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evoke

From French évoquer, from Latin ēvocō (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and vocō (“call”). Akin to voice.

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ew

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

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From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Cognates See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch oo

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ewedu

From Yoruba ewédú.

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ewer

From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium.

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ewery

Inherited from Middle English ewerie; by surface analysis, ewer (“jug”) + -y (suffix forming a location).

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ewt

See newt.

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ewte

Dialectal variant from Middle English yuten, yutten, ȝhutten, yhoten, from Old English ġēotan (“to pour”), Proto-West Germanic *geutan, from Proto-Germanic *geutaną (“to flow, run, pour”). More at yete.

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ewwie

From eww + -ie.

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ewwy

From ew + -y.

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ex

From Latin ex.

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ex-

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- From Middle English, from words

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exa-

From Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”), for the sixth order of 10³, analogous to tera-.

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exact

From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).

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exalt

From Middle English exalten, from Old French exalter, from Latin exaltō.

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exaop

From exa- + op.

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exbi-

Blend of exa- + binary.

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excel

From Middle English excellen, from Old French exceller, from Latin excellere, excelsum; ex (“out”) + *cellō, an unattested verb root found in culmen (“height, top”); Compare French exceller. See also culminate, column.

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exco

From the initial syllables.

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excur

From Latin excurro.

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exe

Clipping of executable.

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exeat

Borrowed from Latin exeat, third-person singular subjunctive of exeō (“depart”) used as an impersonal imperative, literally “let him go forth”.

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exec

Clipping of executive.

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exect

See exsect.

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exeme

From Latin eximĕre.

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exert

From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch or thrust forth or out”), from ex- + serō (“to string together”).

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exes

Backslang for six

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exgod

From ex- + god.

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exhib

Clipping.

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exile

From Middle English exil, borrowed from Old French essil, exil, from Latin exsilium, exilium (“state of exile”), derived from exsul, exul (“exiled person”).

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exine

From German Exine, from Latin ex- + German -ine.

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exist

From French exister, from Latin existō, exsistō (“I am, I exist, appear, arise”), from ex (“out”) + sistere (“to set, place”) (related to stare (“to stand, to be stood”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti,

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exit

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin exitusd

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exite

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English ex(o)- Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Gre

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exlex

Borrowed from Latin exlēx.

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exmo

Shortened form of ex- + Mormon.

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exo-

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- From Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer; external”).

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exode

From Latin exodium, from Ancient Greek ἐξόδιον (exódion).

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exodi

Formed on a common assumption that the -us of Latin exodus was a second-declension case ending.

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exome

From exon + -ome.

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exon

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

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exord

From Latin exordium.

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expat

Clipping of expatriate.

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expel

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

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exply

Back-formation from explicit, compare with implicit–imply.

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expo

Clipping of exposition.

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expy

From a clipping of exported character + -y. Coined by TV Tropes in 2006.

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ext

Abbreviation.

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extol

Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”).

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extra

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā Proto-Indo-Europea

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extro

From intro; see in- and ex-.

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exude

Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.

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exult

From Middle French exulter, from Latin exsultō, frequentative of exsiliō (“jump up”), from ex- + saliō (“jump, leap”).

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exurb

Blend of extra + urban.

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exy

Shortened from expensive + -y.

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ey

Etymology tree Old English ǣġ Middle English ey English ey Inherited from Middle English ey, ei, from Old English ǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“

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ey up

Possibly from Old Norse; compare Swedish se upp (“watch out”). By surface analysis, ey + up, ay + up or eh + up.

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eyas

Rebracketing of a nyas as an eyas.

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eye

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English

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eyed

From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.

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eyely

From Middle English ely, eiȝely, equivalent to eye + -ly.

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eyen

From Middle English eyen, iȝen (plural of eie, besides rarer eyes), from Old English ēagan (nominative plural of ēage), from Proto-West Germanic *augōn (nominative plural of *augā), from Proto-Germanic *augōnō (nominativ

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eyer

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- P

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eyeth

eye + -eth

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eyot

From Middle English eyt, eit, from Old English īġeoþ, īgoþ, iggaþ, iggoþ (“ait, eyot, islet, small island”), diminutive of īġ, ēġ, īeġ (“island”) (whence English ey (“island”)) which also constitutes the first element of

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eyra

Native South American name.

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eyre

From Middle English eire, from Old French erre (“journey, march, way”), from Latin iter, itineris (“a going, way”), from the root of ire (“to go”). Compare errant, itinerant, issue.

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eyren

From Middle English eyren, alteration of earlier eyre (“eggs”), from Old English ǣġru (“eggs”), plural of ǣġ (“egg”), equivalent to ey + -ren. Compare Dutch eieren (“eggs”), German Eier (“eggs”).

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eyrie

From Middle English eire, aire, from Old French aire or Medieval Latin aeria. Old French aire, in the sense of an eagle's nest, may have derived from Latin ager, or may less likely be related to the other senses, ultimat

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eyrir

From Icelandic eyrir. Doublet of aureus, öre, øre, and oyra.

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eyyy

From an elongated form of hey, usually chanted on hip-hop tracks as a form of hype generation. See also ay (“all right; hooray; cool”).

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ezafe

Borrowed from Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe), from Classical Persian اِضَافَه (izāfa), from Arabic إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa). Doublet of ʾiḍāfa.

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ezba

From Arabic عِزْبَة (ʕizba).

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eze

Borrowed from Igbo eze.

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ezâfe

Borrowed from Iranian Persian اِضافِه (ezâfe); see ezafe for more.

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f

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

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f.

The "and the following" sense is derived from an abbreviation of Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”).

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fCT

From f- + CT.

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fMRI

From f- + MRI.

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fNIRS

From f- + NIRS.

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fPET

From f- + PET.

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fa

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”)

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fab

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti Proto-Italic *fāōr Latin for, fā- Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bula Latin fābula Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto

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fabbo

From fab + -o.

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fabby

Etymology tree Latin fābulōsusder. Middle English fabulous English fabulousclip. English fab Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fab

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fabe

Probably an expansion of fab.

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fabid

From Latin faba + -id.

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fable

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula.

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faboo

Abbreviation of fabulous.

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fac

Clipping of factotum.

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face

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s Proto-Ital

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facey

Apparently from face + -y. Attested slightly later than facety. Uncertain whether connected with earlier facy (“insolent, impudent”).

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facie

From face + -ie.

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fack

From Middle English *fak, fec, fæc (“space, compartment”), from Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; period of five years, lustrum”), from Proto-West Germanic *fak, from Proto-Germanic *faką (“divi

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facon

Blend of fake + bacon.

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fact

From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimat

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facty

From fact + -y. Doublet of factic.

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fad

Of English dialectal origin. Further origin obscure. Possibly from Old English ġefæd (“order, decorum”) (compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy”), fadian, ġefadian (“to set in order, arrange”), whence Middle English f

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fada

Borrowed from Irish fada (“long”).

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faddy

Etymology tree English fad Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English faddy From fad + -y.

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fade

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Lati

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fader

Etymology tree English fade 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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fadge

Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring t

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fado

From Portuguese fado (“fate”), from Latin fātum. Doublet of fate.

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fady

From fade + -y.

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fae

From Old French fae, from Medieval Latin fāda. The use of the pronoun appears c. 2013.

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faena

Borrowed from Spanish faena. Doublet of hacienda and fazenda.

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faer

From fae by analogy with the object and genitive pronoun her.

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faers

From faer + -s by analogy with hers.

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faex

Borrowed from Latin faex.

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fafda

From Gujarati ફાફડા (phāphḍā).

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faff

Originally imitative of wind or puffs of air (see verb senses "to blow in puffs", "to move with a puff of air"). The noun is formed from the verb by conversion.

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faffy

From faff (about) + -y.

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fag

Probably from fag end (“remnant”), from Middle English fagge (“flap”).

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faggy

Etymology tree English faggotclip. English fag Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English faggy From fag + -y.

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fagmo

Blend of fag + homo.

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fagot

Most likely from Italian fagotto, from Latin fascis.

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fah

An anglicised spelling of fa.

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fail

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el-der. Proto-Italic *falsō? Classical Latin fallere Vulgar Latin *fallīre Old French falirbor. Middle English failen English fail Inherited from Middle English failen, borrowe

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fain

From Middle English fain (“enjoyable, pleasing; fond of; glad, pleased; good, suitable; happy, joyful”), from Old English fægen (“happy, joyful, fain”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagan (“glad”), from Proto-Germanic *faga

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faine

See fane.

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fains

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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faint

Etymology tree Latin fingere Old French faindre /feindre Old French faint /feint Middle English faynt /feynt English faint From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; neglig

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fair

From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach, join; ag

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fairy

From Middle English faierie, fairie, from Old French faerie, from fae (from Latin fāta (“goddess of fate”)) + -erie. Equivalent to fay + -ry. Attested in English from about 1330, in King Alisaunder, first in the sense of

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faith

From Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidem. Doublet of foy. Displaced native Old English ġelēafa, which was also a word for belief. * Old French had [θ] as a final devoiced

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faja

Etymology tree Latin fascia Aragonese faixabor. Spanish fajabor. English faja Borrowed from Spanish faja (“corset”), from Aragonese faixa, inherited from Latin fascia. Doublet of fajita, fascia, and fess.

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fajr

Borrowed from Arabic فَجْر (fajr, “dawn”).

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fake

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), i

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faken

From fake + -en.

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faker

Etymology tree English feak? English feague? English fake Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Prot

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fakey

From fake + -y.

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fakie

From fake + -ie?

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fakir

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr, “poor man”).

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faky

From fake + -y.

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falda

From Italian falda, from Lombardic *falda, from Proto-Germanic *faldō, *falþō, related to Middle High German falde, falte (“a fold”). More at English fold.

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fall

Verb from Middle English fallen, from Old English feallan (“to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallan (“to fall”), from Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃elh₁- (

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fallo

Etymology tree Spanish fallardeverb. Spanish fallobor. English fallo Borrowed from Spanish fallo.

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fals

From Arabic فَلْس (fals), from Aramaic פילס / ܦܠܣ / פולסא / ܦܘܠܣܐ (/⁠fuləsā, filas⁠/), from Ancient Greek φόλλις (phóllis), from Latin follis. Doublet of follis and fool.

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false

From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced

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falsy

From false + -y, to be an antonym to truthy.

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faltu

Borrowed from Hindi फालतू (phāltū, “useless, unnecessary”).

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falx

From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

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fam

Abbreviations * (family, term of endearment): Clipping of family * (familiarization): Clipping of familiarization

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fame

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂meh₂ Proto-Italic *fāmā Latin fāmabor. Old French famebor. Middle English fame English fame From Middle English fame, from Old French fame (“celebr

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famed

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂meh₂ Proto-Italic *fāmā Latin fāmabor. Old French famebor. Middle English fame English fame Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Old English -ed Proto-Ind

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famil

Shortened from familiarisation.

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fan

Inherited from Middle English fan, inherited from Old English fann (“a winnowing, fan”), derived from Latin vannus (“fan for winnowing grain”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognates * Latin vent

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fanac

Shortened fan + activity.

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fanal

Borrowed from French fanal, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).

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fanam

From Malayalam പണം (paṇaṁ).

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fancy

From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek

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fand

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English fand, first- and third-person singular preterite of Old English findan (“to find”).

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fane

From Middle English fane, from Old English fana (“cloth, banner”), from Proto-West Germanic *fanō, from Proto-Germanic *fanô (“cloth, flag”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“to weave; something woven; cloth, fabric, t

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faned

Blend of fan + editor.

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fang

From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “ca

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fanga

From Portuguese fanga, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Doublet of fanega.

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fango

Borrowed from Italian fango (“mud”).

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fangy

From fang + -y.

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fank

From Scottish Gaelic fang, from Scots fank, perhaps ultimately related to archaic fang (“to seize, catch”).

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fanks

Written representation of th-fronting.

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fanne

Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from fan + French -e (feminine suffix).

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fanny

19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey.

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fanon

From Middle English fanon, fanoun, from Old French fanon, from Medieval Latin fanō, from Frankish *fano, from Proto-Germanic *fanô. Doublet of fane and vane.

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fanti

Blend of fan + anti (“a fan who objects to something on moral or sociopolitical grounds”).

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fanum

Borrowed from Latin fānum (“shrine”). Doublet of fane.

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fap

Of unknown origin. First attested in 1616 in The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare.

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fappy

From fat (“overweight”) + happy (“fortunate”). First attested in 2002.

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faqih

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِيه (faqīh).

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faqir

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr).

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far

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

2 source sections · 5 relationship mentions

farad

Named after the English physicist Michael Faraday.

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farb

Disputed. Various explanations of the origin are given: * That it is a contraction of the phrase "far be it from me to criticize anyone, but...", or of "far below" (the expected standard). * That it comes from the German

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farby

Etymology tree English farb Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English farby From farb + -y.

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farce

Borrowed from Middle French farce (“farce (style of humor); stuffing”) (in the latter sense, via Middle English fars, farsse), from Old French farse, from Medieval Latin farsa, from the feminine perfect passive participl

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farcy

From French farcin, from Latin farcīminum (“a disease of horses”), from farciō (“to stuff, to fill”). See farce.

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fard

The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn

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fare

From Middle English fare, from a merger of Old English fær (“journey, road”) and faru (“journey, companions, baggage”), from Proto-Germanic *farą and *farō (“journey, fare”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“a going, pas

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farer

From Middle English farere (attested in Middle English weyfarere, weifarere (“wayfarer”)), equivalent to fare (“to journey, travel”) + -er. Compare Old English fara (“traveller, farer”). Doublet of Führer.

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fario

From Latin fario (“salmon trout”), possibly from late Proto-Indo-European *sr̥Hyón-, akin to English sturgeon.

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fark

An alteration of fuck, using a non‐rhotic ⟨ar⟩ to signify an elongated /ɐ/ or /ʌ/. The spelling has been used in works by Australian satirists since at least 1970.

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farl

Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English ro

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farm

Inherited from Middle English ferme, farme (“rent, revenue, produce, factor, stewardship, meal, feast”), influenced by Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin ferma, firma. There is debate as to whe

3 source sections · 19 relationship mentions

farmy

From farm + -y.

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faro

Presumably an alteration of pharaoh, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.

1 source section · 1 relationship mention

farro

Borrowed from Italian farro. Doublet of far.

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farse

From Medieval Latin farsa. Doublet of farce.

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fart

From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-. The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.

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farty

From fart + -y.

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fas

From Middle English fas, from Old English fæs.

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fasel

From Middle English faselen (“to fray”), from fasel (“frayed”, adjective) and fasel (“a frayed edge or border, fringe”, noun), probably a diminutive of Middle English fas (“fringe”), from Old English fæs (“fringe”). Comp

1 source section · 6 relationship mentions

fash

From early modern French fascher (now fâcher), from Latin fastus (“disdain”).

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fashy

From fash (“fascist”) + -y.

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fasiq

Unadapted borrowing from Arabic فَاسِق (fāsiq), from فِسْق (fisq).

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faspa

From Plautdietsch Faspa. Cognate to English vesper.

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fast

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *fastuz Proto-West Germanic *fast Old English fæst Middle English fast English fast From Middle English fast, fest, from Old English fæst (“firm, secure”), from Proto-West Germanic *fast, fr

4 source sections · 31 relationship mentions

fasti

Borrowed from Latin fāstī.

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