MarcusBennevall/EtymologyTaggerDataset huggingface dataset:
Thingstead
Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr and Danish tingsted.
ZAD
Borrowed from French ZAD, short for zone à défendre (“zone to defend”).
zhongruan
From Mandarin 中阮 (zhōngruǎn).
lokao
From Chinese 綠膏／绿膏 (lǜgāo).
Donets
Borrowed from Russian Доне́ц (Donéc) and Ukrainian Доне́ць (Donécʹ).
atabeg
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آتابك (atabeg) (modern Turkish atabey), first used by the Seljuks, from آتا (ata, “father”) and بك (beg, “prince”).
atabek
From an alternate romanization of Ottoman Turkish آتابك, also rendered atabeg.
lispound
Apparently from Dutch lijspond, a contraction of Lijfs pond (“Livonian pound”); or from the equivalent Low German lispunt, livespunt.
erxian
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 二弦 (èrxián).
esraj
Borrowed from Punjabi ਇਸਰਾਜ (isarāj).
pro confesso
Borrowed from Latin prō cōnfessō (“as, instead of it being confessed”).
Apresyan
From Armenian Ապրեսյան (Apresyan).
Nyabinghi
Most likely from a Great Lakes Bantu language. Compare Tooro -nya- (“pertaining to”) and ingi (“rich in; plentiful in”). The spelling with -gh- may reflect an early spelling of /ŋɡ/ to distinguish it from the simple /ŋ/.
zoognosy
From New Latin zōognōsia. By surface analysis, zoo- + -gnosy.
hornpiper
From Middle English hornpiper, hornpipere, equivalent to hornpipe + -er.
daruan
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 大阮 (dàruǎn).
Boas
From the Biblical personal name Boaz, which is from Hebrew בֹּעַז (Bōʿaz).
gadulka
Borrowed from Bulgarian гъдулка (gǎdulka).
gayageum
Borrowed from the Revised Romanization of Korean 가야금(伽倻琴) (gayageum).
succenturiate
From Latin succentūriō (“to add soldiers to fill up a century; to substitute”), from Latin succinĕre + -ure + -i- + -ate, from sub- (“under”) + canĕre (“to sing”).
kokumi
Borrowed from Japanese 濃く味, from 濃い (koi).
kushiyaki
Borrowed from Japanese 串焼(くしや)き (kushiyaki).
hendiatris
From Ancient Greek ἕν διὰ τρεῖς (hén dià treîs, “one [idea] through three [words]”).
Semiramis
From Latin Semīramis, from Ancient Greek Σεμῑ́ραμις (Semī́ramis), ultimately Akkadian in origin.
praemunire facias
From Middle English premunire facias, premunire fac', from Latin praemunire facias (“that you cause to be forewarned”) from the opening words of the writ: praemūnīre (“you fortify (defend in advance)”) (an error for praemonēre (“you forewarn”)) + faciās (“you make”).
Troilus
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Τρωΐλος (Trōḯlos).
Effingham
From Old English, "Effa's farmstead," from *Effa + -ing + ham (“home”). The first element is a variant of Æffa, Uffa, a king of the Angles (c. 575), attested in names such as Abridge, Uffington, and Ufford, but of uncertain origin.
Grafton
From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Mainwaring
English habitational surname of Norman origin, from a lost place in Normandy.
Dalrymple
From Scottish Gaelic dail (“field, meadow”) + an unexplained second element.
Fremont
Borrowed from French Frémont. Places with said name, are typically named after John C. Fremont (in his case, the surname is typically but not always spelled with a written accent: Frémont). In the case of John C. Fremont, the name was originally Frémon; the "t" was added at some point.
New Netherland
Calque of Dutch Nieuw Nederland. From nieuw (“new”) + Nederland (“Netherlands”), from neder (“low”) + land (“land, country”).
Greeley
Nickname for someone with a pock-marked face, from Old French greslé (“pitted, scarred”).
Chitragupta
From Sanskrit चित्रगुप्त (citragupta).
hierarchisation
Borrowed from French hiérarchisation, equivalent to hierarchise + -ation.
heathenhood
From Middle English hethenhod, haithenhede, equivalent to heathen + -hood.
Dyck
From the Dutch surname, from the noun dijk (“dike”). Compare Dyke.
Manasseh
From Hebrew מְנַשֶּׁה (M'nashé) through Latin Manasses.
Artois
Inherited from Middle English Artoys, from Middle French Artois, Artoys, from Old French Arteis, from Latin Atrebatēs; the modern pronunciation has been readjusted after modern French Artois.
Antinous
Borrowed from Latin Antinous, from Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος (Antínoos).
Dantes
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Dantes, probably a variant spelling of Dantas, a habitational surname. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Trajan
Borrowed from Latin Trāiānus.
From Macedonian Трајан (Trajan), from трај (traj, “to last (to endure, continue over time)”) + -ан (-an).
Denham
"Dweller at the farm in the valley", from Old English dene (“valley”) + hām (“farm”).
Walden
From Old English walh (“Welshman”), genitive plural wala + denu (“valley”).
Sowerby
From Old Norse saurr (“mud, dirt, sour ground”) + bý (“farmstead”).
Fairfield
From Old English fæġer (“beautiful, fair”) + feld (“field”).
Plautus
From Latin Titus Maccius Plautus, the latter two names traditionally held to be stage names, from plautus (“flat-footed, flap-eared”).
Hiawatha
From Onondaga Hayęhwathaʼ.
Macleod
Anglicization of various Irish or Scottish Gaelic surnames. In Canada, the surname is also used as a common Anglicization of Cree ᒪᐦᑭᔪᐠ (mahkiyok, “the big one”) according to records of Scottish missionaries.
* (town in Alberta): see entry for Fort Macleod.
From Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid (“son of Leòd”), from Old Norse Liótr (“the Ugly (one)”), from Old Norse ljótr (“ugly, scary”).
Lysander
From Ancient Greek Λῠ́σᾰνδρος (Lŭ́săndros).
langos
Borrowed from Hungarian lángos, from láng (“flame”) + -os.
serely
From Middle English serly, serelych, serelyche, equivalent to sere (“separate, different, distinct”) + -ly.
heathenship
From Middle English hæðene-scipe, from Old English hǣþensċipe; equivalent to heathen + -ship. Compare Middle Dutch heidijnscap, Middle Low German heidenschop, German Heidenschaft, Danish hedenskab.
zhuihu
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 墜胡 /坠胡 (zhuìhú).
zhuiqin
Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 墜琴 /坠琴.
zamorin
Borrowed from Malayalam സാമൂതിരി (sāmūtiri).
hukou
From Mandarin 戶口／户口 (hùkǒu).
From the Mandarin 湖口 (Húkǒu).
sencha
Borrowed from Japanese 煎茶 (sencha, literally “infused tea”).
fapiao
From Mandarin 發票／发票 (fāpiào).
shipova
Propagated into the US 1959 from Yugoslavia—1986 again from Macedonia as smokvarka / смокварка (smokvarka)—, which itself has only grafts descending from a single tree described 1834 in the Parisian Jardin du Roi, as the hybrid’s fruits are mostly sterile. Given that the Serbo-Croatian accent is imitated in the current pronunciation, we can be confident to say that this word is from the Serbo-Croatian descendant of Proto-Slavic *šipъ used itself or in derivatives to refer to rosaceous plants + *-ovъ (suffix used to form relative adjectives) + *-a (feminine ending)
Capernaum
From Late Latin Capharnaūm, from Ancient Greek Καφαρναούμ (Kapharnaoúm), from Biblical Hebrew כְּפַר נַחוּם (Kfar Nahum, “Nahum's Village”).
gravel road cop
A humorous reinterpretation of French GRC (Gendarmerie Royale du Canada), in reference to the remote rural areas where such people often work.
Gethsemane
From Ancient Greek Γεθσημανί (Gethsēmaní), from Aramaic גת שמנא (Gaṯ Šəmānê, literally “oil press”).
Seleucia-on-Tigris
From Latin Seleucia ad Tigrim, from its position on the Tigris River, used to distinguish it from other Seleucias.
mysell
From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
shichimi
From Japanese 七味 (shichimi, “seven flavors”), short for 七味唐辛子 (shichimi tōgarashi, literally “seven-flavor chili pepper”).
Lagid
From Ancient Greek Λάγος (Lágos, “Lagus”), the father of Ptolemy I Soter (or Ptolemy Lapides), the founder of the dynasty.
satsumaimo
Borrowed from Japanese 薩(さつ)摩(ま)芋(いも) (Satsuma imo, literally “Satsuma potato”).
Murdoch
Unknown, but possibly from Scottish Gaelic muir (“sea”), or from muireach (“mariner”); or from descendants of Clan Macpherson, also titled "Clann Mhuirich" indicating descent from "Mhuirich the Parson"; or from descendants of legendary bard Muiredach O Daly.
Acemoglu
Borrowed from Turkish Acemoğlu, a Turkification of Armenian Աճեմյան (Ačemyan).
Savai'i
From Samoan Savai'i, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki. Doublet of Hawaii and Hawaiki.
glaebule
From Latin glaebula. By surface analysis, Latin glaeb(a) + -ule.
kakocracy
From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -cracy. By surface analysis, kako- + -cracy.
guslar
From Serbo-Croatian gȕslār /гу̏сла̄р.
haegeum
Borrowed from Korean 해금(奚琴) (haegeum). Doublet of xiqin.
peraia
Derived from Ancient Greek περαία (peraía), Greek Περαία (Peraía), Latin Peraea, often capitalized and treated like a proper name (compare e.g. the City).
longganisa
From Tagalog longganisa. Doublet of linguica and longaniza.
kinnor
Borrowed from Hebrew כִּנּוֹר (“lyre”).
bairnhood
Borrowed from Scots bairnheid, equivalent to bairn + -hood.
mahbub
From Arabic مَحْبُوب (maḥbūb, “gold coin; beloved”).
avourneen
From Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”), from Middle Irish múirn, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to care for”), see also Latin memoria, Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “care”).
cauzee
From Hindi क़ाज़ी (qāzī), ultimately from Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”).
freekeh
Borrowed from Arabic فَرِيكَة (farīka).
peperomia
Learned borrowing from New Latin peperomia, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”) + ὅμοιος (hómoios, “similar, like”).
dacquoise
From French dacquoise, feminine of dacquois (“from the French town of Dax”), the origin of the dessert.
jjamppong
Borrowed from Korean 짬뽕 (jjamppong). Doublet of champon.
Jumada I
From Arabic جُمَادَى الْأُولَى (jumādā l-ʔūlā, “Jumada the First”).
plerion
Coined by Weiler & Panagia (1978), from Ancient Greek πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full”).
parthemollin
From Parthenice mollis + -in, from Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden”) + -ική (-ikḗ) + Latin mollis (“soft, tender, flexible”).
untenderly
From Middle English untenderly, untendirly, equivalent to untender + -ly.
onychomadesis
From onycho- + Ancient Greek μαδάω (madáō, “I fall off”).
Dorito
Marketing coinage, likely from Spanish dorar (“to gild”), dorado (“golden”), with an ending matching other brands of Frito-Lay Inc. (Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos), from Spanish frito (“fried”), also possibly as a clipping of Spanish doradito (“little golden [thing]”), diminutive of dorado (“golden”).
qui-hi
Borrowed from Hindi कोई है (koī hai, “is anyone there?”).
achaenocarp
From Latin achenium, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape”), + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
kisbet
From Turkish kispet, from Arabic كِسْوَة (kiswa).
Mendes
Ancient Greek Μένδης (Méndēs)
Borrowed from Portuguese Mendes.
Barroso
Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Barroso, a topographic surname for someone who lived in a muddy and loamy area, from barroso (“muddy”).
Gonzaga
From Romance (Portuguese Gonzaga Spanish Gonzaga, Italian Gonzaga) and Philippine (Cebuano Gonzaga, Tagalog Gonzaga).
Originally from Italian Gonzaga, the name of the ruling family of Mantua. This surname is now predominantly found in Brazil. The Portuguese and Philippine name originates from Spanish. The Spanish name originates from Italian.
Ipanema
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Ipanema, ultimately from Old Tupi.
Mutum
From Manipuri ꯃꯨꯇꯨꯝ (mutum).
Kipfler
From German Kipfler or Bavarian Kipfler. Related to German and Bavarian Kipfl and Kipferl (“croissant”).
gaokao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 高考 (gāokǎo, literally “higher [education] [entrance] examination”).
flaouna
Borrowed from Greek φλαούνα (flaoúna). Doublet of flan.
telmophagous
From Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “pond, puddle”) + -phagous.
saung
Borrowed from Burmese စောင်းကောက် (caung:kauk).
Constantina
From Latin Cōnstantīna and Greek Κωνσταντίνα (Konstantína).
archontology
From Latin archontologia, equivalent to Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “ruler”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”).
jot and tittle
A reference to Matthew 5:18 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle, shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.” The Koine Greek phrase is ἰῶτα ἓν ἢ μία κεραία (iôta hèn ḕ mía keraía).
Jot (“the smallest letter or stroke of any writing, iota”) is derived from Middle English jote (“jot, tittle, whit”), from Latin iōta (“the Greek letter iota (Ι, ι)”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “the letter Ι, ι, the smallest in the alphabet; (figurative) a very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬ /⁠yōd⁠/).
Tittle (“small dot, stroke, or diacritical mark; (figurative) small, insignificant amount, modicum, speck”) is derived from Middle English title (“small written mark or stroke; smallest part”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman title, tittle [and other forms], and Middle French titele, title (“inscription”) (modern French titre), and from their etymon Latin titulus (“epitaph, inscription”); further etymology uncertain, but thought to be of Etruscan origin.
Minas
Two main origins for the surname:
* Borrowed from Greek Μηνάς (Minás), a patronymic surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Minas or Miñas.
The given name is from Greek Μηνάς (Minás) and Armenian Մինաս (Minas).
osthya
Borrowed from Sanskrit ओष्ठ्य (oṣṭhya, “labial”).
subeth
From Medieval Latin subeth (adjective: subethicus), from Arabic سُبَات (subāt, “ailment of excessive sleep”)
Lysistrata
From Ancient Greek Λυσιστράτη (Lusistrátē, “army disbander”).
mesodiplosis
From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + δίπλωσις (díplōsis, “a doubling”)
iridencleisis
From Ancient Greek ῑ̓́ρῐδος (ī́rĭdos), genitive of Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + Ancient Greek ἔγκλεισις (énkleisis). By surface analysis, irid- + en- + -cleisis.
mata-mata
From Malay mata-mata (“eyes”), plural of mata. Doublet of maka, from Hawaiian.
wodanium
Borrowed from German Wodanium, named after the god Odin.
Santa Maria
From Portuguese Santa Maria and Spanish Santa María (“Holy Mary”), various places named in honor of Mary the mother of Jesus, from Portuguese Maria and Spanish María, both from Latin Maria, q.v.
tritrophic
From tri- (“three”) + -trophic (“relating to feeding and nutrition”), from Ancient Greek τροφικός (trophikós, “nursing, tending”), from τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment, food”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
Kalamatianos
From Greek καλαματιανός (kalamatianós).
Barra
From Scottish Gaelic Barraigh.
From Portuguese Barra.
Amram
Learned borrowing from Latin Amram, from Ancient Greek Ἀμβράμ (Ambrám), from Biblical Hebrew עַמְרָם (ʕamrɔm).
clameur de haro
From Anglo-Norman/Law French clameur de haro.
khoomei
Borrowed from Tuvan хөөмей (xöömey) and Mongolian хөөмий (xöömii), ᠬᠥᠭᠡᠮᠡᠢ (kögemei).
abthane
There are two etymologies suggested for this word, each peculiar to a different suggested meaning. One is that it is from an English or Scottish form of Medieval Latin abthania or Gaelic abdhaiiie, meaning abbacy, hence an officer of the abbot. The other is that it is derived from Latin abbās (“father”) and Middle English thane, hence an overlord of regional thanes.
taphoflora
From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”), + flora.
bras d'honneur
Borrowed from French bras d’honneur (literally “arm of honor”).
beware of Greeks bearing gifts
Alludes to the ancient story of the Trojan horse, a gift for the Trojans which secretly contained Greeks. The prototype of the phrase is found in a Latin phrase in the Aeneid, book 2, lines 48–49: equō nē crēdite, Teucrī. / Quidquid id est, timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs. (“Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts.”)
agnoprotein
From a- + Latin gnōscō (“know”) + protein, in reference to agnogene, the gene from which polyomavirus family of agnoprotein emerges.
Baden-Baden
Borrowed from German Baden-Baden, a contraction of Baden im Baden (“Baden-in-Baden”) in reference to the former Grand Duchy of Baden.
sambuusa
From Somali sambuus, from Classical Persian سَنْبوسَه (sanbōsa), from Middle Persian *sambōsag. Doublet of sambusa, sambusak, sambuseh, samosa, and samsa.
salatim
Borrowed from Hebrew סָלָטִים (salatím), plural of סָלָט (salát, “salad”).
jeotgal
Borrowed from Korean 젓갈 (jeotgal).
Legalism
From legal + -ism, calque from Chinese 法家 (fǎjiā). Almost always capitalised.
magiritsa
From Ancient Greek μαγειριτσα (mageiritsa).
Tatmadaw
Borrowed from Burmese တပ်မတော် (tapma.tau).
mohinga
Borrowed from Burmese မုန့်ဟင်းခါး (mun.hang:hka:).
Ducati
From Italian Ducati, from ducato (“ducat”)
* (motorcycle): Named after the company founder, Antonio Cavalieri Ducati.
Healy
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÉilidhe (“descendant of the claimant”), from éilidhe (“claimant”), or from Irish Ó hÉalaighthe (“descendant of Éaladhach”), a personal name from ealadhach (“ingenious”).
criophore
From French, from Ancient Greek κριόφόρος (krióphóros, “carrying a ram”), from κριός (kriós, “ram”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “carrying”).
sanshin
Borrowed from Japanese 三線 (sanshin) or Okinawan 三線 (sanshin, literally “three strings”). Doublet of sanxian.
sanxian
Borrowed from Mandarin 三弦 (sānxián). Doublet of sanshin.
tanpura
From Hindi तंबूरा (tambūrā) or Hindi तानपूरा (tānpūrā), from Persian تنبور (tanbur).
lectical
From lectic + -al, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “saying, speech; phrase, word”) + Latin -ālis (suffix forming adjectives from nouns or numerals).
Manichaeus
Borrowed from Latin Manichaeus, from Koine Greek Μανιχαῖος (Manikhaîos).
tonitruous
Borrowed from Medieval Latin tonitruōsus, from tonitrus (“thunder”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
mermithergate
From New Latin mermithergata, from Ancient Greek μέρμις (mérmis, “cord, string”) + ἐργάτης (ergátēs, “worker”).
didascaly
From Ancient Greek δῐδασκᾰλίᾱ (dĭdaskălíā).
cheem
Borrowed from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim¹, “deep”).
Rainier
Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.
hojatoleslam
Borrowed from Persian حُجَّتُالْاِسلام (hojjatoleslâm), from Arabic حُجَّةُ ٱلْإِسْلَامِ (ḥujjatu l-ʔislāmi, literally “authority on Islam”)
daimonian
Borrowed from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion, “of a demon”).
tetractys
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρακτύς (tetraktús).
kumbha
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha)
kalasha
Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “pitcher, pot”).
Kamakshi
Borrowed from Sanskrit कामाक्षी (kāmākṣī).
Darija
From Arabic الدَّارِجَة (ad-dārija).
adoxograph
From New Latin adoxus (“absurd, paradoxical”) from Ancient Greek ἄδοξος (ádoxos, “obscure, ignoble”) (from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”)) + -graph.
Hama
Borrowed from Arabic حَمَاة (ḥamāh).
Fujisawa
Borrowed from Japanese 藤沢 (Fujisawa) or 藤澤 (Fujisawa).
Sihanoukist
From Sihanouk + -ist. From Khmer សីហនុ (səyhnuʼ, “Seih-nou”), a Khmer given name. Named after Cambodian monarch Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012).
Sihanoukism
From Sihanouk + -ism. From Khmer សីហនុ (səyhnuʼ, “Seih-nou”), a Khmer given name. Named after Cambodian monarch Norodom Sihanouk (1922–2012).
zha bo
Borrowed from Hokkien 查某 (cha-bó͘, “woman, girl”).
Khomeini
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خمینی (xomeyni), from خمین (xomeyn, “Khomeyn”) + ـی (-i).
Ahmadinejad
From Iranian Persian احمدینژاد (ahmadi-nežâd).
Khamenei
Borrowed from Iranian Persian خامِنِهای (xâmene-i).
watergang
From Middle English watergang (“watercourse, drainage, ditch”), equivalent to water + gang.
pommee
From French pommé (“grown round, or like an apple”), past participle of pommer (“to pome”).
pommer
From German Pommer, from Middle High German bumhart, from Italian bombarda.
Sinbad
Borrowed from Arabic سِنْدِبَاد (sindibād), from Middle Persian (compare Persian سندباد (sendbâd)), possibly borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धपथ (siddhapatha, “path of the Blessed”).
According to folk etymology, from سند (send) + باد (bâd), whence also the Arabic هِنْدِبَاد (hindibād).
mirkning
From Scots mirken (“to grow dark, darken, become overcast”), from Old Norse myrkna (“dark, gloomy”) + -ing (noun-forming suffix), equivalent to mirken + -ing.
kadam
Cf. Bengali কদম (kodom), corruption of Sanskrit कदम्ब (kadamba). Ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *kaṭ-ampu (“Neolamarckia cadamba”).
Cf. Bengali কদম (kodom, “step”), borrowed ultimately from Arabic قَدَم (qadam, “foot”).
coffee money
A euphemism that refers to the amount of money typically enough to buy a cup of coffee. The bribe or gratuity fee sense is a calque of Malay duit kopi.
muah chee
From Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî, “glutinous rice cake made with hemp-seeds”), from 麻 (môa, “hemp”) + 糍 (chî, “glutinous rice cake”).
Jining
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 濟寧 /济宁 (Jǐníng).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 集寧 /集宁 (Jíníng).
Cottian
From Latin Cottius, Marcus Julius Cottius, king of several Ligurian tribes in the 1st century BCE.
kamote
Borrowed from Tagalog kamote, from Mexican Spanish camote (“sweet potato”), from Classical Nahuatl camohtli.
annaprasan
From Hindi, and its source, Sanskrit अन्नप्राशन (annaprāśana).
otenga
Borrowed from Assamese ঔটেঙা (outeṅa).
chut pattern
From Hokkien 出 (chhut, “to produce or make”) + pattern.
papasan chair
Borrowed from Japanese パパさん (papa san, “(honored) father”).
ciba cake
From Mandarin 糍粑 (cíbā) + cake.
Roussillon
Borrowed from French Roussillon, from Latin Ruscinō, Ruscinōnem. Compare Catalan Rosselló.
Rizhao
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 日照 (Rìzhào).
kenotron
From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) and the modern English suffix -tron, itself from the Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron).
mouza
From Bengali মৌজা (mōuja) and Urdu موضع (mauze', mauza'). Doublet of moza.
kinchin
From German Kindchen, diminutive of Kind, from Middle High German kint, from Old High German kind, from Proto-Germanic *kindą, *kinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth”).
Corbyn
An Anglo-Norman nickname from corb (“crow”), or shortened from the Corbinian, the name of a Frankish eighth-century saint, probably from Latin corvus (“crow, raven”).
waulkmill
From Middle English walk-mylne; equivalent to waulk + mill.
witchety
Borrowed from some Pama-Nyungan language (compare Arabana witjuti (“witchety bush”)).
necromant
Either an alteration of nigromant, or from French nécromant, Latin necromantis, or Ancient Greek νεκρόμᾰντῐς (nekrómăntĭs).
Nazianzus
From Late Latin Nazianzus, from Ancient Greek Ναζιανζός (Nazianzós).
overdear
From Middle English *overdere (suggested by Middle English overdere (“too expensively, at too great a cost”, adverb)), equivalent to over- + dear.
overmany
From Middle English over-many, overmany, ovyrmany; equivalent to over- + many. Compare overmuch.
unholpen
From Middle English unholpen, past participle of Middle English unhelpen (“to unhelp”), equivalent to un- + holpen.
koyok
Borrowed from Malay koyok (“quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).
Ota
Transliteration of Japanese 大田 (Ōta). The name of the ward of Tokyo comes from the first and last characters of 大森 (Ōmori) and 蒲田 (Kamata), respectively.
Mates
Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Hungarian Mátés, a pet form of the personal name Máté.
* Borrowed from Catalan Mates, from the plural of mata (“scrub”).
Ivanka
From Czech Ivanka (from Ivana + -ka, q.v.).
Doublet of Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
porron
Borrowed from Spanish porrón, from Catalan porró, possibly from porro (“leek”) or porra (“mace (weapon)”) because of its bulbous shape.
paristhmion
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρίσθμιον (parísthmion), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἰσθμός (isthmós, “neck, throat”).
buka puasa
Unadapted borrowing from Malay, from buka (“to open”) + puasa (“fasting”) - comparable to breakfast.
gegenpressing
From German, popularised by Ralf Rangnick (1958–), German football manager.
snuff bottle
Calque of Chinese 鼻煙壺 /鼻烟壶 (bíyānhú).
chhena
Borrowed from Hindi छेना (chenā), Odia ଛେନା (chenā) and/or Bengali ছেনা (chena).