MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Stepanakert
From Armenian Ստեփանակերտ (Stepʻanakert). Named after Stepan Shahumyan, a communist revolutionary active throughout the Caucasus.
bricole
From French bricole, from Late Latin briccola, bricola, of uncertain origin.
storax
From Middle English storace, storage, storax, storaxe, storrax, from Latin storax, styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax). Doublet of styrax.
imaret
From Ottoman Turkish عمارت (ʼimaret), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).
azhdarchid
From scientific Latin Azhdarchidae (family name), ultimately from Persian اژدر (“mythological serpent”).
translatrix
Learned borrowing from Latin trānslātrīx. By surface analysis, translate + -trix, as a regular Latinate formation of the feminine agent noun.
zeriba
Borrowed from Arabic زَرِيبَة (zarība, “pen, cattle pen”).
forhold
From Middle English forholden (“to withhold; to keep (a corpse) unburied”) [and other forms], from Old English forhealdan (“to keep or hold back (something), withhold; to hold away; to disregard, neglect; to hold wrongly, not to keep in good condition”), from for- (prefix meaning ‘away from; wrongly’) + healdan (“to grasp, hold fast; to possess”) (from Proto-West Germanic *haldan (“to hold; to keep”), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to hold; to keep”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”)). The English word is analysable as for- + hold, and is cognate with Danish forholde (“to relate”), Dutch verhouden (“to relate”), Low German vorholden (“to detain”), German verhalten (“to control, restrain”), Norwegian forholde (“to deal”).
zarnec
Ultimately from Middle Iranian *zarnīk (“gold-coloured”); compare Persian زرنیخ (zarnix, “orpiment”), زرنی (zarni, “arsenic”). Doublet of arsenic.
Anahit
Borrowed from Armenian Անահիտ (Anahit).
Kura
From Russian Кура́ (Kurá), ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros).
Mazaca
Learned borrowing from Latin Māzaca, from Ancient Greek Μάζακα (Mázaka), from the name of the tribe of Mushki. Compare Old Armenian Մաժաք (Mažakʻ).
Nisibis
From Latin Nisibis, from Ancient Greek Νίσιβις (Nísibis), from Aramaic ܢܨܝܼܒܝܼܢ (Nəṣīḇīn).
Yushchenko
From Ukrainian Ю́щенко (Júščenko).
Osroene
From Ancient Greek Ὀσροηνή (Osroēnḗ). Compare Ὀσρόης (Osróēs) (probably a form of Χοσρόης (Khosróēs), from Iranian; see خسرو, Classical Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ (ʾŌrhāy).
Tsopk
Borrowed from Armenian Ծոփք (Copʻkʻ).
triga
From Latin triga, a contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).
Goldberg
Borrowed from German Goldberg, from German Gold (“gold”) and Berg (“mountain”). One of the ornamental names chosen by Jews who were forced to take surnames in 18th and 19th century Germany.
Nadal
From Romance (French Nadal (“Occitan Nadal”), Spanish Nadal (“Catalan Nadal, Occitan Nadal”), Italian Nadal (“Venetan Nadal”)). From Latin natalis (“birth, birthday”).
Marsi
Learned borrowing from Latin Mārsī.
Learned borrowing from Latin Marsī.
bel-
From Middle English bel (“fair, excellent"; in compounds "great-, grand-”), from Anglo-Norman bel, Old French bel (“beautiful, noble, honorable”).
hoggan
Use of the term in Cornwall is attributed to Old Cornish hoggan, hogen (“pork pasty; pie”), from hoch (“pig”), from Proto-Brythonic *hux, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European *suH-, related to Welsh hwch (“sow”). However, the term was also common in Essex, so perhaps compare Old English hogg.
annidation
From Latin ad (“to”) and nidus (“nest”).
Coined by German biologist and university teacher Wilhelm Ludwig in 1950 as "a fifth evolutionary factor".
Mishnah
Borrowed from Hebrew מִשְׁנָה (mišnāh, “repetition, oral law”), from שָׁנָה (šānāh, “to repeat, teach”).
Ashkenazim
From Hebrew אַשְׁכְּנַזִּים (ashk'nazím), plural of אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי (ashk'nazí), from אַשְׁכֲּנַז (ashk'naz, “Ashkenaz”), son of Gomer, grandson of Japheth, and great-grandson of Noah, mythical progenitor of the Ascanians of Phrygia, and later, in mediaeval times, identified with the Germans.
plectoneme
From Ancient Greek πλεκτός (plektós, “twisted”) + Ancient Greek νῆμα (nêma, “thread”).
forsay
From Middle English forsayen (“to renounce”), from Old English forseċġan (“to accuse, accuse falsely, slander, speak about, discourse on”), equivalent to for- + say. Cognate Dutch verzeggen (“to deny, forbid”), German Low German verseggen (“to refuse, deny”), German versagen (“to refuse, deny”), Swedish försäga (“to misspeak, say too much”). More at for-, say.
forlet
From Middle English forleten (“forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from Old English forlǣtan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (“to leave, dismiss”), equivalent to for- + let. Cognate with Scots forleet (“to forsake, abandon”), Saterland Frisian ferläite (“to forlet, abandon”), West Frisian forlitte (“to forlet”), Dutch verlaten (“to desert, abandon”), German verlassen (“to leave”), Swedish förlåta (“to excuse, forgive, remit”).
prothallium
From Latin pro (“forwards”) + Ancient Greek θᾰλλός (thăllós, “young branch, twig”).
dolent
From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (“to grieve”).
irenology
From Ancient Greek εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”) + -logy.
Ashkanazim
Identical with Ashkenazim, but spelt closer to the Hebrew transliteration of אַשְׁכֲּנָזִים (ashkanazím).
forechoose
From Middle English forechosen, from Old English foreċēosan (“to choose in preference”), equivalent to fore- + choose.
pa'al
From Hebrew פָּעַל (pa'ál), which is the dictionary form of this conjugation as applied to the Hebrew root פ־ע־ל (p-`-l) related to action.
rabiz
Borrowed from Armenian ռաբիզ (ṙabiz). See it for more.
nixtamal
From Mexican Spanish nixtamal, from Classical Nahuatl nextamalli (“hominy”), from nextli (“ashes, lime”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”).
testiere
From Middle English tester, from Old French testier(e), whence also French têtière (older testière).
SWT
From Arabic سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى (subḥānahu wataʕālā, “glorious and exalted is He”), honorific placed after the name of God (Allah) in Islamic texts.
sedulity
From sedul(ous) + -ity, from Latin sedulitas.
hards
From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).
cystocele
From French cystocèle, from Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis, “anatomical sac”). By surface analysis, cysto- + -cele.
tronk
Borrowed from Afrikaans tronk, from Dutch tronk, from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus. Doublet of truncus and trunk.
begird
From Middle English begirden, from Old English begyrdan (“to gird, clothe, surround, fortify”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + *gurdijaną (“to gird”), equivalent to be- + gird. Cognate with Old High German begurtjan (“to begird”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bigairdan, “to begird”). More at be-, gird.
provisory
From Medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- (supine stem of provideo) + -orius (“-ory”).
trape
Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe /treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).
Zeist
Borrowed from Dutch Zeist.
From New Latin zea, from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “spelt”), + -ist.
fieri facias
From Middle English fieri facias, from Medieval Latin fierī faciās (“thou shouldst cause it to be done”), which is not a normal Classical Latin construction but a calque from Romance causatives from faciō and infinitive (attested since Late Latin).
Tauri
From Latin Taurī, from Ancient Greek Ταῦροι (Taûroi).
smiler
From Middle English smyler, smylere; equivalent to smile + -er.
medjidie
From Ottoman Turkish مجیدیه (mecidiye), most likely through French medjidié, the adjectival form of the personal name Mecid, from Arabic مَجِيد (majīd, “glorious”)
middelmannetjie
Borrowed from Afrikaans middelmannetjie (“little man in the middle”) (analysable as middel (“middle”) + man (“man”) + -etjie (“diminutive suffix”)), from Dutch middel (“middle”) + mannetje (“a short man”) (from man (“man”) + -etje, a variant of -tje (diminutive suffix)).
medullar
From Middle French médullaire and its etymon Latin medullāris. By surface analysis, medulla + -ar.
mee krob
Borrowed from Thai หมี่กรอบ (mìi-grɔ̀ɔp, literally “crisp noodles”).
Aboukir
From Egyptian Arabic أَبُو قِير (ʔabū qīr), from the Arabic name of the Egyptian Copt Cyrus, قِير (qīr).
hydrops
From Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and dropsy.
mehari
From Arabic مَهَارٍ (mahārin, “a mehari camel or dromedary”), from مَهَرَ (mahara, “to be deft or skillful”)
Caesarea
Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.
hidradenitis
First attested in 1894. From the German Hidradenitis (1865; also the etymologically more consistent Hidrotadenitis, 1893), ultimately representing the Ancient Greek roots ἱδρώς (hidrṓs, “sweat”, stem: ἱδρῶτ-, hidrōt-) + ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”, stem: ἀδεν-, aden-) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “[inflammatory] disease”).
Wiener schnitzel
From German Wiener Schnitzel (literally “Viennese schnitzel”). Attested in English since the 1850s.
graupel
Borrowed from German Graupel(wetter) (literally “graupel (weather)”). Graupel is a back-formation from graupeln (“to hail (with soft hailstones)”) + -el (diminutive suffix); and graupeln is from Graupe (“hulled grain, pearl barley”) (ultimately from Proto-Slavic *krūpà (“grainy substance; groats; hail”) and Proto-Indo-European *krewp-) + -eln (suffix forming verbs, often with a diminutive or frequentative sense).
prunella
From post-classical Latin prunella, from brunus + -ella, perhaps because of the plant's brown sepals.
From post-classical Latin prunella, alternation of brunella (“infectious epidemic”), from brunus + -ella.
halteres
From Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres). See haltere.
unsupposed
From Middle English unsupposed, unsupposid, equivalent to un- + supposed.
melainotype
From Ancient Greek μέλᾱς, μέλαινα (mélās, mélaina, “black”) + type.
calotype
From Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “good”) and τύπος (túpos, “impression”).
centimo
Borrowed from Spanish céntimo, derived from French centime, from cent (on the model of décime), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centim, centime, and santim.
centner
Probably from Low German, cp. German Zentner, comparable to the hundredweight. Doublet of centenary, kantar, and quintal.
Walhalla
The city in South Carolina was founded by German settlers, so the name in this case is probably of German origin. Compare with Valhalla.
Walser
From German Walser, by contraction from Walliser, from Wallis + -er.
compensable
Borrowed from French compensable; by surface analysis, compens(ate) + -able.
chatelain
From Middle English chateleyn, from Middle French chatelaine, from Old French chastelein and castelain (“castellan”), from chastel and castel (“castle”) + -ain (“-an: forming adj.”), from Medieval Latin castellum, from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ellum (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellano, castellanus, and castellan.
nervation
Ultimately from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”), perhaps via French nervation.
roundlet
From Middle English roundelet, from Middle French rondelet, a diminutive of rondel (“small circle”).
rondel
From Middle English rondel, from Old French rondel, a diminutive of ronde, the feminine of ront, reont (“round (in shape)”), from Latin rotundus (“round, circular; spherical”), related to rota (“wheel”).
Ababil
From Arabic أَبَابِيل (ʔabābīl, “tiny birds”), described in the Qur'an as dropping red clay bricks on the army of elephants, sent by the king of Yemen to attack the city of Mecca, in the year (571 AD) when the prophet Muhammad was born.
gemish
From Yiddish געמיש (gemish, “mixture”), cognate to German Gemisch.
bookhouse
From book + house, probably as a calque of Old English bōchūs (“library, bookhouse”), whence Middle English bochous (“library”), which had eventually fallen into disuse.
saddleless
From Middle English sadelles, sadulles, equivalent to saddle + -less.
Vennam
Borrowed from Telugu వెన్నం (vennaṁ). This surname is predominantly found in Telangana.
dissimilitude
From Middle English dissimilitude, from Latin dissimilitūdō, from dissimilis (“unlike”). By surface analysis, dissimilar + -itude or dis- + similitude.
gain-
From Middle English gain- (prefix), from Old English geġn-, gēan- (“back, against, in return”, prefix), from Proto-West Germanic *gagin, from Proto-Germanic *gagin (“towards, against”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian juun- (“counter-”), West Frisian tsjin- (“counter-”), Dutch tegen- (“counter-”), German gegen- (“against, toward, at”), Icelandic gagn- (“through”). More at again.
feme
From Middle English feme, from Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”), from Old French femme, from Latin fēmina. Doublet of femina, femme, and hembra.
Kabayan
Derived from Ibaloi kaba-ayan (“place where root crop vines grow”).
Smyrna
From Ancient Greek Σμύρνα (Smúrna), a variant spelling of Σμύρνη (Smúrnē), the Ionic Greek form of the original Aeolic Greek name Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā, “Smyrna”). Doublet of Izmir.
Philomena
From Latin Filumena, from Ancient Greek Φιλουμένη (Philouménē, literally “beloved”). Name of an alleged early martyr whose remains were discovered in 1802 in Rome.
Cathar
Recorded since the 16th century; from the masculine plural of Medieval Latin Catharī (“Pure (ones)”), from the masculine plural of Byzantine Greek καθαροί (katharoí, “Pure (ones)”), from the masculine singular of Byzantine Greek καθαρός (katharós, “Pure (one)”), from Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”).
Shiba Inu
Borrowed from Japanese 柴犬 (shibainu).
sabadilla
From Spanish cebadilla, diminutive of cebada (“barley”).
Sabaoth
From Latin Sabaoth, from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צְבָאוֹת (ts'vaót), plural of צָבָא (tsaváʾ, “army”).
Sabbatarian
From Medieval Latin sabbatarius, from Latin sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton), from Hebrew שבת (shabát) + -an. In use from c. 1610.
diptote
From Latin diptōtum, from Ancient Greek δίπτωτος (díptōtos), from δί- (dí-) + πτῶσις (ptôsis, “case”).
triptote
From Latin triptōtum, from Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος (tríptōtos), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective–forming suffix), influenced by the verbal noun πτῶσις (ptôsis, “inflection”).
quist
From Middle English quiste, quyste, quyshte, variants of Middle English couschot, cowschote, cowscott, from Old English cūsċeote (“wood pigeon, ringdove”). Doublet of cushat.
acroatic
From Ancient Greek ἀκροατικός (akroatikós, “of or proper to hearing”), from ἀκροᾶσθαι (akroâsthai, “to hear”).
thetes
From Ancient Greek θῆτες (thêtes), plural of θής (thḗs, “hired laborer”).
Lateef
From Arabic لَطِيف (laṭīf, “gentle, kind”).
Veles
Likely of Proto-Indo-European origin but the exact root is difficult to pinpoint. Suggestions have included *h₂welh₁- (“wool”) and *welg- (“damp, humid”). Also compare Lithuanian vẽlės (“ghostly figures of the deceased”), archaic form of modern velnias (“demon, devil”). More at Veles.
From Macedonian Велес (Veles)
paintress
From Middle English peyntrys, from Old French peintresse; equivalent to painter + -ess.
profert
Borrowed from Latin profert (“he makes known”), third-person singular present indicative of profero (“to make public, to make known, to cite”).
paspalum
From translingual Paspalum (genus name), from Koine Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).
Gevgelija
From Macedonian Гевгелија (Gevgelija).
registrator
From Middle Latin, from registro (cognate with registrarius), from registrum 'register', an alteration of Late Latin regesta "list, matters recorded," from the neuter plural of regestus, the past participle of regerere "to record, literally to carry back", itself from re- "back" + gerere "carry, bear".
fele
From Middle English fele, from Old English feola, fela (“much, many, very”), from Proto-West Germanic *felu, from Proto-Germanic *felu (“very, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁u (“many”).
Cognate with Scots fele (“many, much, great”), Dutch veel (“much, many”), German viel (“much, many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”). Related to full, few.
pelurious
Coined by Irish novelist and poet James Joyce in his novel Ulysses. From Anglo-Norman pelure (“pelt, fur, animal skin”) + -ious.
obijime
Borrowed from Japanese 帯締め (おびじめ, obijime).
Polack
From Polish Polak (“a Polish person”). Cognate to French Polak, and akin to Swedish polack.
matcha
Borrowed from Japanese 抹茶 (matcha), from 抹 (matsu, “to wipe, to rub”) + 茶 (cha, “tea”).
dotation
From Middle English dotacion, from Late Latin dotatio, from Latin dōtāre (“to endow”). By surface analysis, dotate + -ion. In sense 3, borrowed from French dotation, ultimately from the same origin.
mulato
Borrowed from Spanish mulato. Doublet of mulatto.
Borrowed from Spanish Mulato. This surname is mostly found in Mexico.
opsigamy
From Ancient Greek ὀψέ (opsé, “late”) + -gamy.
Aral Sea
From Kazakh арал (aral, “an island”), referring to the more than 1,500 islands that once dotted its waters.
Petro
Ultimately from Koine Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).
Sabian
From Arabic الصَّابِئَة (aṣ-ṣābiʔa), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to Hebrew צָבָא (ṣaḇa, “army, host”) or Classical Mandaic ࡑࡁࡀ (ṣba, “baptizer”).
Sabine River
From the Spanish name Rio de Sabinas, referring to cypress trees growing along its lower reaches.
wase
From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”).
retentor
Borrowed from Latin retentor, from retentare, from retinere (“retain, hold back”), from re- + tenere.
colin
From French colin, properly a diminutive of Colas, contracted from Nicolas (“Nicholas”).
porno-
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *perh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pórnē
Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē)der.
English porno-
From πορν- (porn-), the stem of the Ancient Greek πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”). Sense 2 from porno(graphy) and porno(grapher), both ultimately also from πόρνη (pórnē, “prostitute”).
Habsburg
Borrowed from German Habsburg, according to legend from Habichtsburg (“hawk's castle”) (Habicht (“hawk”) + Burg (“castle”)).
aneurysm
From Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “a widening, a dilation”), from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to dilate”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”).
Arsis
From Latin Arsis, from Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”).
From Ancient Greek ἄρσις (ársis, “lifting”), from αἴρω (aírō, “to lift”).
unkingly
From un- + kingly (adverb via Middle English unkyngly).
Urmia
Probably from Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܐܘܪ (w-r, “city”), a common Assyrian name for cities around Mesopotamia, and ܡܝܐ (miyā, “water”), referring to the great lake nearby.
pelidnoma
From Latin pelidnoma, from Ancient Greek πελίδνωμα (pelídnōma, “dark spot”).
boose
From Middle English bose, boose, from Old English *bōs (attested in bōsih, bōsig (“cow-stall”)), from Proto-West Germanic *bans, from Proto-Germanic *bansaz, *bandsaz, *bandstiz (“stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
From Middle English bousen (verb) and bouse (noun).
crono-
From Ancient Greek Κρόνος (Krónos, “Cronus”).
From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos).
protogine
From French protogine, coined in 1806 on the basis of Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos, “first-created”), with an added suffix -ine, which the author used for certain minerals.
protome
From Ancient Greek προτομή (protomḗ, “severed head, bust”), from προ- (pro-, “front”) + τομή (tomḗ, “part cut off”).
Sabora
From Hebrew סָבוֹרָא (sāḇorā), from Aramaic.
rogalik
From Polish rogalik and Russian рога́лик (rogálik).
Mandaic
From Latin Mandaicus. By surface analysis, Mandaic ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀ (manda, “knowledge”) + -ic.
Mandaeism
From Aramaic 𐡌𐡍𐡃𐡏 (manda, “knowledge”) + -ism (from Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)).
Although Mandaeism is the most widespread spelling in English, it is a hypercorrection. The expected derivation through Greek Μανδαϊσμός (Mandaïsmós) and Latin Mandaismus is Mandaism (compare with Judaism, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊσμός (Ioudaïsmós), or with archaism, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαϊσμός (arkhaïsmós)).
Astghik
Borrowed from Armenian Աստղիկ (Astġik).
by the Grace of God
Calque of Latin Deī grātiā. Doublet of Dei gratia.
cockalorum
Possibly English cock (“rooster”), with -a- and Latin -lorum suffixed as a fanciful elaboration; or from a Dutch onomatopoeic dialect term kockeloeren (“the cry of a rooster; cock-a-doodle-doo”), hence the modern Dutch verb koekeloeren (“to crow”).
exanthem
Borrowed from Latin exanthema, from Ancient Greek ἐξάνθημα (exánthēma), from ἐξανθέω (exanthéō), from ἐξ (ex) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
saccule
Borrowed from Latin sacculus (“a little sack or bag”), diminutive of saccus (“a bag, sack”). Doublet of sacculus.
Zaiwa
From Mandarin 載瓦／载瓦 (Zǎiwǎ).
megasporangium
From neo-Latin, from mega- (“major”) + sporangium. The prefix is from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great”), and the base from spora + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).
soken
From Middle English sookne, socne (“district held by a socage”), from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution, soke”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-.
Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns, “controversy”), Old English sacu (“legal case, dispute”), sēcan (“to seek”), Swedish socken (“parish”), Danish sogn (“parish”), Norwegian sokn (“parish”). More at sake, seek, soke. See also Medieval Latin sōca (“right of jurisdiction”), English soke.
soke
From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).
Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.
bicorn
Borrowed from Latin bicornis (“two-horned; two-pronged”). Compare French bicorne (“two-cornered hat; two-horned monster”) and Middle English bicorne (“two-horned anvil; two-pronged fork; fabulous (two-horned) beast”). Doublet of bicorne.
delibate
First attested in 1623; Borrowed from Latin dēlibātus, perfect passive participle of dēlibō (“to take away from, to taste from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + libō (“to taste; to consecrate a liquid”).
koku
Borrowed from Japanese 石.
Borrowed from Malay koku, clipping of kokurikulum (“cocurriculum”).
lineate
First attested in 1558; borrowed from Medieval Latin līneātus, perfect passive participle of līneō (“to draw a line; (classically) to reduce to a straight line, make straight”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from līnea (“a line”).
First attested in 1643; borrowed from Latin delineātus, participial adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
minorant
Borrowed from French minorant, present participle of minorer (“to diminish”), from Latin minor. By surface analysis, minor + -ant.
Sabin
* As an English and French surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Sabinus.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Sabháin (“descendant of Sabhán”), from sabh (“cub”). Also found as Savage.
inspirator
From Late Latin, from inspirare (“to inspire”) (from in- + spirare (“to breathe”)) + -tor.
wild man
From Middle English wilde man. Cognate with Dutch wildeman (“wildman, savage”). By surface analysis, wild + man.
solivagant
From Latin sōlivagāns, from sōlus (“alone”) + vagāns, present participle of vagō (“wander”).
perfectus
Learned borrowing from Latin perfectus. Doublet of parfait, perfect, and perfecto.
bookstaff
From Middle English bocstaff (“letter, written character”), from Old English bōcstæf (“letter, written symbol”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstab, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabaz (“beechwood staff; written character”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Boukstäf, Dutch boekstaaf, German Low German Bookstaav, German Buchstabe, Danish bogstav, Swedish bokstav, Norwegian Bokmål bokstav, Norwegian Nynorsk bokstav, Faroese bókstavur, Icelandic bókstafur. Likely a semirevival of the Old English term. By surface analysis, book + staff.