ganzy
Compare guernsey.
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Page 116 of 180ganzá
Etymology tree Kimbundu nganzabor. Brazilian Portuguese ganzábor. English ganzá Borrowed from Portuguese ganzá, from Kimbundu nganza (“gourd”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgaohu
From Mandarin 高胡 (gāohú).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgaol
From Middle English gayole, gaiol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also ca
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgaon
Borrowed from Hindi गांव (gāmv).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgap
Inherited from Middle English gap /gappe, from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), from gapa (“to gape, scream”), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to open wide, gape”). Related to
3 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsgape
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-Europea
1 source section · 11 relationship mentionsgaper
From Middle English gaper, equivalent to gape + -er.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgapey
From gape + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgappy
Etymology tree Dzongkha རྒེད་པོ (rged po)bor. English gup English gap Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gappy From gap + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgapy
From gape + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgar
Clipping of garfish, from Middle English gar (“spear”) + fish. Compare pike.
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsgarb
From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle Hig
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsgarba
Borrowed from Gujarati ગરબા (garbā). Doublet of Delphos.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgarbo
Clipping of garbage + -o (colloquialising suffix).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgard
From Old English gard, northern variant of ġeard (whence yard).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgare
Compare gear.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgarg
Clipping.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgari
From Japanese ガリ.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgarms
From garments.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgarn
From Middle English garn, from Old Norse garn, from Proto-Germanic *garną (“intestine, chord, yarn”). Akin to Danish garn (“yarn”), Swedish garn (“yarn”), Old English ġearn (“yarn”). Doublet of yarn.
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsgarri
From Yoruba gàrí, from Hausa gā̀rī.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgarth
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from O
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsgarua
From Spanish garúa. Doublet of caligo.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgarum
From Latin garum, from Ancient Greek γάρον (gáron, “the fish whose intestines were originally used in the condiment's production”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgas
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)der. Dutch gasbor. English gas Borrowed from Dutch gas, coined by chemist Jan Baptist van Helmont in Ortus Medicinae
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsgaser
Acronym of Gamma Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgash
Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).
3 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsgashy
From gash + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgasp
From Middle English gaspen, gayspen (“to gape, outbreathe”), related to and likely derived from Old Norse geispa (“to yawn”) or its descendant Danish gispe, which may be related to gapa (“to gape”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgaspy
From gasp + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgassy
From gas + -y. Doublet of chaotic.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgast
From Middle English gasten, from Old English gǣstan, from Proto-Germanic *gaistijaną. Also spelled ghast due to association with ghost.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgat
Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.
4 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsgata
Etymology tree Middle Armenian գաթայ (gatʻay) Armenian գաթա (gatʻa)bor. English gata Borrowed from Armenian գաթա (gatʻa).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgatch
Named after Willis Dew Gatch.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgate
From Middle English gate (the forms ȝate and ȝeat yielded the dialectal doublet yate), from the plural of Old English ġeat (specifically gatu), from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą (“hole, opening”).
2 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsgater
From gate + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgatha
Transliteration of Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā). Doublet of Gatha.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgatho
Abbreviation of gathering + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgatka
Borrowed from Punjabi ਗਤਕਾ (gatkā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgato
Borrowed from Spanish gato. Doublet of cat.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgator
Clipping of alligator.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgau
From either Hokkien 厚 (kāu, “thick”) or Teochew 厚 (gao⁶, “thick”), influenced in spelling by Mandarin Pinyin.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsgaub
Borrowed from Hindi गाब (gāb)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgaud
From Middle English gaude, gawde (“jest, prank, trick; ornamental bead in a rosary, trinket, bauble”). Compare Middle English gaudy, gaudee, of the same meaning.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsgaudy
From Middle English gaudi, from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia. equivalent to gaud (“ornament, trinket”) + -y. Alternatively, from Middle English gaudi, gawdy (“yellowish”), from Old French gaude, galde (“
2 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsgauge
From Middle English gauge, gaugen, from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French gauger (compare Modern French jauger from Old French jaugier), from gauge (“gauging rod”), from Frankish *galgā (“measuring rod, pole”), from Prot
1 source section · 11 relationship mentionsgault
Of local origin, used by quarrymen and brickmakers to refer to the type of soil. First attested in writing as "golt" in 1815 (William Smith) and "gault" in 1816 (J Hailstone).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgaum
The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention
7 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgaumy
From gaum + -y, from gaum (“to smear”), which see for more.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgaunt
From Middle English gaunt, gawnt, gawnte, gant (“lean, slender, thin, gaunt”); further etymology uncertain. Speculated origins include: * from a North Germanic/Scandinavian source related to Old Norse gandr (“magic staff
1 source section · 18 relationship mentionsgaur
Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century. Doublet of gayal.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgaura
From the former genus name.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgauss
Named for Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgauze
Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgauzy
Etymology tree English gauze Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gauzy From gauze + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgave
From Middle English gaf, yaf, ȝaf, from Old English ġæf, ġeaf.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgavel
From Middle English gavel, from Old English gafol, from Proto-West Germanic *gabul, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), equivalent to give + -el.
3 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsgaw
From Middle English gowen (“to stare”), from Old Norse gá.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgawk
From a variant of gowk, from Middle English gowke, goke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Danish gøg, Swedish gök, German Gauch, Old English ġēac. Compare also French
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsgawky
Etymology tree English gawk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gawky From gawk + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgawn
Corrupted from gallon.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgawp
Variation of gape.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgawth
Phonetic respelling.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgay
From Middle English gay, from Old French gai (“joyful, laughing, merry”), usually thought to be a borrowing of Old Occitan gai (“impetuous, lively”), from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), merging with earlier
3 source sections · 24 relationship mentionsgayal
From Bengali গয়াল (goẏal), from Sanskrit गौ॒रः (gauráḥ) or Sanskrit गौः (gauḥ). Doublet of gaur.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgaybo
Blend of gay + lesbo.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgayby
Blend of gay + baby.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgaydy
Blend of gay + lady.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgayge
A blend of gay + Pepege, where Pepege is a derivative of Pepega, both earlier emoticons that ultimately derive from Pepe the Frog. By surface analysis, gay + -ge.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsgayly
Etymology tree English gay Middle English -ly English -ly English gayly From gay + -ly.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgaymo
Possible blend of gay + homo or blend of gay + lame-o, or gay + -o with an -m- added for pronunciation.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgayne
See gain.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgayo
From Korean 가요 (gayo), 歌謠 (gayo), meaning Korean popular music.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgayze
Blend of gay + gaze.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgaze
From Middle English gasen; akin to Swedish dialectal gasa and Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (usgaisjan, “to terrify”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgazee
From gaze + -ee.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgazer
Etymology tree English gaze 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
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgazet
From Italian gazeta, gazzetta, probably diminutive of Latin gaza (“royal treasure”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgazon
Borrowing from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Old Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf, sod”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô (“moisture; groun
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsgazoz
From Hebrew גזוז.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgazy
From gaze + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgbam
Borrowed from Igbo gbam. Formed entirely from the Igbo alphabet (Ábídíị), utilizing the native compound consonant digraph "gb", along with "a" and "m". Originally an Igbo ideophone, it has been widely adopted into contem
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionge
Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeal
From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgean
From Middle French guine (modern French guigne).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgear
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃er-der. Proto-Germanic *arwaz Proto-Germanic *garwaz Proto-Indo-European *-yeti P
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsgeas
Borrowed, like English geis, from Irish geis (“injunction; taboo, prohibition, spell”). The pronunciation resembles Irish geis, though the spelling matches its synonymous but heterophonous alternative form geas.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongeasa
Irish geasa, the plural of both geis and geas.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgeat
See gate.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeaux
Pseudo-Gallicism and hybrid word, from English go and French -eaux. See -eaux on Wikipedia for further information.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgebur
Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgeck
From Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavian/North Germanic meaning "to croak, cackle," and also "to mock, cheat" (Dutch gekken, German gecken, Danish gjække, Swe
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgecko
The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from Dutch gekko (1718). Contemporary English forms were chacco (1711) and jackoa (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some source
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsged
From Middle English gedde, from Old Norse gedda (“pike”), cognate with Icelandic gedda (“pike”), Danish gedde (“pike”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsgee
A shortening of Jesus, perhaps as in the oath by Jesus.
5 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsgeed
From the first syllable of GDI (“God Damn Independent”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeek
Started as carnival slang, likely from the British dialectal term geck (“a fool, dupe, simpleton”) (1510s), apparently from Dutch gek or Low German geck, from an imitative verb found in North Sea Germanic and Scandinavia
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgeeky
Etymology tree English geek Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English geeky From geek + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgeep
Blend of goat + sheep.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgeese
From Middle English gees, ges, from Old English gēs, from Proto-West Germanic *gansi, from Proto-Germanic *gansiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂énses, nominative plural of *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgeest
Borrowed from German Geest (from Low German güst (“dry, infertile”, adjective), from Middle Low German gēst (“dry, elevated”, literally “cracking, gaping, yawning”)) or Dutch geest (from Middle Dutch geest, from Old Dutc
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgeez
A minced oath from the word Jesus.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeg
Origin unknown. Probably from Middle English *geigen, from Old Norse geiga (“to deviate to the side, go the wrong way, rove at random”), from Proto-Germanic *gaigijaną (“to deviate, totter, transgress”), causative of *gī
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsgehu
From Mandarin 革胡 (géhú).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeiko
Borrowed from Japanese 芸子 (geiko) (from the Kyoto dialect).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgein
Borrowed from German Geïn, coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1832, from Ancient Greek γήινος (gḗinos, “of earth”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgeire
Probably from a shortening of gerfalcon, or garefowl. Cognate with German Geier (“vulture”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgeis
Borrowed from Irish geis.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeish
From French guiche.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgeist
From German Geist (“spirit, ghost, mind”). Doublet of ghost.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgejje
Borrowed from Kannada ಗೆಜ್ಜೆ (gejje).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgel
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-It
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsgeld
From Middle English geld (and reinforced by Medieval Latin geldum), both from Old English ġeld, ġield (“payment, tribute”) (which regularly yield yield), from Proto-West Germanic *geld, from Proto-Germanic *geldą (“rewar
2 source sections · 27 relationship mentionsgele
Borrowed from Yoruba gèlè.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgelee
From the French gelée. Doublet of jelly.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgelid
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū̆ Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin gelidus English gelid First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgelt
Borrowed from Irish geilt.
4 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgem
Inherited from Middle English gemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old English ġimm, from Proto-West Germanic *gimmu (“gem”) and Old French gemme (“gem”), both from Latin gemma (“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemm
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgemel
From Middle English gemow, from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus, diminutive of geminus (“twin”). The modern form is influenced by the Latin etymon.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgemma
Learned borrowing from Latin gemma (“bud on a plant”). Doublet of gem and Gemma.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgemmy
From gem + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgemot
Learned borrowing from Old English ġemōt (“meeting, council, moot, encounter”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgen
Clipping of general.
5 source sections · 1 relationship mentiongena
Borrowed from Latin gena (“cheek”). Doublet of chin.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgenal
From Latin gena (“cheek”) + -al.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgenco
Short for generation company; compare pubco, telco.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgene
From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludwig Johannsen in 1909, in a German-l
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgenet
From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgenic
Etymology tree English gene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English genic From gene + -ic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgenie
From French génie (“genius, genie”), a phono-semantic matching of Arabic جِنِّيّ (jinniyy).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgenin
From Ancient Greek γένος (génos) + -in. By surface analysis, gene + -in.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgenio
Borrowed from Italian genio. Doublet of genius.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgenki
Borrowed from Japanese げんき (“energetic, peppy”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgenny
Clipping of gentrifier + -y (diminutive suffix).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeno
Clipping.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeno-
From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”), also Ancient Greek γεννάω (gennáō, “to produce”) and from Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgenom
From German Genom, coined by German botanist Hans Winkler in 1920 as a blend of Gen (“gene”) + Chromosom (“chromosome”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgenre
Unadapted borrowing from French genre, from Old French gen(d)re, borrowed from Latin genere. Doublet of gender and genus.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsgenro
From Japanese 元老 (genrō).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgens
Borrowed from Latin gēns (“gens; people, tribe”), from Proto-Italic *gentis, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis (“birth; production”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”) + *-tis (suffix forming abstract
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgent
Short for gentleman.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsgents
A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgenty
From French gentil. Compare jaunty.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgenu
PIE word *ǵónu Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgenus
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genusbor. English genus Borrowed from Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsgenvy
Blend of gender + envy.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgeo
Borrowed from Norn gjo, from Old Norse gjá.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgeo-
Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining for
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongeode
From French géode, from Latin geōdēs, from Ancient Greek γεώδης (geṓdēs, “earthlike”), equivalent to γῆ (gê, “earth”) + -ώδης (-ṓdēs).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgeog
Clipping of geography.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgeoid
From German Geoid (“geoid”), analysable as geo- + -oid.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgeon
Coined by J. A. Wheeler from gravitational electromagnetic entity.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsger
Borrowed from Mongolian гэр (ger)/ᠭᠡᠷ (ger).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgerah
From Hebrew גֵּרָה (gerá, “twentieth of a shekel”, literally “cud”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgerbe
Late 16th century, borrowed from French gerbe (“sheaf”). Doublet of garb.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsgerim
From Hebrew גרים.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgerm
From Middle French germe, from Latin germen (“bud, seed, embryo”). Doublet of germen.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsgermy
From germ + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgern
See grin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgert
From Middle English girt, gert, a metathetic variant of gret (“great”). More at great.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgeshe
From Tibetan དགེ་བཤེས (dge bshes).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgesso
Borrowed from Italian gesso. Doublet of gypsum. Compare Portuguese gesso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”) and Spanish yeso (“gypsum; plaster, cast”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgest
Borrowed from Middle French geste. Doublet of jest.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsgest-
From progestogen.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgests
A variant of gists (etymology 1).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordget
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰe(n)d-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʰed-eti Proto-Germanic *getaną Old Norse getabor. Middle English geten English get From Middle English geten, from Old Norse geta, from Proto-Germani
3 source sections · 16 relationship mentionsgeta
Borrowed from Japanese 下駄 (geta).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgetai
Borrowed from Mandarin 歌臺 /歌台 (gētái).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgett
From Scots gaet.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgetta
Contraction of get + to (see get to). Compare and contrast gotta.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgetup
From get + up.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordgeum
From the genus name.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordgewog
Borrowed from Dzongkha རྒེད་འོག (rged 'og, “a block”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordgey
Originally a variant form of gay, now associated with distinct senses.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordggez
Compound of gg + ez.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordggwp
Compound of gg + wp.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordghana
From Maltese għana, from Arabic غِناء (ḡināʔ).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsghast
Variation of gast, from Middle English gasten, from Old English gāstan (“to meditate”) and gǣstan (“to gast, frighten, afflict, torment”). More at gast. Spelling influenced by ghost.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsghat
Borrowed from Hindi घाट (ghāṭ, “flight of steps leading to a river; mountain pass”), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “a landing-place, steps on the side of a river leading to the waters”), from Dravidian. Compare Telugu గట్ట
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsghaut
See ghut, ghat, and gaut.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordghazi
From Arabic غَازٍ (ḡāzī, “raider, holy warrior”), from the active participle of غَزَا (ḡazā, “to raid”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsghee
Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), traditionally explained as from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”) (See घृत entry 3 for details). First attested in the late 17th century.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsghit
Contraction of Google + hit. Coined on 3 February 2004 by “Trevor” on his blog k’ɑləbøl. See the quotations from him and from American linguist Mark Liberman on his Language Log blog (9 February 2004), below.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsgho
Borrowed from Dzongkha བགོ (bgo).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordghod
From god + -h-.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordghodu
From Hindi घोड़ू (ghoṛū), a combination of घोड़ा (ghoṛā) + -ऊ (-ū), literally meaning "horse-like." (The voiced retroflex flap is colloquially rendered in English as a "d" instead of as an "r" by Hindi transliteration.)
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionghood
From good + -h-.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordghoom
From Hindi घूमना (ghūmnā, “to wander, turn”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordghost
The noun is derived from Middle English gost, from Old English gāst, gǣst (“breath, spirit, soul, ghost”) (compare modern English Holy Ghost), from Proto-West Germanic *gaist, from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz, from Proto-Ind
2 source sections · 40 relationship mentionsghoti
A jocular spelling of fish (/fɪʃ/) used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling: * gh, /f/ as in rough, /ɹʌf/; * o, /ɪ/ as in women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/; and * ti, /ʃ/ as in nation, /ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/. Though frequently reported
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsghoul
Borrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsghusl
Borrowed from Arabic غُسْل (ḡusl).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordghut
Occasionally suggested to be a variant of ghat, from Hindi, but compare native English dialectal gut (“narrow channel or stream of water; opening through cliffs leading to the sea”). Compare ghaut.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsghyll
From Middle English gille, gylle, from Old Norse gil, from Proto-Germanic *gilją.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsgi
Borrowed from Japanese 着 (gi, “clothing”); only used in combination, usually with the name of a martial art such as 柔道着 (jūdōgi, “judo uniform”) or 空手着 (karategi, “karate uniform”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiongiant
From Middle English geaunt, geant, from Old French geant, gaiant (Modern French géant) from Vulgar Latin *gagās, gagant-, from Latin gigās, gigant-, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”). Cognate to giga- (“1,000,000
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsgib
Unknown (14th century). Perhaps abbreviated from Gilbert, the name of the cat in the medieval fables of Reynard the Fox, Romaunt of the Rose, and so on.
5 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsgibel
From German Gibel, Giebel.
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