜 Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao-hsien.
Samsui woman
From Cantonese 三水 (saam¹ seoi²).
Samsui
From Cantonese 三水 (saam1 seoi2).
Dunsley
From Old English personal name Dunn, in the genitive case *Dunnes + lēah (“forest clearing”).
Bowers Gifford
From Old English būr (“bower”), with manorial affix from the Giffard family in the 13th century.
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Arabic هَيْئَةُ تَحْرِيرِ ٱلشَّام (hayʔatu taḥrīri š-šām, “Organisation for the Liberation of the Levant”).
Qamishli
From Turkish kamış (“common reed”) + -li (“with”), a calque of Classical Syriac ܒܝܬ ܙܠܝܢ (bēṯ zālīn, literally “house of reeds”). Compare Azerbaijani qamışlıq.
Cransford
From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + ford, 'the cranes' ford'.
Cranwell
From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + wella (“spring”), 'the spring frequented by cranes'.
Sherbourne
From Old English scīr (“bright, clear”), definite form scīra + burna (“stream”).
Shereford
From Old English scīr (“clear”), definite form scīra + ford.
chalaf
Borrowed from Yiddish חלף (khalaf), from Hebrew חַלָּף (khaláf).
Drewsteignton
From the name Drew, the River Teign (on the southern boundary of the parish), and Old English tūn.
wallstone
From Middle English walle ston, from Old English weallstān (“stone for building”), equivalent to wall + stone.
Pushkalavati
Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit पुष्कलावती (puṣkalāvatī).
swee swee
From Hokkien 媠媠, a reduplication of 媠 (súi, “nice, pretty”).
saikang warrior
From Hokkien 屎工 (sái-kang, “undesirable, menial tasks”, literally “shit jobs”) + warrior.
Cuoqin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 措勤 (Cuòqín).
umboth
Borrowed from Norn umbod, ombod, from Old Norse umboð. Cognate with Icelandic umboð, Faroese umboð, Swedish ombud. Cognate with the first element of ombudsman (equivalent to umboth + -s- + man, “person of agency”).
Bao-angan
Borrowed from Kankanaey Bao-angan. See that for more details.
Capinitan
Borrowed from Kankanaey Capinitan. See that for more details.
bunji
From Warlpiri [Term?], and other related languages of the Northern Territory and northern Queensland.
Manbij
Borrowed from Arabic مَنْبِج (manbij), from Classical Syriac ܡܒܘܓ which is related to a "spring" or a "font".
blandiment
Borrowed from Latin blandīmentum (“blandishment, pleasure, remedy”).
Buscot
Inherited from Middle English Burscote, contraction of Burwardescote, from Old English *Burgweardescote, from *Burgweard (a personal name) + cote (“house”).
Dibyendu
Transliteration of Bengali দিব্যেন্দু (dibbendu), from Sanskrit দিৱ্যেন্দু (divyendu). Doublet of Divyendu.
Pienkuan
From Mandarin 偏關 /偏关 (Piānguān) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻien¹-kuan¹.
Zhangwu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 彰武.
Qinghemen
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 清河門 /清河门.
Xinqiu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新邱.
lucrous
From Latin lucrōsus (“lucrative”). By surface analysis, lucre + -ous.
Pirakya
Transliteration of Tamil பிரக்யா (pirakyā), from Sanskrit ப்ரஜ்ஞா (prajñā). Doublet of Pragya.
Progya
Transliteration of Bengali প্রজ্ঞা (projna), from Sanskrit প্রজ্ঞা (prajñā). Doublet of Pragya.
bungoo
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
Proto-Germanic *bankiz
Proto-West Germanic *banki
Lombardic bankbor.
Italian bancabor.
Middle French banqueder.
English bankder.
Bandjalang bangguder.
English bungoo
From Bandjalang banggu, from English bank.
Pragya
Transliteration of Hindi प्रज्ञा (prajñā), from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā). Doublet of Progya and Pirakya.
Dimashq
From Arabic دِمَشْق (dimašq). Doublet of Damascus.
metodichka
Borrowed from Russian методичка (metodička, “instruction manual, study guide”).
yong tau foo
Borrowed from Penang Hokkien 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (yōng-tāu-fū), from Cantonese 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (joeng⁶ dau⁶ fu⁶), from Hakka 釀豆腐 /酿豆腐 (ngiong-theu-fu).
Zayu
From Tibetan རྫ་ཡུལ (rdza yul).
Bayi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴宜 (Bāyí).
Mainling
From Tibetan སྨན་གླིང (sman gling).
Gongbo'gyamda
From Tibetan ཀོང་པོ་རྒྱ་མདའ (kong po rgya mda').
sahari
Borrowed from Classical Persian سَحَرِی (saharī), with the variants sahri and sehri by way of Hindustani سَحْری (sahrī) / सहरी (sahrī), ultimately from Arabic سَحَر (saḥar, “dawn”).
galdegaia
Learned borrowing from Basque galdegaia, the absolutive singular form of galdegai (literally “question topic”).
Keds
Modified from Peds (the name initially chosen for the brand, which was already trademarked), from Latin pedēs (“feet”), plural of pēs (“foot”).
consolatrix
From Latin consōlātrix, from cōnsōlor (“to console”) + -trīx. Alternatively from cōnsōlō.
Ainuland
From Ainu + -land. Also a calque of Ainu アィヌモシㇼ.
Samsui chicken
From Cantonese 三水 (saam¹ seoi²) + chicken.
Mambookie
Uncertain. Probably from Xhosa amaMbo or Zulu amaMbo affixed with the Afrikaans -ie diminutive; compare Tambookie. Alternatively a Khoekhoe term. First attested in 1786.
sarabat stall
From Urdu شربت (śarbat, “sharbat; a type of sweet drink”), from Classical Persian شربت (šarbat).
steady pom pi pi
Singapore English steady (“solid, cool-headed, reliable”) + Hokkien 歕觱觱 /𬅫觱觱 (pûn pi-pi, “to blow a whistle”, onomatopoeic).
New Eve
Calque of Latin Nova Ē̆va, making a parallel with Eve from the Book of Genesis.
orh hor
Possibly from Hokkien 嗚呼 /呜呼 (o͘-ho͘, “used to express condolences in funeral orations; (euphemistic) to die, to pass away”).
Hanumanthapura
Borrowed from Kannada ಹನುಮಂತಪುರ (hanumantapura).
All-Union
Calque of Russian всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj): the conventionally standard English translation.
locus amoenus
Learned borrowing from Latin locus amoenus (“pleasant place”).
Adjuvanto
Learned borrowing from constructed language Adjuvanto (“Helper”). Began as a pseudonym, by Louis de Beaufront, derived from internal agglutination ad- + juv + -anto. Ultimately from Latin adjuvanto.
KKE
From Greek ΚΚΕ (KKE), initialism of Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας (Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas, “Communist Party of Greece”).
Sibirid
From Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ) + -id.
taugeh
From Hokkien 豆芽 (tāu-gê).
chwee kueh
Borrowed from Teochew 水粿 (zui² guê²) or Hokkien 水粿 (chúi-kóe).
chye poh
From Hokkien 菜脯 (chhài-pó͘).
sompoi
Borrowed from Thai ส้มป่อย (sôm-bpɔ̀i), from Thai ส้ม (sôm, “orange, sour”) + Thai ปอย (bpɔɔi, “tuft”), referring to the flowers of the plant.
Namsang
Borrowed from Burmese ဝဵင်းၼမ်ႉၸၢင်.
heng ah
From Teochew 興啊 /兴啊 (hêng¹ a⁷) or Hokkien 幸啊 (hēng--a). By surface analysis, heng (“lucky”) + ah (used for emphasis).
pek chek
From Hokkien 迫促 (pek-chhek).
Rouketopolemos
Greek Рουκετοπόλεμος (Рouketopólemos, literally “rocket war”)
pad see ew
From Thai ผัดซีอิ๊ว (pàt-sii-íu, “soy sauce stir-fry”).
cheeko pek
From Hokkien 痴哥伯 (chhi-ko-peh) or Teochew 痴哥伯 (ci¹ go¹ bêh⁴, “dirty old man; lecher; pervert”).
tiko pek
From Hokkien 猪哥伯 (ti-ko peh, “dirty old man; lecherous and licentious man”, literally “uncle boar”).
faunoiphilia
From fauna (“animal”) + Ancient Greek κοινωνία (koinōnía, “sexual intercourse”) + -philia (“used to form nouns meaning the abnormal liking of something; a paraphilia”).
Yontocket
From Tolowa Yan’-daa-k’vt (“the place of genesis”).
Weitchpec
From Yurok wechpues (“confluence”), in reference to the confluence of the Trinity and Klamath rivers.
Pimm
From Middle English Pimme, from Old English Pymma (a given name).
arroz caldo
Borrowed from Spanish arroz caldo (“rice broth”). Compare Tagalog aroskaldo. See also Spanish arroz caldoso.
Qidong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 祁東 /祁东 (Qídōng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 啟東 /启东 (Qǐdōng).
navajuela
Borrowed from Spanish navajuela, diminutive of navaja (“razor clam”)
muhaddith
Borrowed from Arabic مُحَدِّث (muḥaddiṯ, “relator, teller”).
bhringraj
Borrowed from Hindi भृङ्गराज (bhŕṅgarāj), from Sanskrit भृङ्गराज (bhṛṅgarāja).
Lingui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 臨桂 /临桂 (Línguì).
Fulbeck
From Middle English Fulebek, from Old English fūl (“dirty”), definite form fūla + Old Norse bekkr (“stream”). An isolated form Fulebroc attested in 1194 suggests that bekkr may have replaced an original Old English brōc (“brook”) in the second element.
Rotherbridge
'Ox bridge' from Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”), genitive plural hrīþera + brycg (“bridge”).
Jiexi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 揭西 (Jiēxī).
Rotherwick
'The cattle farm', from Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”) + wīċ (“farm”).
Jiangyong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江永 (Jiāngyǒng).
fulltrui
Borrowed from Icelandic fulltrúi (“one who is fully trusted”).
Sinbei
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新北 (Xīnběi).
Namaxia
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 那瑪夏 /那玛夏 (Nàmǎxià).
Huarong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 華容 /华容 (Huáróng).
shee shee
Borrowed from Cantonese 𭉝𭉝 (syu⁴ syu⁴⁻²). Compare Portuguese xixi, and Hawaiian English shishi.
pang jio
Borrowed from Hokkien 放尿 (pàng-jiō).
Rishikesh
Borrowed from Hindi ऋषिकेश (ŕṣikeś).
Hephaestion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡφαιστίων (Hēphaistíōn).
Birchmore
From Old English birċe (“birch”) + either an assimilated (labialized) form of mere (“pond, lake”) or else mōr (“moor, mountain”).
Koksan
Borrowed from Korean 곡산(谷山) (Goksan).
Chicheley
From Old English personal name *Ċiċa + lēah (“clearing”).
Donghai
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 東海 /东海 (Dōnghǎi).
Chalvey
Inherited from Middle English Chalveye, from Old English *Ċealfīeġ, from ċealf (“calf”) + īeġ (“island”).
Chongxin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崇信 (Chóngxìn).
Kongtong
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崆峒 (Kōngtóng).
Huating
From Mandarin 華亭 /华亭 (Huátíng).
Zhuanglang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 莊浪 /庄浪 (Zhuānglàng).
Jingning
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 靜寧 /静宁 (Jìngníng).
chukamen
Borrowed from Japanese 中華麺 (chūkamen, literally “Chinese noodle”).
Chaling
From Mandarin 茶陵 (Chálíng).
sema-
From Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “sign, mark”).
sopho-
From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise, wise man”) and σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).