edd.
Short for Latin ediderunt (“they have published”).
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From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.
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From a West African language.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éti Proto-Germanic *idi- Proto-West Germanic *id- Old English ed- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Germanic *ahwō Proto-West Germanic *ahu Old English ēa Old English edēa Middle Eng
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From New Latin oedēma, from Ancient Greek οἴδημα (oídēma, “swelling”), from οἰδέω (oidéō, “I swell”).
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From Middle English egge, from Old English eċġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See also Dutch egge, German Ecke, Danish æg, Norwegian Bokmål, Norweg
1 source section · 14 relationship mentionsedged
From Middle English egged, from Old English ecged; equivalent to edge + -ed.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsedgel
Blend of edge + pixel.
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Etymology tree English edge Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P
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From Scots edgy.
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From edge + -y. Compare German eckig (“angular, edgy”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsedict
From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsedify
From Old French edifier (“to build, to edify”), from Latin aedificare (“build”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti P
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsedtwt
From ED (“eating disorder”) + -twt.
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Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionseduct
Compare educe, induct, Latin eductor (“tutor”).
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From Cantonese 噫 (ji², interjection).
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Hiberno-English and Scottish English pronunciation of idiot.
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Imitative
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From Middle English el (“eel”), from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl (“eel”), from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal
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From eel + -er.
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From eel + -y.
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Common spelling of even in nonstandard orthographies based on spoken African American English. Final -m indicates the nasalization of the preceding vowel.
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From a contraction of even.
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Shortened from eensy-weensy.
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Possibly from teeny weeny.
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Imitative.
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepycl
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From Middle English eri (“fearful”), from Old English earg (“cowardly, fearful”), from Proto-West Germanic *arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Akin to Scots ergh, argh from the same Old English source. Doublet of argh.
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Pronunciation spelling of is, representing Latino- or French-accented English.
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A pronunciation spelling of ET (“extraterrestrial”).
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From the name of the letter f (see etymology 1), the initial letter of fuck. Compare pee.
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Respelling of /fa/, 4chan fashion imageboard.
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From eff (“fuck”) + -er.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordefold
From e + fold.
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From Middle English evete, from Old English efete, of unknown origin.
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A modification of by God.
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From ye gods.
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From Middle English egal, from Old French egal, igal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of equal and aequalis.
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From Latin ēgestus, the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“to carry, bear, or bring out or away; to discharge”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsegg
The noun is derived from Middle English eg, egg, egge (“egg of a domestic or wild fowl; egg of a snake”) [and other forms] (originally Northern England and Northeast Midlands), from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto-Germ
3 source sections · 107 relationship mentionseggah
From Egyptian Arabic عِجّة (ʕegga), from Arabic عُجَّة (ʕujja), from ع ج ج (ʕ j j) meaning "to be overcrowded or jammed pack", as the meal is typically packed or stuffed with chop-meat and/or various vegetable fillings.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionseggar
Alteration of egger, in reference to the shape of this moth's cocoon.
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Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰowgʰ-o-sder. Proto-Germanic *baugaz Proto-West Germanic *baug Old High German boug Middle High German boucder. Yiddish בייגל (beygl)bor. Engl
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Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Pr
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From egg + -ie.
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Etymology tree English egg Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English eggy From egg + -y.
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Borrowed from Japanese 餌木 (egi).
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Borrowed from Japanese エギング (egingu), a Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from 餌木 (egi) + -ing.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ Proto-Italic *egō Archaic Latin eco Latin egobor. English ego Borrowed from Latin ego (“I”). Chosen by Freud’s translator as a translation of his use of German Ich as a noun for t
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsego-
From Latin ego (“I”).
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From ego + -ed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂ Proto-Italic *egō Archaic Latin eco Latin egobor. English ego Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic E
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From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman egret, aigrette (“egret”), from Old Occitan aigreta, diminutive of aigron (“heron”), from Medieval Latin hairo, from Frankish *haigro (“heron”). Cognate with Old High German heigaro
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsegusi
From Yoruba ẹ̀gúsí.
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Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”). The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.
5 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsehevi
From Hebrew אֶהֱוִ״י (ehevi).
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From Eid.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionseider
From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.
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Borrowed from Persian عِیدِی (īdī / eydi).
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Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos, “species”)
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Borrowed from Hebrew עֵדוּת.
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PIE word *oḱtṓw Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight From Middle English eighte, aught, eahte, ahte, from Old Eng
3 source sections · 36 relationship mentionseigne
From Middle English eigne, ayne, from Old French aisné, ainsné, from ainz (“before”) + né (“born”). Compare esnecy.
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See eld.
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Borrowed from Afrikaans eina, from the Khoekhoe people of the Kalahari Desert: é + ná.
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Coined by Christine M. Elverson by removing "th" from their.
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From eir + 's, or by removing th from theirs.
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From Okinawan エイサー.
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Inherited from Middle English aisel, eisel, from Old French aisil, eisil (“vinegar”), from Vulgar Latin *acētillum, a diminutive of Latin acētum (“vinegar”). Compare Cornish aysel and Welsh aesel.
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From Afrikaans.
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From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).
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From Mandarin 阿膠 /阿胶 (ējiāo).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordejido
Borrowed from Mexican Spanish ejido, from Latin exitus (“departure”), an early borrowing from Latin. Doublet of exit and exitus.
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From Malay ijuk.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynosder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háykas Sanskrit एक (eka)bor. English eka- Borrowed from Sanskrit एक (eka, “one, first”).
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From Hawaiian ʻēkaha.
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The noun is derived from Middle English eke (“addition, increase, enlargement”), from Old English ēaca, from Proto-Germanic *aukô, from *aukaną (“to increase, add, enlarge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (
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From eke + -er.
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Borrowed from Japanese 駅(えき) (eki).
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From Middle English *eking, *eching, deverbal of eken (“to increase, add”), equivalent to eke + -ing. More at eke.
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From Japanese えきり.
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Borrowed from Hindi एक्का (ekkā).
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From exercise + -er (“Oxford -er”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordel
From Middle English, from Old English el, from Latin el (the name of the letter L).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsel-
See en- § Etymology.
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Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more. Doublet of elk.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionselate
From Middle English elat, elate, from Latin ēlātus (“exalted, lofty”), perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionselayl
Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil, oil”) + -yl. So called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionelbow
From Middle English elbowe (“elbow”), from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell + bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”
1 source section · 16 relationship mentionselchi
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ēlči, from *ēl (“realm, country”) + *-či (profession suffix), via Ottoman Turkish ایلچی (elçi) or Azerbaijani ایلچی (elçi), or via Hindustani एलची (elcī) / ایلْچی (elcī) through Classical Pe
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionseld
From Middle English elde, from Old English ieldu, eldo, ieldo (“age, period of time; period; time of life, years; mature or old age, eld; an age of the world, era, epoch”), from Proto-West Germanic *aldī, from Proto-Germ
1 source section · 13 relationship mentionselden
From eld + -en (“to become”). Compare Middle English elden, ealdien (“to age, grow older”). More at eld.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionselder
From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.
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Clipping of elephant.
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Borrowed from Latin ēlēctus, past participle of ēligō (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ē- (“out”) + legō (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend. Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rathe
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionselegy
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionseles
Clipping of elephant.
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From French élève.
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Clipping of election + -x (abbreviation marker).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *albʰósder. Proto-Germanic *albiz Proto-West Germanic *albi Old English ielf Middle English elf English elf From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic
3 source sections · 16 relationship mentionselfen
From elf + -en. Compare elfin, elven.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelfic
From elf + -ic. Piecewise doublet of elfy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelfie
From elf + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelfin
From Middle English elven, from Old English elfen, ælfen (“nymph, spirit, fairy”), feminine of elf, ælf (“elf”), equivalent to elf + -in. Cognate with Middle High German elbinne (“a fairy, nymph”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionselfy
From elf + -y. Piecewise doublet of elfic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelhi
Clipped compound.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelide
From Latin ēlīdō (“to knock, dash or strike out”), from ex- (“out, away”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence e- (“assimilated form of ex-”)).
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Blend of else + if.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordelite
From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionselk
From Middle English elk, from Old English eolc, eolh (“elk”), from Proto-West Germanic *elh, from Proto-Germanic *elhaz, *algiz (“elk”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱis, *h₁ólḱis, variant of *h₁elh₁én, from *h₁el- (“de
1 source section · 19 relationship mentionsell
From Middle English elle, elne, from Old English eln (“the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger; a unit of measure”), from Proto-West Germanic *alinu, from Proto-Germanic *alinō, from Prot
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From Middle English elne, ellen, from Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, power, courag
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From Middle English elme, elm, from Old English elm, from Proto-West Germanic *elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”). See also dialectal Low German Elm, dialectal German Ilm,
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionselmen
From Middle English elmen, elmyn, equivalent to elm + -en (“made or consisting of”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordelmy
From elm + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelne
From Middle English elnen, from Old English elnian (“to emulate, endeavor to be equal, be zealous, strive with zeal after another, make strong, strengthen, comfort oneself, gain strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *allj
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From French éloge, from Latin ēlogium. Doublet of elogy.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionselogy
From Latin ēlogium. Doublet of elogium.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordelon
From a trade name, presumably a shortened form of the chemical name.
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See eloign, elongate.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂unt- Proto-Germanic *unþa- Proto-West Germanic *unþa- Proto-Indo-European *klewb-der. Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan Proto-West G
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionselote
Borrowed from Spanish elote (“fresh ear of corn”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordelrig
Back slang for girl.
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From Middle English ells, elles, from Old English elles (“other, otherwise, different”), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (“of another, of something else”), genitive of *aljaz (“other”), from
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From Middle English elsen, elsyn, alsene (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old Dutch *elisna, *alasna, from Proto-West Germanic *alisnu, *alasnu, from Prot
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionselsin
From Middle English aslen, elsen (“an awl or some other pointed instrument or tool”), either from Middle Dutch elsene, alsene, from Old High German alansa, from Proto-Germanic *alasnō, or from an unrecorded Old English f
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From Middle English elten (“to mold, knead, work”), from Old Norse elta (“to chase, hunt, knead”), from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive, move, go”). Cognat
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionseluct
Back-formation from ineluctable.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordelude
From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordelute
First attested in 1731. Borrowed from Latin ēlūtus, from the verb ēluō (“to wash away”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionselvan
From a Cornish word, perhaps Cornish elven, elvan (“spark”) because the hard rock could be struck to spark fire.
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Obsolete form of elf.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionselven
PIE word *albʰós Learned borrowing from Middle English elve, elven (“(also attributively) elf or fairy of either sex”) [and other forms], from Old English elfen, ælfen, ielfen (“female elf”), from elf, ælf, ielf (“elf”)
3 source sections · 7 relationship mentionselver
Variant of eelfare, originally "brood of young eels", from Middle English *elfare, *elvare, from el (“eel”) + fare (“group of journeyers”). Equivalent to eel + fare. Liberman instead connects the second element of this w
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionselæon
From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordem
Attested since 1808. In typography, the em is named after the em quadrat (later called em quad), from m quadrat, a metal type used in letterpress typesetting, which is as wide as the point size of the font.
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See en- § Etymology.
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Derived from Japanese 絵馬 (ema).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordemaho
From Tibetan ཨེ་མ་ཧོཿ (e ma hoḥ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEtymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁é
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From Japanese 絵巻 (emaki, “picture scroll”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordembar
From Middle French embarrer, from barre (“bar”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordembay
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English bay English embay From em- + bay (“bathe”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- Proto-Germanic *badją Proto-West Germanic *badi Old English bedd Middle English bed
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From Middle English embre, eymbre, aymer, eymere, emeri, from Old English ǣmyrġe, from Proto-West Germanic *aimuʀjā, from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, a compound of *aimaz + *uzjǭ. The latter is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e
2 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsembog
From em- + bog.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordembow
From em- + bow.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordembox
From em- + box.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordembus
From em- + bus. Coined following the mass requisition by the British Army of London buses as troop carriers in World War I.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsemcee
Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordeme
From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsemeff
Minced oath of motherfucker based on the names of the initial letters of its elements, equivalent to the phonetic respelling of the initialism MF. First attested in the 1960s.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Pro
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From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“to free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsemerg
Clipping of emergency.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordemery
From French émeri, from Old French esmeril, from Italian smeriglio.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsemic
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-E
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-E
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From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsemirp
prime spelled backwards.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordemit
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-I
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsemma
From Emma.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordemmer
First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsemmet
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā Old English ǣmete Middle English ampte English emmet From Middle English ampte, amte, amete, amote, ante, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte, from Old English ǣmete, ǣmette, ǣmy
1 source section · 15 relationship mentionsemmew
Alteration of earlier immew.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordemo
Clipping of emotional. Compound emocore first attested in 1986. Word emo first attested in 1988. Generally used as an umbrella term.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsemoji
Etymology tree Middle Chinese 繪 (hwajH)bor. Japanese 絵 (e) Middle Chinese 文字 (mjun dziH)bor. Japanese 文字 (monji) Japanese 文字 (moji) Japanese 絵文字 (emoji)bor. English emoji Borrowed from Japanese 絵文字(えもじ) (emoji), from 絵(え
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionemote
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Pro
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsemove
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French esmouvoir, from classical Latin ēmoveō; see emotion.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordempid
Clipping of Empidonax.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordempl
Abbreviation
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordempty
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōt
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsemu
Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; rhea bird”).
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordemule
From French émuler. See emulate.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordemys
From the translingual genus name Emys and its etymon, the Classical Latin emys, from the Ancient Greek ἐμύς (emús).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsen
The name of the letter comes from Latin en. The typographic sense dates to 1793.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsen-
From Middle English en- (“en-, in-”). Originally from Old French en- (also an-), from Latin in- (“in, into”) and Frankish *in-, *int-, *anda-; but also from an alteration of in-, from Middle English in-, from Old English
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsenact
From Middle English enacten, from en-, from Old French en- (“to cause to be”), from Latin in- (“in”) and Old French acte (“perform, do”), from Latin actum, past participle of ago (“set in motion”).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsenarm
From en- + arm.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordenate
From Latin ēnātus.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordenban
Blend of enby + man + woman.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordenby
The noun is a pronunciation spelling of NB, an initialism of non-binary. The word was coined by the Tumblr user “revolutionator” in 2013 as “an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls”: see the quotation. The adjectiv
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsencik
From Malay encik, from Hokkien 引叔 (ín-chek, “uncle”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordend
From Middle English ende, from Old English ende, from Proto-West Germanic *andī, from Proto-Germanic *andijaz (“end”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos (“forehead; front”), from *h₂ent- (“face; forehead; front”), from
2 source sections · 74 relationship mentionsend-
From the Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordender
From Middle English endere, ender; equivalent to end (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionendie
Based on formations like yuppie etc. Coined by UK political adviser Charles R. Leadbeater in 2014.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordendif
From end + if.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordendly
From Middle English endly, endely (“final”), equivalent to end + -ly. Compare Dutch eindelijk (“final”), German endlich (“final”), Middle High German endelīch (“final”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsendo
Originally used to refer to the bottom tips of the marijuana plant which accumulate the most resin and crystals after being hung to dry, probably from end + -o.
4 source sections · 1 relationship mentionendo-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- From Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionendow
From Late Middle English endowen, endouen, enduen, indouen, indw (“to provide with assets, a livelihood, or privileges; to bestow, grant; (figuratively) to favour; to endow”), from Anglo-Norman endouer, from Old French e
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsendue
From both of the following: * Chiefly sense 1: Late Middle English induen (“to clothe (someone); to assume or take on (an appearance)”), from Latin induere, the present active infinitive of induō (“to put on (clothes, et
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsendz
Sensational spelling with -z.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordenema
Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionenemy
From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English fend (“enemy”), from Old English
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsenew
From Old French enewer; see en- and compare modern French eau (“water”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordeng
Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz. No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, s
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