MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
amoret
From Middle English amorette, from Old French amorette, French amourette, diminutive of amour.
miasmatist
From (the stem of) Ancient Greek μίασμα (míasma, “miasma”) + -ist.
lastage
From lestage (“ballasting”), from lest (“ballast”), or Latin lastagium, lestagium. See last (“a load”).
bocasine
From French bocassin, boucassin, from Old French boucacin, boucassin, from Medieval Latin bocassinus, from Old Anatolian Turkish بوغاسی (boğası).
immeritous
From Latin immeritus, from im- (“not”) + meritus, past participle of merere, mereri (“to deserve”).
inexpiate
From Latin inexpiātus. See in- (“not”) + expiate.
plumassier
Borrowed from French plumassier, from Middle French plumas, from plume, or from Latin plūmācium.
egerminate
From Latin ēgermināt-, perfect passive participial stem of Latin ēgerminō (“to sprout”). See Latin ē- (“out, away”), Latin germinō (“to sprout”), English germinate.
femminiello
Borrowed from Italian femminiello, from Neapolitan femmeniello.
piligerous
From Latin pilus (“hair”) + -gerous. Compare French piligère.
pouchong
Possibly from either Hokkien 包種茶 /包种茶 (pau-chióng-tê, literally “tea of the wrapped kind”) or Cantonese 包種 /包种 (baau¹ zung², literally “the wrapped kind”).
engouled
Via Middle English from Old French engoulé, past participle of engouler.
cyathiform
From Latin cyathus (“cup”) + -form, from Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos). Compare French cyathiforme.
wentletrap
Borrowed from Dutch wenteltrap (“a winding staircase”); compare German Wendeltreppe.
entoplastic
From ento- + Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “mouldable”) + -ic.
tindal
From Malayalam തണ്ടല് (taṇṭal) or Telugu తండేలు (taṇḍēlu), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *tanḍal-.
scleroskeleton
From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + English skeleton.
graveolence
From Latin graveolentia. Compare French gravéolence. See graveolent.
calorifere
From French calorifère, from Latin calor (“heat”) + ferre (“to bear”).
phonocamptic
From phono- + Ancient Greek κάμπτω (kámptō, “to bend”) + -ic. Compare French phonocamptique.
proemptosis
From New Latin proemptōsis, from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + ἔμπτωσις (émptōsis, “falling”).
spinule
Anglicized form of Late Latin spīnula, diminutive of Latin spīna (“a spine”). Compare French spinule.
coccosphere
Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “a grain, seed”) + -sphere.
atheroid
From Ancient Greek ἄθετος (áthetos, “not fixed”), itself from τίθημι (títhēmi) + -oid
salvable
From Latin salvare (“to save”), from salvus (“safe”). Compare savable.
lithotome
From Ancient Greek λιθοτόμον (lithotómon, “instrument for cutting the bladder”), neuter of λιθοτόμος (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”), equivalent to litho- + -tome.
tan shen
Borrowed from Mandarin 丹參 /丹参 (dānshēn).
solecize
From Ancient Greek σολοικίζω (soloikízō).
parturifacient
From Latin parturire (“to desire to bring forth”) + facere (“to make”).
thiefly
From Middle English theefly; equivalent to thief + -ly.
From Middle English thefly, þeefliche, þeofliche, equivalent thief + -ly.
catagmatic
From Ancient Greek καταγμα (katagma, “fracture”).
basbleu
Borrowed from French bas-bleu, from bas (“stocking”) + bleu (“blue”), itself a calque of English bluestocking.
invect
From Latin invehō (“bring in, carry in”), from in- + vehō (“carry”).
Blyton
From the Old Norse personal name Blígr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
tresayle
From Middle French trisayeul, from Latin tris, tres (“three”) + French aïeul (“grandfather”). Compare besaiel, and see ayle.
bat mitzvah
Borrowed from Hebrew בַּת מִצְוָה (bát mitsvá, “bat mitzvah, someone who has come of age”).
merd
Borrowed from French merde and Latin merda. Doublet of mierda and merde.
circinal
From Ancient Greek κίρκινος (kírkinos, “pair of compasses”). Compare circinus.
invalescence
From Latin invalescens, present participle of invalescere (“to become strong”). See in- and convalesce.
chloasma
From Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”)
innodate
First attested in 1630; adapted from Medieval Latin vinculis anathematis innodare (“to bind (someone) with/in the bounds of anathema”), borrowed from Latin innōdātus, perfect passive participle of innōdō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + nodus (“knot”).
photoglyphy
From photo- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) + -y.
albicore
From French albicore (compare Spanish albacora, Portuguese albacor, albacora, albecora), from Arabic اَلْبَكُورَة (al-bakūra). See albacore.
ponderance
From Latin ponderans, present participle of ponderare (“to weigh”). Compare Old French ponderant (“of weight”).
torvid
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tergʷ-der.
Latin torvus
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin torvidusbor.
English torvid
Borrowed from Latin torvidus.
flosh
Middle English flosche; see flush (“marsh, pool”) and flash (“(marshy) pool”) for more.
obstancy
From Latin obstantia, from obstans, present participle of obstare. See obstacle.
fract
From Latin frāctus, past participle of frangere (“to break”).
instinction
From Middle English instinccion, instyncyon, from Middle French instincion and its etymon Medieval Latin īnstīnctiō.
tucuma
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese tucumã, from Old Tupi tukuma.
geosmin
From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + -in.
Coined by American biochemist Nancy N. Gerber and French-American biologist Hubert A. Lechevalier in 1965.
extirp
From French extirper, from Latin exstirpō (“to uproot”), from ex- (“out of”) + stirps (“the lower part of the trunk of a tree, including the roots; the stem, stalk”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of extirpate.
goel
Borrowed from Hebrew גוֹאֵל (goél, “he redeems”).
Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੋਇਲ (goila).
obliquation
From Latin obliquātiō, from obliquō (“to turn obliquely”). See oblique.
ungain
From Middle English ungain, ungayn, ungein, equivalent to un- + gain (“suitable; convenient”). See ungainly.
senocular
From Latin sēnī (“six each”), from sex (“six”) + oculus (“eye”).
puteal
From Latin puteal, from puteālis, from puteus (“well”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjs”).
plebiscitum
Learned borrowing from Latin plēbiscītum, plēbis scītum, plēbī scītum (“law of the common people or plebs”), from plēbis (the genitive singular of plēbs (“common people, plebeians”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + scītum (“decree, ordinance, statute”) (from scīscō (“to ascertain; to know; to decree, enact, ordain”) (from sciō (“to know; to understand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)) + -scō (suffix meaning ‘to begin [doing something]’)) + -tum (suffix forming action nouns from verbs)).
feaberry
Probably for *theveberry, from Middle English theve (“copse”). Compare feabe, theabe, thape, which is probably a clipping of this word (interpreted as *theabe-berry).
ossilegium
From Latin os (“bone”) + legō (“to pick, select, gather”).
snet
From Old English snȳtan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Compare snot.
oversow
From Old English ofersāwan, from ofer- + sāwan. Equivalent to over- + sow.
aptitudinal
From Latin aptitūdin- + -al, from oblique stem of Latin aptitūdō, from aptus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, aptitude + -al.
Gaditanian
From Latin Gādītānus, from Gādēs (“Cadiz”), + -ian.
angiya
Borrowed from Hindustani انگیا / अंगिया (aṅgiyā), from Sanskrit अङ्गिका (aṅgikā).
anatocism
From Ancient Greek ἀνατοκισμός (anatokismós), from ἀνα- (ana-) + τοκισμός (tokismós, “usury”).
Oswego tea
Oswego (from an Iroquoian language) + tea.
prosopalgia
From Ancient Greek πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face”) + -algia. By surface analysis, prosop- + -algia.
stichomancy
From sticho- + -mancy. First used to translate French stichomantie in Rabelais.
encrinite
From Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κρίνον (krínon, “lily”): compare French encrinite.
stroy
Inherited from Middle English stroyen, an apheretic form of destroyen (modern English destroy).
trochilics
From Ancient Greek τροχίλος (trokhílos), from τρέχω (trékhō, “run, move quickly”).
garefowl
From Icelandic geirfugl, from Old Norse geirfugl (“great auk”), related to Swedish garfågel, Danish geirfugl, Faroese geirfuglur, gorfuglur, French gorfou.
cilicious
From Latin cilicium (“a covering, originally made of Cilician goat hair”), from Cilicious (“Cilician”), from Cilicia (“a province of Asia Minor”).
prodigence
From Latin prodigentia, from prodigens, present participle of prodigere. See prodigal.
savement
From Middle English savement, from Old French sauvement. Equivalent to save + -ment.
Asclepiad
From Latin asclēpiadēus. The verse form was first used by the Ancient Greek poet Asclepius.
ecdysteroid
From ecdysis (“shedding, moulting”) (from Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”)) + steroid.
shippen
From Middle English schipne, schepne, schüpene, from Old English scypen (“cow-shed, stall, shippen”), from Proto-Germanic *skupīnō (“stall”), diminutive of *skup- (“shed, barn”). Related to shop, shepen.
plastin
From Ancient Greek πλαστός (plastós, “mouldable”) + -in.
archwife
From Middle English archewyf, arche wif, equivalent to arch- + wife.
farblondjet
From Yiddish פֿאַרבלאָנדזשעט (farblondzhet), past participle of פֿאַרבלאָנדזשן (farblondzhn), from פֿאַר־ (far-) + בלאָנדזשן (blondzhn), from Polish błądzić.
paiza
Derived from Middle Mongol ᠫᠠᠶᠢᠵᠠ (payiǰa) (compare Modern Mongolian пайз (pajz)). Ultimately from Chinese 牌子 (páizi).
Eure-et-Loir
Borrowed from French Eure-et-Loir.
Chartres
From French Chartres, from Latin Carnūtēs, name of a Gaulish tribe, from a Celtic root for “rock, stone”.
Pasadena
The place name in California is claimed to be from an Ojibwe word meaning “crown of the valley”.
The town in Newfoundland is named after a farm which was named in turn for the city in California.
pedarian
From Latin pedarius, from pedarius (“belonging to the foot”), from pes, pedis (“foot”). So called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favoured when a vote was taken.
anacathartic
From Ancient Greek ἀνακαθαρτικός (anakathartikós, “to cleanse upward, i.e. by vomiting”). See cathartic.
phytolacca
From New Latin phytolacca, from Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón, “plant”) + Italian lacca (“crimson lake”).
profectitious
From Latin prōfectitius, from prōficiscor (“set out, proceed”).
subincusation
From sub- + Latin incusatio (“accusation”), from incusare (“to accuse”).
substruction
Borrowed from Latin substructio, from substruere, substructum (“to build beneath”), from sub (“under”) + struere (“to build”).
intertex
From Latin intertexere, from inter (“between”) + texere (“to weave”).
paracmastic
From Ancient Greek παρακμαστικός (parakmastikós). By surface analysis, para- + acme + -astic.
withwind
From Middle English withwinde, withewynde, from Old English wiþwinde, wiþewinde, wiþowinde, from Proto-Germanic *wiþiwindǭ, equivalent to withe + wind (verb). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedewinde, Icelandic viðvindill, Danish vedbende, vedbend.
arendator
From Russian аренда́тор (arendátor), from Latin arendator, arrendator, from arendare, arrendare (“to pay rent”), from arenda (“yearly rent”), from ad + renda (whence French rente, English rent). Compare arrentation and rent.
chaped
From Middle English chaped, equivalent to chape + -ed. Piecewise doublet of caped, capped, and coped.
podophthalmite
From podo-; Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”); -ite.
entonic
From Ancient Greek ἔντονος (éntonos, “strained”), from τείνω (teínō).
linch
From Middle English linche, link, from Old English hlinċ (“a hill”). Possible doublet of lynch.
unseel
From Middle English unsele, from Old English unsǣle, from Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, from *un- + *sēliz, equivalent to un- + seel.
pycnaspidean
From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “dense, crowded”) + ἀσπίς (aspís, “a shield”) + -ean.
gaidic acid
From Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă, “the Earth”).
ossiculum
Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus (diminutive suffix).
perspirative
From the participle stem of Latin perspīrāre (“to perspire”).
symphytism
From Ancient Greek σύμφυσις (súmphusis, “growing together”) + -ism.
trialogue
Medieval Latin trialogus. By surface analysis, tri- + -alogue. Note that official documents of the European Union use the spelling trilogue (perhaps influenced by the French spelling).
taurylic acid
From Latin taurus (“bull”) + -yl + -ic.
staphyline
From Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “a bunch of grapes”).
supervolute
From Latin supervolutus, past participle of supervolvere (“to roll over”), from super (“over”) + volvere (“to roll”).
perpendicle
From Middle English perpendicle, from Latin perpendiculum, from per + pendere (“to hang”). Compare French perpendicule.
Modoc
From Klamath-Modoc moatokni (“southerner”).
Pinkster
From Dutch Pinkster, Pinksteren, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ). See Pentecost.
decurionate
Borrowed from Latin decuriōnātus, from decuriō + -ātus. By surface analysis, decurion + -ate (making nouns denoting rank or office).
synangium
From New Latin, from syn- + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “a vessel”).
aparithmesis
From Ancient Greek ἀπαρίθμησις (aparíthmēsis), from ἀπο- (apo-) + ἀριθμέω (arithméō).
luthern
From French lucarne (“a dormer, dormer window, garret window”), Latin lucerna (“lamp”), from lucere (“to be light or clear”), from lux (“light”).
radication
From Middle English radicacyon, from Medieval Latin rādīcātio.
bragget
From Middle English bragot, braket, from Middle Welsh bragawt, bragaut, bragot, from brag (“malt”).
Atticism
From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ττῐκῐσμός (ăttĭkĭsmós). By surface analysis, Attic + -ism.
leasy
From Old English [Term?] (“void, loose, false”). Compare leasing.
sanguisuge
From Middle English sanguisuge, from Latin sanguisuga, from sanguis (“blood”) + sugere (“to suck”).
grindle-stone
From Middle English gryndelston, alteration of Middle English grindston (“grindstone”).
panegyris
From Ancient Greek πανήγυρις (panḗguris), from παν- (pan-, “all”) + ἄγυρις (águris), Aeolic form of ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́, “assembly”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- (“to assemble, gather together”). See panegyric.
vocule
Borrowed from Latin vocula, diminutive of vox, vocis (“voice”).
persuasory
From post-classical Latin persuasorius, from the participle stem of Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).
coalmouse
From Middle English colmose, collemase, from Old English colmāse (“coalmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *kolamaisā, equivalent to coal + (tit)mouse. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koolmeeske, Dutch koolmees, German Low German Kohlmeeske, German Kohlmeise.
aristarchy
From Ancient Greek ἄριστος (áristos, “best”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule”).
delaceration
From Latin delacerare, delaceratum (“to tear in pieces”). See lacerate.
excreate
From Latin excreare, exscreare, from ex (“out”) + screare (“to hawk”).
sternothyroid
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ster-
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *stér(h₃)-no-mder.
Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon)bor.
New Latin sternum
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der.
Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā
Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
Ancient Greek -εος (-eos)
Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor.
New Latin thyreoīdēs
New Latin sternothyreoīdēsbor.
English sternothyroid
Borrowed from New Latin sternothyreoīdēs, from sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”); equivalent to sterno- + thyroid. Doublet of sternothyroideus.
scapulary
From Middle English scapelarie, from Latin scapulārium, scapulāre.
From Middle French scapulaire and Latin scapulārius. By surface analysis, scapula + -ary.
tritordeum
From the genus name, New Latin Tritordeum, apparently a blend of Triticum (“wheat”) + Hordeum (“barley”).
henbit
Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet. By surface analysis, hen + bit (past participle of bite; bitten). First attested in 1578.
Cognate with Middle Low German hennebit and German Hühnerbiss; all likely derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae, the ancestor of Italian mordigallina, French morgeline and obsolete English margeline.
See also chickweed.
overslop
From Middle English oversloppe, Old English oferslop, oferslype (“an overgarment; surplice”), equivalent to over- + slop. Cognate with Icelandic yfirsloppur (“overalls”).
tubulure
Compare French tubulure, from tubulé, past tense verbal use of tube. Equivalent to tubule + -ure
banstickle
From Middle English banstikel from Old English bān (“bone”) + sticel (“prickle, sting”). See bone (noun) and stickleback.
intersert
From Latin intersertus, past participle of interserere (“to intersert”), from inter (“between”) + serere (“to join, weave”).
preterient
From Latin praeteriens, present participle of praetereō. See preterite.
latibulize
From Latin latibulum (“hiding place”), from latere (“to lie hid”) + -ize.
Hercynian
From Latin Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus (“the Hercynian forest”).
Manks
Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
embush
From Middle English embushen, enbusshen, enbuschen, from Old French embuissier, enbuschier. Compare ambush, imbosk.
grutch
The verb is from Middle English grucchen (attested since c. 1200), from Old French grouchier (“to grumble”), of unknown origin, perhaps from Germanic, and likely of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Frankish *grōtijan (“to accuse, yell at, make cry, scold”). The noun is from Middle English grucche, from the verb; it is attested since about 1400. See also grudge, grouch, grouse.
peristerite
From Ancient Greek περιστερά (peristerá, “pigeon”) + -ite. In reference to the iridescence of a pigeon's neck.
racemation
From Latin racematio (“a gleaning”), from racemari (“to glean”), racemus (“a cluster of grapes”). See raceme.
affrap
From Italian affrappare, from ad- + frappare (“to cut”).
porret
From Middle English poret, from Old French por(r)et, porete, from Medieval Latin porretum. See porraceous.
bilander
Borrowed from Dutch bijlander, equivalent to by- + lander. See also belandre.
heptachord
From Ancient Greek ἑπτάχορδος (heptákhordos, “seven-stringed”), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + χορδή (khordḗ, “chord”). Compare French heptacorde.
musard
Borrowed from Middle English musard, from Middle French musard, from muser (“to loiter, trifle”). See muse (intransitive verb).
onomancy
From Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + -mancy. Compare nomancy.
annis Domini
From Latin annīs (“in the years”) + Dominī (“of the lord”).
astrognosy
From astro- (prefix meaning ‘star’) + -gnosy (suffix denoting the scientific knowledge of a subject), modelled on German Astrognosie, or its etymon Late Latin astrognosia, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body; (specifically) fixed star; planet”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn; to glow”)) + -γνωσία (-gnōsía) (from γνῶσις (gnôsis, “inquiry; knowledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know; to recognize”)).
osculant
From Latin osculans, osculantis, present participle of osculari (“to kiss”). See osculate.
Minorite
From Medieval Latin Minorita, from Latin minor + -īta (“-ite”), from Ordo Fratres Minores (“Order of Friars Minor”), literally the "Order of the Lesser Brothers", chosen by St. Francis to inculcate humility in its members. Equivalent to minor + -ite. Doublet of minister.
galvanoglyphy
From galvano- + Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”) + -y.
gripple
From Middle English gripel, from Old English gripol, gripul (“able to grasp much; capacious”); equivalent to grip + -le.
From Middle English gryppel, from Old English *gripel, *grēpel, diminutive of Old English grep, grēpe (“furrow, ditch, drain”), equivalent to grip + -le (diminutive suffix). Cognate with German Low German Grüppel (“ditch”).
spiciferous
From Latin spicifer (“bearing spikes or ears”), from spica (“ear”) + ferre (“to bear”).
Taborite
From Czech Táborita. Equivalent to Tabor + -ite, after Tábor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during the Hussite Wars, later a town. See also Czech tábor.
conterminate
Borrowed from Late Latin conterminātus, perfect passive participle of conterminō (“to border upon”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from conterminus (“conterminous”), from con- + terminus (“border”).
centifidous
From Latin centifidus, from centi- (“hundred”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent to centi- + fid + -ous.
provection
From Latin prōvectiō (“an advancement”), from prōvect-, past participle stem of prōvehō (“to carry together”), combination of prō- and vehō. By surface analysis, provect + -ion.
latration
From Latin lātrātio, from lātrāre (“to bark”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ion.
sextain
From Latin sextus (“sixth”), from sex (“six”). Compare Italian sestina. Doublet of sestina.
synapticula
From translingual from Ancient Greek συνάπτειν (sunáptein) + -i- + Latin -cula
Tartary
From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).
heteracanth
From hetero- + Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”).
anetic
From Latin aneticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνετικός (anetikós, “relaxing, remitting”), from ἄνεσις (ánesis, “relaxation, abatement”).
Hilary term
Hilary + term. The name Hilary is from the Latin Hilarius (“Latin name of Saint Hilary of Poitiers”), hilarius (“more cheerful, more joyful”), from hilarē (“cheerful, joyful”), from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, glad, happy, joyful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “gracious, merciful, propitious; gentle, kind, mild”). The feast day of Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 310 – c. 367), 13 January, occurs during this term.
Sistine
Borrowed from Italian sistino, from New Latin sixtīnus, from the Medieval Latin name Sixtus, from Latin Sextus.
verd antique
From French vert antique (“a kind of marble”), from verd, vert (“green”) + antique (“ancient”). Compare Italian verde antico.
belonite
From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -ite (“rock, mineral or fossil”).
bellycheer
Uncertain, either borrowed from French belle chère or derived from belly + cheer; either way, see cheer.
derny
Borrowed from French derny, named after the French manufacturer of the original derny bicycle, Roger Derny et Fils.
rouleur
Borrowed from French rouleur (“one who causes something to roll, roller; something which rolls; cyclist who performs well on flat and undulating roads, rouleur”), from rouler (“to roll”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Rouler is derived from Old French ruele, roele (“small wheel”) (from Medieval Latin rotulō, from Latin rotula (“small wheel; a roll”), from rota (“wheel”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- (“to run”)) + -ula (feminine singular of -ulus (diminutive suffix))) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).
soigneur
Borrowed from French soigneur (“non-riding member of a cycling team; physiotherapist; trainer”), from soigner (“to look after, take care of; to nurse, treat”) + -eur (suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs). Soigner is derived from soin (“care”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“care, responsibility; sooth, truth”), from *sunjaz (“real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, the active participle of *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es- (“to be”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of soigné.
panoistic
From pan- + Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -istic.
geic acid
From Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ic.
scrow
From Middle English scrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”).