MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
unred
From Middle English unrede (“not red, pale, whitish”), from Old English *unrēad, from Proto-West Germanic *unraud (“not red”), equivalent to un- + red. Cognate with Old High German unrōt (“not red, whitish”).
polyphyodont
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).
polypodium
From Late Latin polypodium, from Ancient Greek πολυπόδιον (polupódion), from πολυ- (polu-, “poly-, many”) + πούς (poús, “-pod, foot”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium”). Later reinforced by the translingual scientific use of Polypodium.
porion
From Ancient Greek πόρος (póros, “opening”) + -ion.
Giza
From Egyptian Arabic اَلْجِيزَة (il-Gīza). The etymology is uncertain. Al-Maqrizi derives it from Classical Syriac ܓܹܣܵܐ (gissa, “side”). Peust suggests a Persian etymology from Persian دز (dez, “castle”). Everett-Heath suggests an Egyptian etymology from Egyptian r-gs-ḥr (“on the side of the high one (pyramid)”).
cervico-
From Latin cervīcis, genitive of cervīx. By surface analysis, cervic- + -o-.
presbyacusis
From presby- + -acusis. (Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old”) and ἄκουσις (ákousis, “hearing”).)
Procris
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πρόκρις (Prókris).
primigravida
From Latin prīmus (“first”) (modelled after primipara) + Medieval Latin gravida (“pregnant woman”), feminine singular of Latin gravidus (“pregnant, gravid”), from gravō (“to burden, weigh down; to make pregnant”) + -idus (adjective-forming suffix meaning “tending to”).
psilosis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψίλωσις (psílōsis).
Abgar
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܐܒܓܪ (ʾAḇgar).
Abgarus
From Latin Abgarus, from Ancient Greek Ἄβγαρος (Ábgaros).
ponerology
From Ancient Greek πονηρός (ponērós, “grievous, knavish”) + -ology; compare Ancient Greek πονηρολογίᾱ (ponērologíā, “bad reasoning”).
catepan
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”).
furikake
Borrowed from Japanese 振(ふ)り掛(か)け (furikake), an nominalized form of 振(ふ)り掛(か)ける (furikakeru, “to sprinkle on top”).
loco moco
Reportedly from Spanish loco (“crazy”), with an arbitrary rhyme for the second word.
Rabaul
Borrowed from Tolai baul (“mangrove”) or Rabaul (“Rabaul”)
sister-german
From Middle English sister germain, equivalent to sister + german, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French suer germaine and its etymon Classical Latin germāna soror.
brother-german
From Middle English brother germain, equivalent to brother + german, after Anglo-Norman and Middle French frere germain and its etymon Classical Latin frāter germānus.
acanthokeratodermia
From Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “bear's foot (plant)”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”)
Haber
* As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver.
* Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).
Acephalite
Borrowed from Late Latin acephalus + -ite, from Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”), apparently referring to the movement’s refusal to accept the decisions of church councils.
Scotic
From Latin Scōticus. By surface analysis, Scot + -ic.
scoto-
From Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”). By surface analysis, scot- + -o-.
From Latin Scoto-, from Scotus (“Scottish; a Scot”).
kagura
From Japanese 神楽 (kagura, literally “god music”). See more at the Japanese entry.
acanthosis nigricans
Via Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “thorny flower”) + -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”) + Latin nigricans (“blackish”).
phagedenic
Learned borrowing from Latin phagedaenicus, itself borrowed from Koine Greek φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós), from Ancient Greek φαγέδαινα (phagédaina, “phagedena”).
phagedena
From Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek φᾰγέδαινα (phăgédaina, “cancerous sore, canker”).
doli incapax
Learned borrowing from Latin doli incapax (“incapable of wrongdoing”)
burion
From Mexican Spanish burrión, perhaps alteration of Spanish gorrión (“sparrow”).
nomic
From Ancient Greek νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”), from νόμος (nómos, “law, custom”).
Hokan
From Atsugewi hoqi. While the first proposals by Dixon and Kroeber rested on very limited cognate sets comprising only five words, later assessments by Sapir included hundreds of putative cognate sets and analyses of Hokan morphosyntax.
Munda
From a name in Munda, coined by philologist Max Müller to distinguish the family from Dravidian.
Adana
Borrowed from Turkish Adana, from Ottoman Turkish آطنه (Adana), from Ancient Greek Ἄδανα (Ádana).
Gaziantep
From Turkish Gaziantep, from Ottoman Turkish غازیعینتاب (Gaziayntab).
Prusa
From Latin Prusa, from Ancient Greek Προῦσα (Proûsa). Doublet of Bursa.
Konya
From Turkish Konya and Ottoman Turkish قونیه (Konya), from Byzantine Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from an Ancient Greek adaptation of Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Doublet of Iconium.
Antalya
Borrowed from Turkish Antalya, from Ottoman Turkish آنطالیه (Antalya), from Ancient Greek Ἀττάλεια (Attáleia). Doublet of Attalia and Adalia.
Mersin
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرسین (mersin, “myrtle; Mersin”).
acanthoma adenoides cysticum
From acanth- + -oma (“tumor consisting of a specified cell”) + from Ancient Greek ἀδενοειδής (adenoeidḗs, “glandular”), from ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + Latin cystis (“cyst”).
cotyla
From Latin cotyla, from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, half-pint”).
lintwhite
Inherited from Middle English lynkwhytte, lyngwhitte (also as Middle English lindetvigle), from Old English līnetwiġe, līnetwiġle (“linnet”).
sarlyk
From Russian сарлык (sarlyk), most likely from a Turkic source, see Tuvan сарлык (sarlık).
boyer
From Dutch boeijer, so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: compare French boyer.
From French Boyer.
opson
From Ancient Greek ὄψον (ópson, “that which is cooked”).
Chandragiri
From Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “moon”) + गिरि (giri, “hill”).
Gurramkonda
From Telugu గుర్రం (gurraṁ, “horse”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”).
Anantagiri
From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta) + गिरि (giri).
sialoquent
Blend of sialic + eloquent, from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”)
well-willing
From Middle English welewillynge, welwillende, from Old English welwillende (“well-wishing, benevolent, kindly, good”), equivalent to well + willing.
pentandrous
From New Latin pentandrus, from penta- + -andrus (“-androus”).
pickeer
From French picorer (“to go marauding, originally to steal cattle”), ultimately from Latin pecoris (“cattle”).
Iacchus
Borrowed from Latin Iacchus, from Ancient Greek Ἴακχος (Íakkhos).
pyelum
From Ancient Greek πύελος (púelos, “infundibulum”).
mylodon
From the genus name, from Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē, “mill”) + translingual -odon.
saurel
From French French saurel (“jack mackerel”), from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros, “horse mackerel”). Compare Spanish jurel.
puniceous
From Latin pūniceus, from pūnicus (“Punic”).
oboe d'amore
Borrowed from Italian oboe d'amore (literally “oboe of love”).
pulvillio
From Spanish polvillo, diminutive of polvo (“dust, powder”). Compare later pulvil.
hellier
From Middle English heliere, helyare, helyer, hillyer, equivalent to hele (“to conceal, hide; to cover”) + -ier.
chabuk
From Hindustani چابک / चाबुक (cābuk), from Classical Persian چابک (čābuk, “quick, swift; horsewhip”). Doublet of sjambok.
persipan
Borrowed from German Persipan, a blend of Latin persicus (“peach (tree)”) and German Marzipan.
phylon
From Late Latin phȳlon (a synonym of tribus, whence the English tribe), from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “race, tribe”), whence the English phylum.
squinance
From French esquinancie, from Old French squinance, esquinance. See quinsy.
Steines
Borrowed from German Steines or, perhaps, a variant of Staines.
Quaoar
From Gabrielino-Fernandeño Kwaʼuwar.
dhokla
From Gujarati ઢોકળું (ḍhokaḷũ).
chana dal
From Hindi चना दाल (canā dāl). See chana + dal.
antichthon
From Ancient Greek ἀντίχθων (antíkhthōn), from ἀντί (antí, “against, opposite”) + χθών (khthṓn, “Earth”).
farrand
From Middle English farand, farende, farinde, from Old English farende (present participle of Old English faran (“to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed”)), from Proto-Germanic *farandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, fare, travel”), equivalent to fare + -and. More at fare.
Pelusian
From Latin Pēlūsiānus. By surface analysis, Pelusium + -ian.
Smarta
Borrowed from Sanskrit स्मार्त (smārta), an adjective derived from स्मृति (smṛti, “thinking, remembrance, related to memory”). Compare Smriti.
longyi
Borrowed from Burmese လုံချည် (lumhkyany), from Hindi लुंगी (luṅgī).
Romagnol
From Romagnol rumagnòl, from the Lombardic name for Romagna. By surface analysis, Romagn(a) + -ol.
axle tooth
From Middle English axyltothe, of North Germanic origin, from axyl, from Old Norse jaxl (“a jaw-tooth, grinder”) + Middle English tothe (“tooth”). Cognate with Scots assletuith, asseltuith (“molar, axletooth”). Compare also Danish axeltand (“molar, axletooth”), Swedish oxeltand (“molar, axletooth”).
beclart
From Middle English biclarten, equivalent to be- + clart. Cognate with Scots beclairt (“to soil, splash or cover with filth”).
fanga
From Portuguese fanga, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Doublet of fanega.
arseling
From Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”). Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings. By surface analysis, arse + -ling.
arselong
Alteration (after headlong) of arseling, from Middle English *arsling, from Old English earsling (“backwards, on the back”), equivalent to arse + -ling. Cognate with Dutch aarzeling, aarzelings, German ärschling, ärschlings.
isochimenal
From French isochimène, from iso- + Ancient Greek χειμαίνω (kheimaínō, “to be wintry”), from χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter”).
Talossa
From Talossan Talossa, from Finnish talossa (“inside the house”).
sardoin
Inherited from Middle English sardoyne, sardone, from Old French sardoine, sardone (whence Modern French sardoine) or Anglo-Norman sardonie, ultimately from Latin sardonyx. Doublet of sardonyx.
algor mortis
From Latin algor (“cold, coldness”) + mortis (“of death”, genitive singular of mors), literally, “the cold of death”.
mesaraic
From meso- + Ancient Greek ἀραιός (araiós, “narrow, slender, thin, fine”).
parietary
Inherited from Middle English peritorie, from Anglo-Norman paritarie, peritorie, from Late Latin parietāria (“the herb pellitory (noun)”), from parietarius (“of or belonging to a wall (adjective)”), which the modern English form has been remodelled on. Compare pellitory, parietal.
starn
From Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of star.
From Old English stearn.
almadie
From French almadie (compare Spanish & Portuguese almadia), from Arabic مَعْدِيَة (maʕdiya, “ferry”).
Syr Darya
Ultimately from Persian سِیرْدَرْیَا. Doublet of Sirdaryo.
dush
From Middle English dusshen, duschen, perhaps from Old English dwǣsċan (“to put out, extinguish, destroy”) (see Middle English adweschen). Cognate with Middle Low German duschen, German dialectal duschen (“to beat, butt”). Compare also West Frisian dúste (“to push, thrust, poke”).
durgan
From Middle English *dwerghen, *dwerghin, diminutive of dwergh (“dwarf”), equivalent to dwarf + -en.
delphinic
From Latin delphīnus (“dolphin”), from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”) + -ic.
actinula
From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”) (genitive ἀκτῖνος (aktînos)) + -ula.
guara
From Brazilian Portuguese guará, from Paraguayan Guarani aguara guasu (“large fox”).
Old Tupi gûará.
synochus
From Ancient Greek σύνοχος (súnokhos, “joined together”).
nodosaur
Clipping of nodosaurus, from translingual Nodosaurus, from New Latin, from Latin nodosus (“knobby, knotted”) + -saurus, equivalent to nodo- + -saur.
ankylosaurian
From taxonomic name Ankylosauria + -an, equivalent to ankylosaur + -ian, from Ankylosaurus + New Latin -ia, q.v. Compare nodosaurian, derived within English.
apterium
From a- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather”) + -ium. Compare Ancient Greek ἄπτερος (ápteros, “featherless”).
barling
From Middle English *barling, diminutive of Middle English bar, bor (“boar”), equivalent to boar + -ling. Compare Scots bar, bare, bair (“boar”).
From Middle English barling, berling, from Old Norse berlingr (“bar, pole”) (found in berlings-áss (“bar, beam, plank, rail”)), a diminutive derived from Proto-Germanic *barō (“beam, bar, barrier”); equivalent to bar + -ling. Cognate with Swedish bärling (“pole, bar”).
stearrhea
From Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “suet”) + -rrhea.
welshnut
From Middle English walsh-note, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “Welsh-nut”), equivalent to Welsh + nut.
cromorna
From French cromorne, from German Krummhorn (“crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet”). Doublet of krummhorn.
misrede
From Middle English misreden, from Old English misrǣdan (“to advise wrongly; read wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + rede. Compare misread.
mishold
From Middle English misholden, from Old English mishealdan (“not to keep, to neglect, be careless”), equivalent to mis- + hold.
misplease
From Middle English misplesen, equivalent to mis- + please. Compare Old French mesplaire.
chance-medley
From Old French chance medlée, literally "mingled chance", with postpositive adjective (often confused because of the fact that medley is also a noun).
Sprachraum
Unadapted borrowing from German Sprachraum.
mishave
From Middle English *mishaven, from Old English *mishabban, attested in derivative mishabbende (“having ill”), equivalent to mis- + have.
mishope
From Middle English mishopen, equivalent to mis- + hope (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishopen, Middle High German missehoffen, Middle Swedish mishoppa.
From Middle English mishope, equivalent to mis- + hope (noun). Cognate with Middle Dutch mishope, Middle Swedish mishop.
shool
From Middle English schovele (> English dialectal shoul, shool), from Old English sċofl (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, *skūflō (“shovel”), equivalent to shove + -el (instrumental/agent suffix). Cognate with Scots shuffle, shule, shuil (“shovel”), Saterland Frisian Sköifel (“shovel”), West Frisian skoffel, schoffel (“hoe, spade, shovel”), Dutch schoffel (“spade, hoe”), Low German Schüfel, Schuffel (“shovel”), German Schaufel (“shovel”), Danish skovl (“shovel”), Swedish skyffel, skovel (“shovel”), Icelandic skófla (“shovel”).
calamary
Learned borrowing from Latin calamārius, from calamus (“a reed pen”), because of the ink emitted by squids.
amoebaeum
From the neuter of Latin amoebaeus, from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβαῖος (amoibaîos, “alternate”).
pseudorationalism
From German Pseudorationalismus, coined by economist and philosopher Otto Neurath as a disparaging term. Equivalent to pseudo- + rationalism.
clary
From Middle English clarie, from Anglo-Norman sclaree, from Late or Medieval Latin sclarēia.
Bipont
See bi- and Latin pōns (“bridge”). Zweibrücken means "two bridges".
merithallus
From New Latin merithallus, from Ancient Greek μερίς (merís, “part”) + θαλλός (thallós, “branch”).
stamin
From Old French estamine (modern French étamine), from Medieval Latin stāminea (“kind of woollen cloth”), from Latin stāmineus (“trimmed with thread”), from stāmen (“warp (of a loom)”).
pannekoek
From Dutch pannekoek (superseded spelling of pannenkoek). Doublet of pancake.
Borrowed from Dutch Pannekoek (“pancake”). See Pancake.
habemus papam
Unadapted borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin habēmus pāpam (literally “we have a pope”).
sparling
From Middle English sperlynge, shortened from Old French esperlinge, a Germanic borrowing, found in German Spiering, Spierling, Middle Low German spirling, Middle Dutch spierling, suffixed from the word now Dutch spier (“spar, pole; muscle”). See also sparrow for a homonymic bird-name.
regmaglypt
From Ancient Greek ῥῆγμα (rhêgma, “something broken or rent asunder; a breach, cleft, fracture”), + γλυπτόν (gluptón, “carving, sculpture”).
pezograph
From Ancient Greek πέζις (pézis, “peziza [a stalkess cup mushroom]”) and γράφω (gráphō, “to carve, draw, write”).
Guoanbu
From Mandarin 國安部／国安部 (Guó'ānbù), short for 国家安全部 (Guójiā Ānquán Bù, literally “State Security Ministry”).
pirozhok
Borrowed from Russian пирожо́к (pirožók), diminutive of пиро́г (piróg, “pie”).
Maxentian
From Latin Maxentiānus. By surface analysis, Maxentius + -an.
akashvani
Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī, “celestial announcement from the sky, or voice from the sky/heaven; oracle”); probably through Hindi आकाशवाणी (ākāśvāṇī) or another Indic language with schwa deletion.
aropa
From Anuta aropa, from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa (“love”). Doublet of aloha and aroha.
Uvean
From Uvea + -an, from Wallisian 'Uvea (“Wallis Island”).
Tran
Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan, Chen, and Chan.
clinium
From Late Latin, from Ancient Greek κλίνη (klínē, “bed”).
pollux
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολυδεύκης (Poludeúkēs), from Greek mythology; also see etymology at castor (“a mineral”).
battalia
Borrowed from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of battle.
Vodouisant
From French vaudouisant, from vaudoiser (“to practice voodoo”).
bonham
From Irish banbhán (“piglet”), altered under the influence of the surname Bonham.
bennet
From Middle English *benet (found in Middle English herbe-benet (“hemlock”, literally “blessed plant”)), from Old French benëit, benoit and Latin (herba) benedicta. Doublet of benedict.
mislie
From Middle English mislien, mislyen, equivalent to mis- + lie.
loodheramaun
Borrowed from Irish liúdramán (“loafer”).
Yazzie
Borrowed from Navajo, from Navajo yázhí (“little one”), a commonly adopted surname when the BIA required Native Americans to take surnames for the purpose of official records.
lechi
From Hebrew לֶחִי (léḥi, “stake fastened in the ground”, literally “jawbone”).
chaus
From New Latin chaus, from a native, probably Turkic, name; compare Nogai кавыс (kavıs).
cobia
First use in 1873. Of unknown origin, possibly via Spanish cobia from a language of the Caribbean.
From Romanian Cobia.
Guebre
Borrowed from French guèbre, from Ottoman Turkish گبر (gebr), from Persian گبر (gabr).
Oxnard
From Old English oxanhierde, a compound of oxna + hierde, meaning oxherd.
* (The city in California): Named after founding settler Henry T. Oxnard.
portgreve
From Latin portgrevius, from Old English portgerēfa, from port + gerēfa (“reeve”).
portgrave
From Medieval Latin portgravius, from Old English portgerēfa &c., from port + gerēfa (“reeve”).
galeaspid
From Latin galea (“helmet”) + aspis (from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “round shield”)); compare translingual †Galeaspida.
adfected
From the Latin adfectus, variant spelling of affectus (“endowed with, possessed of; affected; impaired, weakened”), whence affect and, indirectly, affected.
tripsis
From New Latin trīpsis, from Ancient Greek τρῖψις (trîpsis, “rubbing, friction”), from τρῑ́βω (trī́bō, “I rub”).
besaiel
From Middle French besaieul, besayel, from Old French beseel, from Latin bis (“twice”) + aviolus, diminutive of avus (“grandfather”).
beadsman
From earlier bedeman, from Middle English bedeman (“a petitioner”), equivalent to bead (“request, petition, prayer”) + -man.
monerula
From New Latin monerula, diminutive of moner. So called from its likeness to a moner.
amphicoelous
From Ancient Greek ἀμφίκοιλος (amphíkoilos, “hollowed on both sides”). By surface analysis, amphi- + -coelous.
Encaenia
From Latin encaenia, from Ancient Greek ἐγκαίνια (enkaínia, “a festival of renewal or dedication”).
From Latin encaenia, from Ancient Greek (τὰ) ἐγκαίνια ((tà) enkaínia, “dedication festival”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καινός (kainós, “new”).
Shastra
From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “precept, rule, book or treatise”).
arbiter elegantiarum
Learned borrowing from Latin arbiter (“judge”, noun) + Latin ēlegantiārum (“of elegance”, noun form) (genitive plural of ēlegantia); originally applied to Petronius in the court of Nero.
frood
From Middle English *frood, *frode, *frod, from Old English frōd (“wise, prudent; experienced, old”), from Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, clever”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand”). Cognate with North Frisian frod, Saterland Frisian frod, Dutch vroed (“wise, knowing”), Swedish frod (“wise, experienced, mature”), Icelandic fróður (“knowledgeable”), Lithuanian prõtas (“mind, reason, understanding”).
Kamo River
Borrowed from Japanese 鴨川 (Kamogawa), itself a compound of 鴨 (kamo, “duck”) + 川 (kawa, “river”).
Goss
* As an English surname, spelling variant of Gosse.
* As a German surname, from a personal name related to the adjective gut (“good”) or Gott (“god”).
chaud-froid
Borrowed from French chaud-froid, literally "hot-cold".
freeship
From Middle English freshipe, vreoschipe, equivalent to free + -ship.
epoophoron
From Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + φέρω (phérō, “bear”). By surface analysis, ep- + oo- + -phor + Ancient Greek -όν (-ón, “singular noun ending”).
Thera
Classical spelling, as borrowed from Latin Thēra, from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā).
oikophobia
From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + -phobia. In the political sense, coined in a 1993 journal article by Roger Scruton.
booly
From Irish buaile (“cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows”), from Old Irish bó (“cow”) or būale, probably from Latin bovile (“cattle stall”) or bubile, from Latin bos (“cow, bull, ox”) (bov-).
gon-
From Ancient Greek γόνος (gónos, “genitals”).
From Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”).
strong water
Calque of Latin aqua fortis, named for their ability to dissolve metals.
spane
From Middle English spanen, probably from Middle Dutch spanen, spenen or Middle Low German spānen, spēnen, spōnen (“to wean”), ultimately from the merger of Proto-West Germanic *spanōn and *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną and *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“breast; teat”). Cognate with Dutch spenen (“to wean”), German spänen (“to wean”), Old French espanir (“to wean”) (from Germanic).
singler
From Middle English singler, from Old French sangler, seingler, sengler (“single, individual”) and a shortened form of Middle English singuler.
murga
From Hindi मुर्ग़ा (murġā, “rooster”).
firsthood
From Middle English *firsthod, firsthed, equivalent to first + -hood.
steinkern
From German Steinkern, from Stein (“stone”) + Kern (“kernel, nucleus”).
melocoton
Etymology tree
Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion)calq.
Latin mālum cotōnium
Spanish melóninflu.
Spanish melocotónbor.
English melocoton
Borrowed from Spanish melocotón (“peach tree and its fruit”), from Latin mālum cotōnium (“quince, or quince tree”, literally “apple of Cydonia”).
murry
Borrowed from Dharug mari, maray (“great, very”). First attested in 1818.
mouthsore
From Middle English *mouthsor, *muthsar, from Old English mūþsār (“mouthsore”), equivalent to mouth + sore.
Ahl al-Quran
Borrowed from Arabic أَهْل الْقُرْآن (ʔahl al-qurʔān)
bigg
From Middle English biggen, from Old Norse byggja. See boor and bound.
* As an English surname, from Middle English bigge (“big”).
* Also as an English surname, from Middle English big (“building”), derived from biggen (“dwell, build”).
* As a German surname, Americanized from Bick. Compare Big.
trochilus
From Latin trochilus (“a kind of small bird”), from Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “to run”).
White Sunday
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin Dominica in Albīs, itself a contraction of Dominica in Albīs dēpōnendīs or dēpositīs, “Sunday for putting away the white things”, i.e. the white robe of baptism traditionally received by those newly baptised at Easter. Doublet of Whitsunday.
Medway
From Old English Medewæġe, from Romano-British Late Latin Madus.
eye-pit
From Middle English eye-put, heyeput, eȝe-put, equivalent to eye + pit.
weely
From weel + -y. Alternatively, a continuation of Middle English wili, whily, from Old English wylie, a rare variant of wylige, wilige (“basket”).
Muji
Borrowed from Uyghur مۇجى (muji).
Parkin
From a Middle English pet-form of Peter, from Per + -kin.