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abstringe
abstringe
[ "verb" ]
[ "Borrowed from Latin abstringō, from ab- (“away”) + stringō (“to bind, to tie”)." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
abstrude
abstrude
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Latin abstrūdō (“push away, hide”). See abstruse." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
abstruse
abstruse
[ "adj" ]
[ "PIE word\n *h₂epó\nLearned borrowing from Latin abstrūsus (“concealed, hidden; having been concealed”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of abstrūdō (“to conceal, hide; to push or thrust away”), from abs- (from ab- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; away from’)) + trūdō (“to push, shove; to thrust”) (u...
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[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
abstrusion
abstrusion
[ "noun" ]
[ "Borrowed from Latin abstrusio. See abstruse." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
absume
absume
[ "verb" ]
[ "Learned borrowing from Latin absūmō (“diminish”); formed from ab (“from, away from”) + sūmō (“take”)." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
absumption
absumption
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Latin absumptionem. Compare absume." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
absurdity
absurdity
[ "noun" ]
[ "First attested around 1472. From Middle English absurdite, then from either Middle French absurdité, or from Late Latin absurditas (“dissonance, incongruity”), from Latin absurdus + -itas (“quality, state, degree”). Equivalent to absurd + -ity." ]
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[ "derived", "inherited" ]
abuna
abuna
[ "noun", "name" ]
[ "From Amharic አቡነ (ʾäbunä), Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”).", "From Portuguese Abunã.", "From Ge'ez አቡነ (ʾäbunä, “our father”), from Arabic أَبُونَا (ʔabūnā, “our father”), from أَبُو (ʔabū), a form of أَب (ʔab, “father”), and ـنَا (-nā, “our”)." ]
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[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
abundantly
abundantly
[ "adv" ]
[ "From Middle English abundantly, abundauntli, habundantly, habundauntliche, equivalent to abundant + -ly." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
abusage
abusage
[ "noun" ]
[ "From abuse + -age.\nFirst appeared in Middle English, c. 1450–1475, meaning “sexual misconduct”: cf. abuse (“forcing of undesired sexual activity”). Later in the 16th century, a general synonym of abuse. The word was partly repopularized after the appearance of a grammar titled Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good E...
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
abusion
abusion
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English abusioun, from Old French abusion, from Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), from abūtor (“misuse”). Doublet of abusio." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
abusive
abusive
[ "adj" ]
[ "First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive." ]
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[ "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
abut
abut
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) + butt (“boundary mark”).", "From Middle English ab...
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[ "derived", "inherited" ]
aby
aby
[ "verb", "name" ]
[ "From Middle English abyen, abien, abiggen, from Old English ābyċġan (“to buy; pay for; buy off; requite; recompense; redeem; perform; execute”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbugjaną, equivalent to a- + buy. Cognate with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌿𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usbugjan). Not related to abide.", "From Old Norse á (“river”) + býr (“tow...
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[ "derived", "inherited" ]
abyssal
abyssal
[ "adj" ]
[ "First attested in the 1690s. From Medieval Latin abyssalis, from Latin abyssus (“abyss”) + -alis (“-al”). Equivalent to abyss + -al." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
academe
academe
[ "noun" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nAncient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ία (-ía)\nAncient Greek Ἀκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)der.\nNew Latin acadēmī̆abor.\nEnglish academe\nFrom New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία ...
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[ "Greek", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
academist
academist
[ "noun" ]
[ "From French académiste, from académie (“academy”)." ]
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[ "French" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acajou
acajou
[ "noun" ]
[ "Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of cashew." ]
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[ "French", "Other" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
acaleph
acaleph
[ "noun" ]
[ "Borrowed from Latin acalephe, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”)." ]
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[ "Greek", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
acantha
acantha
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)." ]
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[ "Greek" ]
[ "derived" ]
acanthine
acanthine
[ "adj" ]
[ "From Latin acanthinus, from acanthus + English -ine (“relating to”)." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
[ "adj" ]
[ "From acantho- (“having thorns”) + -carpous (“relating to fruit”), from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos) and κᾰρπός (kărpós) respectively." ]
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[ "Greek" ]
[ "derived" ]
acanthopodious
acanthopodious
[ "adj" ]
[ "From Latin acanthopodius. This is the only English word in -podious in the English Wiktionary, as of December 2024." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
[ "noun", "adj" ]
[ "From New Latin, from acanthus (“thorn”), (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos)) + Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion) diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fin”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”)." ]
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[ "Greek", "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
acardiac
acardiac
[ "adj" ]
[ "From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac." ]
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[ "Greek" ]
[ "derived" ]
acaridan
acaridan
[ "noun" ]
[ "From taxonomic name Acaridae + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”). By surface analysis, acarid + -an." ]
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[ "Greek" ]
[ "derived" ]
acarus
acarus
[ "noun" ]
[ "Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”)." ]
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[ "Greek", "Other" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
accend
accend
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English accenden, from Latin accendere (“to kindle”), formed from ad- + candere (“to shine”)." ]
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accensor
accensor
[ "noun" ]
[ "Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin accēnsor, from accendō (“light, kindle”) + -tor (agent noun suffix). Compare accend." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accept
accept
[ "verb", "adj", "noun" ]
[ "First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn." ]
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acceptability
acceptability
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Latin acceptābilitās. By surface analysis, accept + -ability." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acceptable
acceptable
[ "adj", "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English acceptable, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).\nMorphologically accept + -able." ]
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acceptably
acceptably
[ "adv" ]
[ "From Middle English acceptably, equivalent to acceptable + -ly." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
acceptance
acceptance
[ "noun" ]
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acceptation
acceptation
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English acceptacioun, acceptation, from Middle French acceptacion and Late Latin acceptātiō. By surface analysis, accept + -ation." ]
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accepter
accepter
[ "noun" ]
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[ "French" ]
[ "derived" ]
acceptilation
acceptilation
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Latin acceptilatio (“entry of a debt collected, acquittance”), from past participle of accipere (compare accept) + latio (“a carrying”), from latus, past participle of ferre (“to carry”)." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
acception
acception
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English accepcioun, from Middle French accepcion (Modern French acception) and Latin acceptiō, acceptiōnis (“acceptance”). By surface analysis, accept + -ion." ]
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acceptor
acceptor
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English acceptour, from Latin acceptor, with the meanings from accept." ]
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accessary
accessary
[ "noun", "adj" ]
[ "From Middle English accessarie, axcessary, excercary, from Medieval Latin accessārius.", "From Medieval Latin accessārius." ]
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[ "English", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived", "inherited" ]
accessibility
accessibility
[ "noun" ]
[ "From accessible + -ity, after Late Latin accessibilitas, from Latin accessibilis." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
accessible
accessible
[ "adj" ]
[ "First attested in 1400, from French, from Late Latin accessibilis, from accessus, perfect passive participle of accēdō (“approach”), equivalent to access + -ible." ]
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[ "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
acciaccatura
acciaccatura
[ "noun" ]
[ "Borrowed from Italian acciaccatura, from the verb acciaccare (“to crush”)." ]
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[ "Italian" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accidence
accidence
[ "noun" ]
[ "* First attested in the late 14th century.\n* (grammar): First attested in the mid 15th century.\n* From Middle English accidence, accidens, from Latin accidentia (“accidental matters”), from accidēns, present participle of accidere (“to happen”)" ]
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[ "English", "Latin" ]
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accidental
accidental
[ "adj", "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
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accidie
accidie
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English accidie, from Anglo-Norman accidie, Old French accide, accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia, “indifference”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of acedia." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Greek", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
accipient
accipient
[ "noun" ]
[ "Learned borrowing from Latin accipiēns (“receiving”, stem: accipient-), the present active participle of accipiō (“to receive”), whence accept." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accipiter
accipiter
[ "noun" ]
[ "Learned borrowing from Latin accipiter (“hawk”)." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accismus
accismus
[ "noun" ]
[ "Unadapted borrowing from Latin accismus, from Ancient Greek ακκισμός (akkismós, “prudery”)." ]
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[ "Greek", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
accite
accite
[ "verb" ]
[ "Borrowed from Medieval Latin accitō (“summon”), from Classical Latin acciō (“call forth”), formed from ad + cieō (“summon, call”). The sense “excite, induce” is likely from or reinforced by conflation with excite." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
acclamation
acclamation
[ "noun" ]
[ "* First attested in 1541.\n* Borrowed from Latin acclāmātiō, acclāmātiōnis (“calling, exclamation, shout of approval”), from acclamo (“shout approval or disapproval of, shout out at”), from ad (“toward”) + clamo (“cry out”)\n* Compare French acclamation." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acclimatation
acclimatation
[ "noun" ]
[ "From French acclimatation." ]
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[ "French" ]
[ "derived" ]
acclimate
acclimate
[ "verb" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éd\nProto-Italic *ad\nProto-Italic *ad-\nLatin ad-\nOld French a-\nFrench a-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱel-\nProto-Indo-European *-éyti\nProto-Indo-European *ḱley-\nProto-Indo-European *-né-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti\nProto-Hellenic *klíňňō\nAncient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)\nPr...
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[ "French" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acclive
acclive
[ "adj" ]
[ "Learned borrowing from Latin acclīvis." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acclivity
acclivity
[ "noun" ]
[ "First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”)." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
acclivous
acclivous
[ "adj" ]
[ "Latin acclivis and acclivus." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accloy
accloy
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English acloyen, from Old French encloyer, encloer (“to drive in a nail”), from Medieval Latin inclavare, from Latin in- + clavus (“nail”)." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
accolade
accolade
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "First use appears c. 1591 in the publications of Thomas Lodge, borrowed from French accolade, from Occitan acolada (“an embrace”), from acolar (“to embrace”), from Italian accollato, via Vulgar Latin *accollō (“to hug around the neck”), from Latin ad- + collum (“neck”) (English collar) + -āta." ]
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[ "French", "Italian", "Latin", "Other" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
accombination
accombination
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Latin; the first part is equivalent to ad; the second part to combination." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
accommodable
accommodable
[ "adj" ]
[ "From Middle French accomodable." ]
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[ "French" ]
[ "derived" ]
accompt
accompt
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English accompt." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
accordable
accordable
[ "adj" ]
[ "From Middle English acordable, from Anglo-Norman acordable." ]
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[ "English", "French" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
accordant
accordant
[ "adj" ]
[ "From Middle English acordaunt, equivalent to accord + -ant." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
accordingly
accordingly
[ "adv" ]
[ "From Middle English acordingli, equivalent to according + -ly." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
accordion
accordion
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nVulgar Latin *accordāre\nOld French acorder\nMiddle French accorder\nFrench accorder\nFrench accordbor.\nGerman Akkord\nGerman -ion\nGerman Akkordeonbor.\nEnglish accordion\nFirst attested in 1831. Borrowed from German Akkordeon, from Akkord (“harmony”), from French accord, from Old French acorder,...
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[ "French", "German", "Italian" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
accordment
accordment
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English accordement, from Old French acordement." ]
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[ "English", "French" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
accostable
accostable
[ "adj" ]
[ "Originally from French accostable, in later usage partly recoined from accost + -able." ]
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[ "French" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accoucheur
accoucheur
[ "noun" ]
[ "Attested since 1727. Borrowed from French accoucheur, from accoucher (“to go to childbed, be delivered”), from Old French culcher (“to lie”), from Latin collocō (“to place, put, set in order, assign”), from con- + locō (“to put, place, set”). See accouchement." ]
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[ "French", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
accoy
accoy
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Middle French acoyer, from coy (“quiet, calm”). By surface analysis, a- + coy." ]
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[ "French" ]
[ "derived" ]
accresce
accresce
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Latin accrescere. Doublet of accrease. See accrue." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
accroach
accroach
[ "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English acrochen, from Old French acrochier (“to hook in”), from a + croche (“hook”)." ]
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[ "English", "French" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
achene
achene
[ "noun" ]
[ "From French achène and its source, New Latin achena, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape”)." ]
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[ "French", "Greek", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
first name
first name
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English firste name, first nam." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
plural
plural
[ "adj", "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived", "inherited" ]
avatar
avatar
[ "noun", "name" ]
[ "First use appears c. 1784, in The Hindu Wife; or, The Enchanted Fruit, by William Jones. Borrowed from Hindustani अवतार (avtār) / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तॄ (tṝ, “to cross”) (whence त...
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[ "Other", "Sanskrit" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
alien
alien
[ "noun", "adj", "verb", "name" ]
[ "From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.", "Borrowed from Mandarin 阿蓮 (Ālián) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-lien²." ]
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[ "Chinese", "English", "French", "Latin", "Proto-Indo-European" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived", "inherited" ]
definition
definition
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō. Equivalent to define + -ition." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
season
season
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English sesoun, seson (“time of the year”), from Old French seson, saison (“time of sowing, seeding”), from Latin satiō (“act of sowing, planting”) from satum, past participle of serō (“to sow, plant”) from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁- (“to sow, plant”). Akin to Old English sāwan (“to sow”), sǣd (“seed”)...
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[ "borrowed", "derived", "inherited" ]
autumn
autumn
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "Inherited from Middle English autumpne, from Middle French automne, from Old French automne, autonne, from Latin autumnus. Some of the verbal senses are from Latin autumnāre." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
summer
summer
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂-\nProto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-der.\nProto-Germanic *sumaraz\nProto-West Germanic *sumar\nOld English sumor\nMiddle English somer\nEnglish summer\nFrom Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *s...
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[ "derived", "inherited" ]
spring
spring
[ "verb", "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English springen, from Old English springan (“to spring, leap, bounce, sprout forth, emerge, spread out”), from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic *springaną (“to burst forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *spre(n)ǵʰ- (“to move, race, spring”), from *sperǵʰ- (“to hurry”).\nCognates\n* Sate...
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[ "derived", "inherited" ]
haus
Haus
[ "name" ]
[ "From the German and Ashkenazi surname, from the noun Haus (“house”). Compare Hausmann, House." ]
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[ "German" ]
[ "derived" ]
libre
libre
[ "adj", "noun" ]
[ "The obsolete “unconstrained” sense is borrowed from French libre (“at liberty”; “free” as in “clear”, “vacant”, “without obligation”), from Latin līber (“free, unrestricted”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”), whence obsolete English lede (“person(s)”), English leud, and German Leute.\nThe ...
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[ "French", "Latin", "Proto-Indo-European", "Spanish" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
de
de
[ "noun", "prep", "name" ]
[ "Borrowed from Russian дэ (dɛ).", "Borrowed from French de (“of”).", "From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 德 (dé, “virtue, manliness”).", "From Bengali [Term?]." ]
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[ "Chinese", "French", "Other", "Russian" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
color
color
[ "noun", "adj", "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English colour, color, borrowed from Anglo-Norman colur, from Old French colour, color, from Latin color. Doublet of couleur.\nDisplaced English blee, Middle English blee (“color”), from Old English blēo. Also partially replaced Old English hīew (“color”) and its descendants (English hue), which is les...
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
en
en
[ "noun", "prep", "pron" ]
[ "The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.", "From French en.", "From Old English hine." ]
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
het
het
[ "verb", "adj" ]
[ "From Middle English hette (simple past), het (past participle), from Old English hǣtte (simple past), (ġe)hǣted (past participle), conjugations of hǣtan (“to read”); see heat (“to make hot”)." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
van
van
[ "noun", "verb", "name" ]
[ "From Cornish.", "From Turkish Van, from Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van)." ]
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[ "Other" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived" ]
die
die
[ "verb", "noun", "adv" ]
[ "From Middle English deyen, probably from Old Norse deyja, from Proto-Germanic *dawjaną (“to die”). Displaced native Old English sweltan, whence Modern English swelt, and Old English steorfan, whence modern starve.", "From Middle English dee, from Old French de (Modern French dé), from Latin datum, from datus (“g...
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[ "borrowed", "derived", "inherited" ]
in
in
[ "prep", "verb", "adv", "noun", "adj" ]
[ "PIE word\n *h₁en\nPreposition and verb from Middle English in, from Old English in, from Proto-Germanic *in.\nAdverb, noun and adjective from Middle English in, from Old English inn and inne, from Proto-Germanic *innai.\nSense 1/2 \"in\"/\"into\" are from the original PIE prefix, with locative/accusative case resp...
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[ "English", "Proto-Germanic" ]
[ "inherited" ]
lens
lens
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nLatin lēns\nArabic عَدْسَة (ʕadsa)sl.\nMedieval Latin lēnsbor.\nEnglish lens\nBorrowed from Latin lēns (“lentil”), with Medieval Latin later taking on the sense of “lens”, a semantic loan from Arabic عَدْسَة (ʕadsa, “lentil; optic lens”); the similar shape is the common factor." ]
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[ "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
whatever
whatever
[ "noun", "det", "pron", "adv", "intj", "adj" ]
[ "From Middle English whatever. By surface analysis, what + ever." ]
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[ "English" ]
[ "inherited" ]
transvestite
transvestite
[ "noun" ]
[ "Borrowed from Latin trāns + vestītus, form of vestiō (“to clothe, to dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a \"cross-dresser\". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older)." ]
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[ "German", "Latin" ]
[ "borrowed" ]
debt
debt
[ "noun" ]
[ "From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“to owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“to have”). Doublet o...
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[ "English", "French", "Latin" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
orange
orange
[ "noun", "adj", "verb", "name" ]
[ "Etymology tree\n▲\nItalian melaranciacalq.\nOld French Orengeinflu.\n▲\nOld Occitan auranjainflu.\nOld French pomme d'orenge\nOld French orenge\nMiddle French orangebor.\nMiddle English orenge\nEnglish orange\nInherited from Middle English orenge, orange, from Old French pome orenge (“fruit orange”), influenced by...
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[ "Arabic", "English", "French", "Latin", "Other", "Sanskrit" ]
[ "borrowed", "derived", "inherited" ]
seven
seven
[ "num", "noun" ]
[ "PIE word\n *septḿ̥\nFrom Middle English seven, from Old English seofon (“seven”), from Proto-West Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (“seven”), from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ (“seven”).\nCognate with Scots seiven (“seven”), West Frisian sân (“seven”), Saterland Frisian soogen (“seven”), Low Ge...
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[ "English", "Proto-Germanic", "Proto-Indo-European" ]
[ "inherited" ]
premature
premature
[ "adj", "noun" ]
[ "From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica." ]
[ { "mechanism": "derived", "source_language": "Latin", "source_code": "la", "source_term": "praemātūrus", "template": "der", "detail": "Latin praemātūrus" } ]
[ "Latin" ]
[ "derived" ]
birth
birth
[ "noun", "adj", "verb" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰer-\nProto-Indo-European *-tis\nProto-Indo-European *bʰértisder.\nProto-Germanic *burþiz\nOld Norse burðrbor.\nMiddle English birthe\nEnglish birth\nFrom Middle English birthe (1250), from earlier burthe, burde, from Old Norse burðr, byrd (Old Swedish byrth, Swedish börd), re...
[ { "mechanism": "inherited", "source_language": "English", "source_code": "enm", "source_term": "birthe", "template": "inh", "detail": "Middle English birthe" }, { "mechanism": "derived", "source_language": "Old Norse", "source_code": "non", "source_term": "burðr", "te...
[ "English", "Old Norse", "Proto-Germanic", "Proto-Indo-European" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
accord
accord
[ "noun", "verb" ]
[ "From Middle English accord, from Old French acort, from acorder (see verb below).", "From Middle English accorden, acorden, borrowed from Old French acorder (compare modern French accord and accorder), from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, from Latin concordāre via prefix substitution (with Latin ad-), ultimately from P...
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[ "English", "French", "Latin", "Proto-Indo-European" ]
[ "derived", "inherited" ]
wolf
wolf
[ "noun", "verb", "name" ]
[ "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós?\nProto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos\nProto-Germanic *wulfaz\nProto-West Germanic *wulf\nOld English wulf\nMiddle English wolf\nEnglish wolf\nInherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Pro...
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[ "English", "German", "Proto-Germanic", "Proto-Indo-European" ]
[ "borrowed", "inherited" ]