MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
chaft
Inherited from Northern Middle English chaft, from Old Norse kjaptr, kjǫptr, from Proto-Germanic *kefutaz.
Zhuodaoquan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 卓刀泉 (Zhuódāoquán).
coff
Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen.
White Wall
Calque of Ancient Greek Λευκὸν τεῖχος (Leukòn teîkhos), itself calqued from Egyptian jnb-ḥḏ. Some of the modern uses are likely to be directly calqued from Egyptian.
plogging
Borrowed from Swedish plogging, coined in 2016 as blend of plocka upp (“to pick up”) and jogging (“jogging”). From there the practice has spread to other countries.
regulize
From Latin regulare (“to direct, rule, regulate”), from regula (“rule”), from regere (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”) + -ize.
Zigui
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秭歸 /秭归 (Zǐguī).
margherita pizza
From Italian pizza Margherita, from Margherita of Savoy, the Queen of Italy, at the time the pizza pie was renamed/formally named in her honour, with the colours of the Italian flag of reunification, red (tomato), white (mozzarella), green (basil). Pizza topped in this manner was already traditional in Naples before acquiring its current name.
stegokrotaphic
From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótăphos, “temple”) + -ic.
zygokrotaphic
From zygo- + Ancient Greek κρότᾰφος (krótăphos, “temple”) + -ic.
Nisga'a
From Tlingit Naasgha. (“people of the Nass river”).
Canmore
From Scottish Gaelic ceann mòr (“big head”), the nickname of Malcolm III of Scotland.
Maskwacis
From Cree ᒪᔉᐗᒌᐢ (maskwaciis), from ᒪᔉᐗ (maskwa, “bear”) + ᒌᐢ (ciis, “hill”). Literally "bear hills".
Okotoks
From Blackfoot ᐅᐦᑯᑐᐠ (ohkotok, “rock”).
Wabamun
From Cree ᐚᐸᒪᐣ (waapaman, “mirror”).
Neepawa
From Cree ᓃᐸᐘ (niipawa, “land of plenty”).
Innisfail
From Inisfail, poetic name of Ireland, from Irish Inis Fáil.
Red Deer
A translation of Cree ᐘᐢᑲᓲ ᓰᐱᕀ (waskasoo siipiy, “elk creek”), mistranslated by British fur traders as red deer river after mistaking elk for European red deer. The mistranslated name was used to name the Red Deer River which served as the namesake for the original settlement.
agonescence
Coined by Thea D. Tlsty et al. in a 2001 paper. Explained as Latin agōn (“contest”) + -escence.
agonescent
From Latin agōn (“contest”) + -escent. See agonescence.
menopome
From Ancient Greek μένω (ménō, “remain”) + πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), referring to its persistent gill aperture.
durgy
From Middle English *dwerghy, from Middle English dwergh (“dwarf”), equivalent to dwarf + -y.
Changyang
From Mandarin 長陽 /长阳 (Chángyáng).
semencine
Probably from Latin semen + ? (cf. original taxonomic name Artemisia cina), so meaning something like "cina seed"
Bon Accord
In Alberta, from French bon accord, the ancient motto of Aberdeen, Scotland, the hometown of its first settler.
Ureparapara
Borrowed from Mota Ureparapara, from Proto-Torres-Banks *Ureᵐbaraᵐbara.
Pangu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ).
shikshakarmi
From Hindi शिक्षाकर्मी (śikṣākarmī).
moio
From Portuguese moio, from Latin modius (“Roman peck of about 9 L”), from modus (“measure”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of moyo.
rasgulla
Transliteration of Hindi रसगुल्ला (rasgullā), from Calque of Bengali রসগোল্লা (rośogōlla).
hogan-mogan
Borrowed from Dutch hoogmogenden or hoogmogendheden (“eminence”, title of members of the States General).
haplont
From haplo- + -ont, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).
Panagia
From Ancient Greek Παναγία (Panagía, “All-Holy One”), from παν- (pan-, “all”) + άγια (ágia, “holy”).
rhabdus
From a New Latin form of Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”).
Monotessaron
From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) (though the meaning of Modern Greek μονός (monós) fits slightly better) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn, “out of four”). Attested in Latin since 1552.
Akhetaten
Borrowed from the Egyptological pronunciation of Egyptian ꜣḫt-jtn Axt:t*pr-i-t:n:ra.
Wufeng
Postal romanization of the Mandarin 五峰 (Wǔfēng).
From Mandarin 霧峰 /雾峰 (Wùfēng).
trogloxene
From Ancient Greek τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”).
sulung
Learned borrowing from Old English sulung, from sulh (“plough, ploughland”).
tambiolo
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish tambiolo, from tambo + -i- + Italian -olo. See also Spanish tómbola, which is also from Italian tombola. Compare Tagalog tambiyolo.
Fengnan
From Mandarin 豐南／丰南 (Fēngnán).
cancer bush
From cancer (“disease”) + bush, probably a calque of Afrikaans kankerbos. Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.
Liushuquan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 柳樹𨟠 /柳树𨟠 (Liǔshùquān).
Xiaochang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 孝昌 (Xiàochāng).
Cataractonium
Borrowed from Latin Cataractonium. Compare cataracta (“waterfall, drawbridge”). Doublet of Catterick.
spiloma
From Ancient Greek σπίλωμα (spílōma), from σπίλος (spílos, “stain”).
camantigue
From Spanish camantigue, from Tagalog or Cebuano kamantigi.
Shiyan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 十堰 (Shíyàn).
blackster
From Middle English blakestere, blakestre, equivalent to black + -ster.
adenocystic
From adeno- + cystic, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) and Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).
gulami
Borrowed from Hokkien 牛腩麵 /牛腩面 (gû-lám mī, “beef belly noodles”).
Jochebed
From Hebrew יוֹכֶבֶד (yokhéved).
Maojian
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 毛尖 (máojiān).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 茅箭 (Máojiàn).
bhai
PIE word
 *bʰréh₂tēr
Transliteration of Hindustani بھائی (bhāī) / भाई (bhāī) and other South Asian languages, ultimately from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ). Doublet of brother, bru, frater, friar, pal, and vai.
Zhangwan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 張灣 /张湾 (Zhāngwān).
Dods
From Dodd + -s (“patronymic suffix”). From Middle English Dodd.
deadcake
Calque of Dutch doodkoek (literally “death cake”), equivalent to dood + koek (English dead + cake).
lightland
Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).
Khyber Pass
Calque of Urdu درہ خیبر (dara xaibar).
machboos
Borrowed from Gulf Arabic مچبوس (mačbūs), from Arabic مَكْبُوس (makbūs).
couleur de rose
Unadapted borrowing from French couleur de rose (literally “rose-coloured”).
Isodicon
From Ancient Greek εἰσοδικόν (eisodikón, “an entrance”).
annin tofu
From Japanese 杏仁豆腐 (annin dōfu).
Daocheng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 稻城 (Dàochéng).
Jamhuri Day
Etymology tree
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Latin rēspūblicacalq.
Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة (jumhūriyya)bor.
Swahili jamhuribor.
English Jamhuri Day
From Swahili jamhuri (“republic”).
Jinzhu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 金珠 (Jīnzhū).
scrivan
Borrowed from Italian scrivano. Doublet of scrivano, scrivener, and escribano.
suaviloquence
From Latin suāviloquentia; equivalent to suaviloquent + -ence.
acribic
From German akribisch (“meticulous”) or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀκριβής (akribḗs, “exact, accurate, precise”).
prooemion
From Ancient Greek προοίμιον (prooímion). Doublet of proem.
Haixi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 海西 (Hǎixī).
Golmud
From Mongolian ᠭᠣᠣᠯᠮᠤᠳ (ɣoolmud).
ministerialis
From post-classical Latin ministeriālis (“ministerial”). Doublet of ministerial and minstrel.
elaichi
From Hindustani الائچی / इलायची (ilāycī).
Yonaguni
From Japanese 与那国島(よなぐにじま) (yonagunijima).
lohoch
Borrowed from Medieval Latin lohoc, looch, from Arabic لَعْق (laʕq, “to lick”).
heliast
From Ancient Greek ἡλιαστής (hēliastḗs).
Roman month
Translating German Römermonat, so called because the sum was originally paid in lieu of sending troops to accompany the King of the Holy Roman Empire on his journey to Rome to be crowned emperor, a journey calculated to take a certain number of months.
velation
From Latin vēlātiōn-, vēlātiō, from vēlātus (past participle of vēlāre (“to veil”)) + -iōn-, -iō.
Yunyang
From Mandarin 鄖陽 /郧阳 (Yúnyáng).
From Mandarin 雲陽 /云阳 (Yúnyáng).
misthanasia
A neologism coined by Brazilian bioethicists, from mis- (“badly, wrongly”) + -thanasia (as in euthanasia, dysthanasia), from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”).
diaskeuasis
From Ancient Greek διασκεύασις (diaskeúasis, “revision”) from διασκευάζω (diaskeuázō, “set in order, revise”).
diaskeuast
Borrowed from Ancient Greek διασκευαστής (diaskeuastḗs).
Spong
Various origins:
* English topographic surname from Middle English spong (“narrow strip of land”).
* Borrowed from Swedish Spong, an ornamental surname from spång (“footbridge, plank”).
stauropegion
From Byzantine Greek σταυροπήγιον (stauropḗgion). See also stauropegial.
shivambu
From Hindi शिवांबु (śivāmbu), from Sanskrit शिवाम्बु (śivāmbu), from शिव (śiva, “Shiva”) + अम्बु (ambu, “water”).
Cockcroft
Topographic surname from Old English cocc (“cock, rooster”) + croft (“enclosed field”).
chiropterology
From translingual Chiroptera + -logy, from Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía), by surface analysis, chiro- + ptero- + -logy.
Daliu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大柳 (Dàliǔ).
Nasrani
Borrowed from Arabic نَصْرَانِيّ (naṣrāniyy).
imamah
From Arabic عِمَامَة (ʕimāma)
From Arabic إِمَامَة (ʔimāma)
Ess
* As a north/Low German surname, from the archaic noun es, ehe (“swamp water”), possibly from a corruption of *ahu (“stream, river”).
* As a Switzerland German/Alemannic German surname, from Ess (“pasture, grazing area”), from Proto-Germanic *atiska- (“grainfield”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), related to Latin ador (“spelt”), Hittite [script needed] (ḫattāi-, “to cut (grain)”).
* Also as a Swiss German surname, from a short form of Oswald.
* As a Dutch surname, shortened from Van Ess, itself a variant of Van Es, from van + the placename Esch in North Brabant.
McGreevy
* Irish surname, from mac Giolla Rua (“son of the red-haired youth”).
* Also as an Irish surname, from mac Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled”), from riabhach (“brindled”). See also Creevy, Reavey.
hardbass
From Russian хардба́сс (xardbáss), in turn from English hard bass.
vingtenier
From French vingtenier, from vingtaine + -ier, q.v.
trochiter
Borrowed from French trochiter, from Ancient Greek τροχαντήρ (trokhantḗr).
decubation
PIE word
 *de
From Latin dēcubō (“to lie in a bed (that is not one’s own)”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process or its result). Dēcubō is derived from dē- (“from”) + cubō (“to lie down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-); compare dēcumbō (“to lie down”).
Yunxi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鄖西 /郧西 (Yúnxī).
countertomy
From counter- + -tomy, a calque of Chinese 反切.
Carthew
From Cornish ker (“fort”) + du (“black”), a topographic or habitational surname.
gilo
Etymology tree
Kimbundu njilubor.
Portuguese jilóbor.
English gilo
Borrowed from Portuguese giló, jiló, from Kimbundu njilu.
qene
Borrowed from Ge'ez ቅኔ (ḳəne).
Saussure
From the French surname of Norman origin, from Saussay, Eure-et-Loir, in France. This placename is from Medieval Latin Salcetum, from earlier Salictum, from earlier Salcidum, a suffixed form of Latin salix (“willow”), common in placenames.
lucus a non lucendo
From Latin lūcus ā nōn lūcendō, literally "a grove from not shining", referring to Roman rhetorician Quintilian's assertion, in his Institutio Oratoria, that Latin lūcus (“grove”) derived from lūceō (“to shine”), because groves were dark places and did not shine.
Sinarquism
From Spanish sinarquismo (“synarchism”). Doublet of synarchism.
agastache
Coined by John Clayton from Ancient Greek ἄγαν (ágan, “very much”) + Ancient Greek στάχυς (stákhus, “ear of grain”)
sincamas
From Philippine Spanish síncamas, from Early Modern Spanish jícamas, plural of jícama (“jicama”), from Classical Nahuatl xīcama, apocopic form of xīcamatl.
Huangzhou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黃州 /黄州 (Huángzhōu).
antevasin
From Sanskrit अन्तेवासिन् (antevāsin).
copper-nickel
Calque of German Kupfernickel. Piecewise doublet of cupronickel and kupfernickel.
chota peg
From Hindi छोटा (choṭā, “small”) + ?
Danjiangkou
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 丹江口 (Dānjiāngkǒu).
Moishe
From Yiddish משה (moyshe), from Hebrew משה (moshé).
argentiniform
Borrowed from taxonomic name Argentiniformes, equivalent to argentine + -iform.
ascoliasm
From Ancient Greek ἀσκωλιασμός (askōliasmós), probably related to ἀσκός (askós).
Ormerod
Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, from the Old Norse personal name Ormr + Old English rōd (“cross; a measure of land area”).
Habeebatee
From Arabic حَبِيبَتِي (ḥabībatī).
Netherdutch
From nether- + Dutch, probably a calque of Dutch Nederduitsch (modern: Nederduits) or a calque of German Niederdeutsch.
Tequixquiac
From Classical Nahuatl tequixquitl (“saltpetre”) + atl (“water”) + -c (“place”).
Huaying
From Mandarin 華鎣 /华蓥 (Huáyíng).
Huangshan
From Mandarin 黃山 /黄山 (Huángshān).
Qimen
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 祁門 /祁门 (Qímén).
Likou
From Mandarin 歷口／历口 (Lìkǒu).
Ismene
From Ancient Greek Ἰσμήνη (Ismḗnē).
Barka
From Arabic برقة (Barqa), from Byzantine Greek Βάρκη (Bárkē), from Ancient Greek, from the local tribe of the Barraci.
Xingyang
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滎陽／荥阳 (Xíngyáng).
Hakob
From Armenian Հակոբ (Hakob). Doublet of Jacob.
phaleristics
From German Phaleristik, from Latin phalera, from Ancient Greek Φάληρος (Phálēros, “Phalerus, a mythological hero”).
gloomies
A fanciful plural of gloomy: gloomy + -ies (suffix forming plural nouns ending in y). Gloom is derived from Middle English *gloom, *glom, from Old English glōm (“gloaming, twilight; darkness”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, glow, shimmer”).
qualitative leap
Modified from dialectical leap, the latter a calque of German dialektischer Sprung, a concept from Hegel's dialectical method. The modifier qualitative means that the leap in question is a transition in quality, where the latter should be understood in its original sense of “what-ness”, that is, the kind or nature of something.
brimfire
Calque of Middle English brimfīr. For more on brim-, see brimstone.
magnetophone
From magneto- + -phone. The sense “tape recorder” is probably a semantic loan from German Magnetophon (modern spelling Magnetofon), which was initially a brand name).
Yusho disease
From Japanese 油 (“oil”) + 症 (“symptoms”).
acleioproctic
a- + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “collarbone”) + πρωκτός (prōktós, “anus”) (see procto-).
ankylosaurine
From taxonomic name Ankylosaurinae, from Ankylosaurus + New Latin -inae (“-ine”), equivalent to ankylosaur + -ine.
Triodion
From Ancient Greek Τριῴδιον (Triōídion).
hetaerocracy
From Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros, “companion”) + -cracy.
psychostasia
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψυχοστασία (psukhostasía, “weighing of lives”).
Namib
From Khoekhoe namib (“walkabout, wasteland”), from nami (“to walk about”).
Calixtine
Ultimately from Latin calix (“chalice”); so called from their demanding the cup as well as the bread for the laity.
dromo-
From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”).
Zhushan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 竹山 (Zhúshān).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 珠山 (Zhūshān).
Ijeoma
From Igbo ijèọma (“good journey, safe journey (general); good journey in life”).
Ythan
According to Watson (1926), from Pictish, in turn from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *Iectona (“the talkative one”), compare Welsh iaith (“language”).
Pooja
Borrowed from Hindi पूजा (pūjā, “worship”), from Sanskrit.
Ashok
Borrowed from Hindi अशोक (aśok), from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashoka and Asoka.
Priyanka
From Hindi प्रियंका (priyaṅkā).
jagirdar
From Persian جاگیردار (jâgirdâr, “jaghirdar”).
kvitl
Borrowed from Yiddish קוויטל (kvitl).
Regifugium
From Latin rēgifugium, literally "Flight of the King".
chorizont
From Ancient Greek χωρίζων (khōrízōn), present participle of χωρίζω (khōrízō, “to separate”).
Lindisfarne
Uncertain. From Old English Lindisfarena. It is thought the first element refers to the Lindsey area of Lincolnshire (from Old English Lindesēġe). The second element -farne may be from Old English farena, genitive plural of fara (“traveller”). Thus a plausible translation of the full name would be, "island of the travellers to and from Lindsey". Coates argued for an Old Irish origin with from fearann (“territory”), with the first part being Old Irish lind (“lake”) + -as; perhaps based on an equivalent Proto-Brythonic formation.
Fortunate Isles
Calque of Ancient Greek Μακάρων νῆσοι (Makárōn nêsoi).
Zhuxi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 竹溪 /竹谿 (Zhúxī).
oecium
From Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).
scramb
The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Homsi
From North Levantine Arabic حمصي (ḥomṣi). By surface analysis, Homs + -i.
mythopoeist
From Ancient Greek μυθοποίησις (muthopoíēsis, “mythmaking”), from Ancient Greek μυθοποιώ (muthopoiṓ, “to mythmake”).
Thargelia
From Ancient Greek Θαργήλια (Thargḗlia).
Enshi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 恩施 (Ēnshī).
Arsamosata
From Latin Arsamosata, from Ancient Greek Ἀρσαμόσατα (Arsamósata). See Arsamosata for more origins.
governail
From Middle English governail, governaile from Middle French and Old French governail, from Latin gubernāculum. Doublet of gubernaculum.
neshama
From Hebrew נְשָׁמָה (n'shamá, “spirit”).
in the arms of Morpheus
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Morpheus is the god of dreams, and subsequently he was often referred to as the god of sleep. The name is borrowed from Latin Morpheus, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).
Adiabene
From Ancient Greek Ἀδιαβηνή (Adiabēnḗ).
Ditmars
Patronymic surname, from German Dittmar + -s. The neighbourhood in Astoria is named from Ditmars Boulevard, named in honor of Raymond Ditmars.
free imperial city
A calque of German Freie Reichsstadt (short singular form of Freie und Reichsstädte) or Latin urbs imperialis libera.
servious
From Middle English servyouse, a variant of Middle English servicious or from Old French serveux.
Megapolitan
A variant of Megalopolitan; analysable as Megapolis + -itan. Megapolis is derived from Late Latin megapolis, from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-, “prefix meaning ‘large’”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).
gamb
From Middle French gambe (variant of jambe) from Late Latin gamba (hoof, leg, shank). Doublet of jamb, gamba, and gam.
Laifeng
From Mandarin 來鳳 /来凤 (Láifèng).
gesheft
Borrowed from Yiddish געשעפֿט (gesheft).
shtinker
From Yiddish שטינקער (shtinker).
Attempto Controlled English
From Latin Latin attemptō (“to dare”), a motto associated with the University of Tübingen, Germany, at which Norbert E. Fuchs (who began the language project) had studied.
grenz ray
From German Grenz (“border”) (since the effects were thought to be on the border between ultraviolet light and traditional X-rays) + ray.
Belt and Road
Calque of Chinese 一帶一路 /一带一路 (yīdàiyīlù, literally “one belt one road”). Belt refers to overland corridors and Road to maritime shipping lanes.
Kimolos
From Ancient Greek Κίμωλος (Kímōlos).
xenno-
From Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa, “nine”), for the ninth order of 10³; with the letter x added for the third term in a series running backwards through the alphabet (after zepto- and yocto-). The final o conforms to the final vowels of the SI series from micro- downwards.
paroemiac
From Ancient Greek παροιμιακόν (paroimiakón, noun) and παροιμιακός (paroimiakós, adjective), from παροιμία (paroimía, “proverb”).
spinosaur
From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- + -saur.
subclavate
Borrowed from Latin subclāvātus. By surface analysis, sub- + clavate.
youthness
From Middle English youthnesse, perhaps dissimilated from Old English ġeoguþhādnes, equivalent to youth + -ness.
Elchibey
From Azerbaijani Elçibəy, from elçibəy (“noble messenger”), from elçi (“messenger”) and bəy (“nobleman”).
wildebeesten
From early Afrikaans wildebeesten, plural of wildebeest (modern wildebees, plural wildebeeste).
Xianfeng
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 咸豐 (Xiánfēng).
Carduchi
From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).
jutti
From Punjabi ਜੁੱਤੀ (juttī).
Utik
Borrowed from Armenian Ուտիք (Utikʻ).
ludo-
From Latin ludus (“game”) and also back-formation from words like ludology (“the study of games”) and ludonarrative (“the intersection between a video game's gameplay and narrative”).
Ang Mo Kio
From Hokkien 紅毛橋 /红毛桥 (Âng-mô͘-kiô, “Caucasian's bridge”, literally “red hair bridge”).
Sideris
Borrowed from Greek Σιδέρης (Sidéris), occupational surname for an ironsmith.
Lichuan
From Mandarin 利川 (Lìchuān).
From Mandarin 黎川 (Líchuān).
arietiform
From Latin arietis (the genitive singular of ariēs (“a ram”)) + English -form (suffix meaning ‘having the shape or form of’). Ariēs is derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r-i-(e)t- (“a certain domestic animal”).
criocone
From Ancient Greek κρῑός (krīós, “ram”) + cone.
wyla
Likely from a Pama-Nyungan language; compare Awabakal waiila (“black cockatoo”).
nasri
Borrowed from Arabic نَاصْرِي (nāṣrī).
Enderby
From the Old Norse personal name Eindrithi + bý (“farmstead; village”).
Zhonglu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 忠路 (Zhōnglù).
Portunhol
From Portuguese portunhol, blend of português (“Portuguese”) + espanhol (“Spanish”).
periplous
From Ancient Greek περίπλους (períplous, “voyage, naval manouver, account of a voyage”), from περί (perí, “peri-: around”) + πλοῦς (ploûs, “voyage”), from πλεῖν (pleîn, “to swim”).
Taishan
From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).
From Mandarin 泰山 (Tàishān).
chevronny
From French chevronné (“chevroned”), equivalent to chevron + -y.
skeo
From Scots skeo, from Norwegian skjå (“a drying-house, shed”), related to Icelandic skjá (“a shelter”), probably from or related to Old Norse skjár (“a window-pane or opening”). Compare also Norwegian skur.
Xuan'en
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 宣恩 (Xuān'ēn).
albespine
From Old French albespine, aubespine (modern French aubépine), from Latin alba spina (“white thorn”).
omutsu
Borrowed from Japanese おむつ (omutsu).
Compare omorashi and other Japanese sex terms.
sostrum
From Ancient Greek σῶστρον (sôstron), from σῴζω (sōízō, “to save”).
Trismegistus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρισμέγιστος (Trismégistos, “thrice-great”), from τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s, “thrice”) + μέγιστος (mégistos, “greatest”). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀴𐀪𐀮𐀫𐀁 (ti-ri-se-ro-e, “triple hero”).
codeia
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κώδεια (kṓdeia, “capsule of the poppy, poppy head”); compare codeine.
Hemshin
From Turkish Hemşin, from Armenian Համշեն (Hamšen), from Old Armenian Համամաշէն (Hamamašēn), from Համամ (Hamam) + -ա- (-a-) + շէն (šēn).
Champlain Valley
From Champlain (“Lake Champlain”) + valley.
Named after the lake, and thence after Samuel de Champlain, French explorer. From French Champlain.
Lake Champlain
From lake + Champlain (“Samuel de Champlain”).
Named after Samuel de Champlain, French explorer. From French Champlain.
daigou
From Mandarin 代購／代购 (dàigòu, “to buy on someone's behalf”).
Tasquillo
Borrowed from Spanish Tasquillo, from *Tasco + -illo (diminutive suffix), from a Nahuan language (equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Tlachco (“ballcourt place”)). Compare Spanish Taxco (city in Guerrero).
Mixquiahuala
Borrowed from Spanish Mixquiahuala, from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl Mizquiyahuallān (“place of round mesquite”)). C.f. Mezquital Otomi Ntꞌähi (“place of mesquite”).
shombo
Borrowed from Yoruba ṣọ̀m̀bọ̀.