Etymologie, Etimología, Étymologie, Etimologia, Etymology, (griech.) etymología, (lat.) etymologia, (esper.) etimologio
US Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Estados Unidos de América, États-Unis d'Amérique, Stati Uniti d'America, United States of America, (esper.) Unuigintaj Statoj de Ameriko
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What follows is list of some curious word origins. Some of these are English, but some are French and German words from which we get some English words. Enjoy, and please let me know if you know of any other cool etymologies that I ought to add to the list!
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- Abacus
- Allegory
- Apple (Eng.)/ Pomme (Fr.) / Manzana (Sp.)
- Apricot
- Addict
- Alarm
- Alcohol
- Algebra
- Algorithm
- Appendix
- Assassin
- Asthma
- Avocado
- Ballot
- Barbarian
- Bead
- Beserk
- Big Apple
- Biscuit
- Boat
- Boudoir
- Boulevard
- Bucolic
- Bulimia
- Butcher; Boucher (French); Beccaio (old Italian)
- Cab (as in, Taxicab)
- Calculate
- Cantelope
- Cantar (Spanish) To Sing
- Carnival
- Catharsis
- Candidate
- Casarse (Spanish, to marry)
- Cell
- Cerveza (Spanish) Beer
- Chapel
- Chaos and Chasm
- Champion; and Campus
- Charlatan
- Cheers
- Chocolate
- Cider
- Claim
- Coffee and Croissant
- Conejo (Spanish) Rabbit
- Coward
- Companion; Compañero (Spanish); Copain (French) Companion
- Cravate (French);Krawatte (German); Corbata (Spanish) Tie
- Cretin
- Cup
- Currant
- Daisy
- Debonair
- Deer
- Demon (German and English)
- Denim
- Derive
- Deutsch (German for German)
- Dexterity
- Dibbs
- Dollar
- Elite
- Escape
- Exchequer
- Faro (Spanish) Lighthouse
- Fegato (Italian) Liver
- Feo (Spanish) Ugly
- Forest
- Fowl
- Freedom
- Fromage (French); Formage (Medieval French); Formaggio (Italian) cheese
- Gehen (German) To go
- Genuine
- Gewissen (German) Conscience
- Gift
- Gin; Ginebra (Spanish); Genievre (French)
- Gorilla
- Groggy
- Guapo (Spanish) Handsome
- Gymnasium
- Hablar (Spanish) To Speak
- Hazard
- Heresy
- Hierarchy
- Home
- Host, Hospital, Hostel, Hospice, Hospitable, Hospitality
- Humor
- Husband
- Idea, Ideal, Idol
- Incentive
- Jeans
- Kampf (German) Struggle
- Ketchup
- Kike -- a vulgar, offensive word for a Jew
- Knave
- Knight
- Kopf (German) Head
- Languedoc (region in Southern France)
- Lemon (Eng.); Limón (Sp.); Citron (Fr.); Zitrone (Germ.); Cytryna (Pol.); Citrom (Hung.)
- Lettuce; and Leche (Spanish) Milk
- Liberty
- Library
- Liebe (German) Love
- Light; and Licht (German) Light
- Lindo (Spanish) Beautiful
- Lobster
- Lord
- Lucifer
- Lukewarm
- Madera (Spanish) Wood
- Malaria
- Mayonnaise
- Marcher (French) To Walk
- Mark (German) The German unit of currency (pre-Euro)
- Mistress
- Money
- Mound; and Monde (French), Mundo (Spanish) World
- Muscle
- Museum, Mosaic
- Mustard (Eng.) / Moutarde (Fr.)/ Mostrich (N. Germ. dialect)/ Mostarda (It.)/ Mostaza (Sp.)
- Nacht (German) Night
- Nauseau, Navigate
- Nemesis
- Nice
- Noon
- Nostril
- Occasion
- October
- Office
- Ojalá (Spanish) "I hope [that...]"
- Old; and Alt (German) Old
- Omlette
- Opportunity
- Orange (Eng.); Orange (Fr.); Naranja (Sp.); Arancia (It.)
- Ostracize
- Pagan
- Palaver
- Parlement (French) Parliament
- Parler (French) To Speak
- Pavilion
- Pay
- Pedigree
- Peach
- Pecuniary
- Pearl
- Pineapple (Eng.); Piña (Sp.); Nana (Fr.); Ananas (Germ.)
- Pedestrian
- Planet
- Porcelain (French) Porcelaine
- Potato (Eng.); Patata (Castilian Sp.); Papa (S. American Sp.); Cartoufle (16th.-cent. Fr.); Kartoffel (Germ.); Kartopfel (Russian; Pomme de terre (modern Fr.--"Earth apple"); Erdaepfel (Aust. Germ.--"Earth apple")
- Prom
- Propina (Spanish; Tip)
- Pseudo-
- Queen
- Quintessential
- Regret
- Reise (German) Travel
- Rich
- Right
- Robot
- Rodent
- Romance
- Rum
- Saffron
- Sanction
- Salad; Salade (French); Ensalada (Spanish)
- Salary; Salt
- Schlaf (German) Sleep
- Scapegoat
- Scream
- Scruples
- Search; Circus
- Senator
- Second
- Silly
- Sinister
- Sherry; and Jerez (Spanish)
- Slave
- Sleazy
- Slogan
- Soleil (French) and Solell (Catalan) Sun
- Soup; Soupe (French); Sopa (Spanish); Zuppa (Italian)
- Starve
- Spill
- Stool
- Strawberry (Eng.); Fraise (Fr.); Fresa (Sp.)/ Fragola (It.); Erdbeer (Germ.--"earth berry"); Eper (Hung.)
- Suede
- Sugar; Candy; Caramel
- Sweet
- Sycophant
- Tag (German) Day
- Tarjeta (Spanish) Card
- Tennis
- Tête (French) Head
- Thermostat
- Third Degree
- Thesis
- Threshold
- Tide and Time
- Tilde (The ~ mark in Spanish and Portuguese); Title
- Tomato (Eng.); Tomate (Sp.); Pomodoro (It.)
- Trabajar (Spanish); Travailler (French); Trabalhar (Portugues) Work
- Travel
- Trivia
- Tsar or Czar
- Tyranny
- Umpire
- Usted (Spanish) You (formal)
- Utopia
- Viande (French) Meat; and Vivir (Spanish) To Live
- Victim
- Villain
- Vinegar
- Walk
- Wedding
- Weird
- Welt (German) World
- Werewolf (German and English)
- Whiskey (Ireland); Whisky (Scotland)
- Window
- Wine
- Wit
- Witness
- Woman
- Work; and Werk (German) Work; Warm; Worm; and Wurst
- Worm
- Yankee
- Zeit (German) Time
- Zero
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