juk
Borrowed from Cantonese 粥 (zuk1) or Korean 죽 (juk). Doublet of zhou and jook.
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From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsjukie
From jukebox + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjuku
From Japanese 塾 (juku, “cram school”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjulep
From Middle English, from Old French julep, from Medieval Latin julapium, via Arabic جُلَاب (julāb) from Persian گلاب (golâb, “rosewater”), from گل (“rose”) + آب (“water”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsjulio
Borrowed from Italian giulio. Doublet of Julius.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsjumar
From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsjumbo
From Jumbo (1860–1885), the name given to a large African elephant from East Africa that was purchased in 1882 by American showman P. T. Barnum (1810–1891) for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Compare Swahi
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionjumma
From Hindi [Term?], from Arabic جُمْعَة (jumʕa).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsjump
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED s
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsjumpy
Etymology tree English jump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jumpy From jump + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsjun
Borrowed from Korean 전(錢) (jeon).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjunco
Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”). Doublet of juncus and possibly junk.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsjund
From Arabic جُنْد (jund, “army”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjunk
From earlier meaning "old refuse from boats and ships", from Middle English junk, jounke, jonk, joynk (“an old cable or rope”, nautical term), sometimes cut into bits and used as caulking; of uncertain origin; perhaps re
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsjunky
Etymology tree English junk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English junky From junk + -y (adjectival suffix).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsjunt
Apparently a figurative extension of Early Scots junt (“joint”), Middle English joynt, junte (“joint (of the body, where the bones meet)”), perhaps influenced by junk. Compare jawn.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionjunta
Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsjunto
Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjunzi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 君子 (jūnzǐ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjupe
Etymology tree Arabic جُبَّة (jubba)bor. Old Italian giubbabor. Middle French jupebor. Middle English jupe English jupe From Middle English jupe, from Middle French jupe. Doublet of jubbah.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsjupon
Inherited from Middle English jupoun, jupon, from Middle French jupon. Doublet of żupan.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsjural
From Latin iūs (“law, right”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjurat
From Medieval Latin iūrātus (“sworn [man]”) or iūrātum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin iūrō (“to swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsjuror
From Middle English jurour, jurrour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jurour and Old French jureor, from the verb jurer (“to swear”), or possibly from Latin iūrātor, iūrātōrem, whence the English doublet jurator.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsjury
From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“to swear or take an oath”).
3 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsjuryo
Borrowed from Japanese 十両(じゅうりょう) (jūryō, “ten ryō”), from Middle Chinese 十 (dʒip, “ten”) + 兩 (ljáng, “tael”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjus
Borrowed from French jus (“juice”). Doublet of juice and ukha.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjush
Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjusi
From Philippine Spanish jusi, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly either: * 富紗 /富纱 (hù se, literally “rich yarn”) or 富絲 /富丝 (hù si, literally “rich silk”), according to Chan-Yap(1980) * 互紗 /互纱 (hō͘ se, literally “intertwin
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsjust
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Archaic Latin *iowos, *io
2 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsjut
From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsjute
Borrowed from Bengali ঝুট (jhuṭ). Likely related to Ukrainian джгут (džhut) and Russian жгут (žgut).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjutti
From Punjabi ਜੁੱਤੀ (juttī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjutty
See jetty, jut, jet.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjuve
Short for juvenile.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjuvey
From juvenile + -ey with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjuvie
From juvenile + -ie with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjuvy
From juvenile + -y with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjux
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jooks (“a robbery”), from Fula jukka (“to poke”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsjuxta
From Latin iuxta.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjuz
Unadapted borrowing from Arabic جُزْء (juzʔ).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsjuzh
Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordjvara
From Sanskrit ज्वर (jvara).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordjy
From the name of the letter i (of which j was originally a variant) by affixing the /d͡ʒ/ sound to it. Compare French ji, and the similar derivation of Italian vu. Generally changed to jay by association with kay.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionjynx
An adaptation of the Latin iynx (“wryneck”), itself an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἴϋγξ (íünx, “Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla; spell or charm; passionate yearning”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsk
From kilo-.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordk'ang
From Mandarin 炕, Wade–Giles romanization: kʻang⁴.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordk'rei
From Hebrew קְרֵי.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordk'tiv
From Hebrew כְּתִיב (“spelling”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordk-
Uncertain. Perhaps from OK, in phrases like OK, cool; perhaps from the K prefix for kilo-, as in kilobyte.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordk-rad
From k- + rad, K = one thousand times rad from hacker and skateboarding slang.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordk8s
Numeronym presenting Kubernetes as "K" followed by 8 more letters, followed by "s".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkI
From 氣, 気.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordka
Borrowed from Egyptian kꜣ.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaak
From Arabic كَعْك (kaʕk, “biscuit, cookie”) and Persian کاک (“biscuit, cookie, cake”). Likely a distant cognate with cake.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskaama
Borrowed from Tswana kgama.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkab
From Hebrew קב (káv).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkabam
From ka- + bam.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkabsa
Borrowed from Arabic كَبْسَة (kabsa).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordkacau
Borrowed from Malay kacau.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkadam
Cf. Bengali কদম (kodom), corruption of Sanskrit कदम्ब (kadamba). Ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *kaṭ-ampu (“Neolamarckia cadamba”).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionskadhi
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kweth₂- Sanskrit क्वथ् (kvath) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás Sanskrit -इत (-ita) Sanskrit क्वथित (kvathita) Prakrit कढिअ (kaḍhia) Prakrit कढिआ (kaḍhiā) Hindi कढ़ी
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionskadi
From Ottoman Turkish قاضی (kadı), from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī), and from Arabic directly.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskadin
From Ottoman Turkish قادین (kadın, “lady, matron, materfamilias; lady consort”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkady
1846. Unknown origin — possibly alteration of caddie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkafal
] From Arabic قَفَل (qafal).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordkafi
From Western Punjabi کافی (kāfī), ultimately from Arabic كَافٍ (kāfin).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskafir
Borrowed from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “denier, unbeliever”). Doublet of kaffir.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskage
Variant of cage, q.v.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkago
From Japanese 駕籠 (かご, kago).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkagok
Borrowed from Korean 가곡 (gagok, “gagok”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkahal
Borrowed from Hebrew קָהָל (kahál, “community”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkahau
Native name, from its cry.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkahen
From Ge'ez ካህን (kahn, “priest”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkahm
From German Kahm, from Middle High German kan, from Vulgar Latin cana, from Latin cānus (“gray”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskahu
From Māori kāhu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkai
Borrowed from Māori kai. Doublet of makan (via Malay) in Malaysian and Singaporean English varieties.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskaiju
From Japanese 怪獣 (かいじゅう, kaijū), from Middle Chinese 怪 (kweajᴴ, “strange, fantastic”) + 獸 (syuwᴴ, “beast”) (compare Mandarin 怪獸 /怪兽 (guàishòu)).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskaily
From kail + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaimi
Hausa kaʻimi
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkain
Borrowed from Irish cáin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaisa
Borrowed from Finnish kaisa.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkaito
Borrowed from Cantonese 街渡.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkaizo
From Kaizo Mario World, the name of an early set of fan-created levels in this style first released in 2007, where kaizo is from Japanese 改造 (kaizō, “revamp, remodel, modify”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionkaj
From Armenian քաջ (kʻaǰ), քաջք (kʻaǰkʻ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkajal
Source etymology material for kajal; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaji
Borrowed from Georgian ქაჯი (kaǯi).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkak
Borrowed from Khmer កាក់ (kak). Doublet of jiao.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionskaka
Etymology tree Māori kāredup. Māori kākābor. English kaka Borrowed from Māori kākā.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaki
Borrowed from Japanese 柿(カキ) (kaki).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionskakie
Borrowed from Afrikaans [Term?], after the khaki colour of the British uniforms.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkakke
From Japanese 脚気 (kakke).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkako-
From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkalam
Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām, “literary speech”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskalan
From Russian кала́н (kalán).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkalar
From Burmese ကုလား (ku.la:).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkalbi
Borrowed from Korean 갈비 (galbi, “rib”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkale
From Northern Middle English cale, cal (Southern col), from Old English cāl, cāul, cāwel, from Latin caulis. Compare Icelandic kál (“cabbage”), German Kohl (“cabbage”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and gobi.
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionskali
From Arabic قِلْي (qily). See alkali.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentionskalis
Borrowed from Tagalog kalis, from Malay keris, from Old Javanese kĕris, kris Doublet of kris.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionskalo
Borrowed from Hawaiian kalo. Doublet of taro, from Maori.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskalon
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλόν (kalón); related to κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkalpa
From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkalpe
From Ancient Greek κάλπη (kálpē); unrelated to the Modern Greek meaning.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkalu
Borrowed from Hindi कालू (kālū, “a dark-skinned person”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkalua
Borrowed from Hawaiian kālua.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkam
From Welsh cam (“bent, crooked, distorted”), from Middle Welsh cam, from Old Welsh cam, from Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cam, Irish cam, French camus (“flat-nosed”) and m
1 source section · 11 relationship mentionskama
From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordkamao
From Hawaiian kāmaʻo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkame
From Scots, from Middle English cambe (“comb”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkami
Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionskamik
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkamoi
From Japanese 鴨居 (kamoi).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkamon
From Japanese 家紋.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkamp
Spelling variant of camp (“homosexual”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkamut
Taken from kamut, a transcription found in E. A. Wallis Budge's dictionary (where it was translated as "wheat") of Egyptian kꜣmwtt (“ear of barley”), in hieroglyphic form: k-A-m-w-t:t-M2:Z2-
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionkamuy
From Ainu カムイ (kamuy).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkan
Borrowed from Japanese 貫 (kan).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordkana
Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionskanae
From Māori kanae.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkanat
Borrowed from Hindustani क़नात (qanāt, “wall of tent; canvas screen”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkane
Borrowed from Māori kāne (“man”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkaneh
From Hebrew קָנֶה (qané, “rod”, literally “cane”). Doublet of cane and canna.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskang
Borrowed from Chinese 炕.
4 source sections · 1 relationship mentionkanga
From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā).
3 source sections · 1 relationship mentionkango
From Japanese 漢(かん)語(ご) (kango), from Middle Chinese 漢語 (MC xanH ngjoX, “Han, Chinese + speech, language”), compare modern Mandarin 漢語／汉语 (Hànyǔ, “Chinese language”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionskanji
Borrowed from Japanese 漢字(かんじ) (kanji, “Chinese characters”), from Middle Chinese 漢 (MC xanH, “Han dynasty, China”) + Middle Chinese 字 (MC dziH, “[written] character”) (Compare Korean 한자 (hanja), Mandarin 漢字 /汉字 (hànzì),
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionskano
Borrowed from Tagalog Kano, initial clipping of Amerikano, ultimately from Spanish americano (“male American”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskanon
From Ancient Greek κᾰνών (kănṓn, “straight rod, bar”). Doublet of cannon, canon, and canyon.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionskanun
From Albanian kanun. Doublet of canon.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordkanzu
Etymology tree Arabic [Term?]bor. Swahili kanzubor. English kanzu Borrowed from Swahili kanzu, borrowed from Arabic [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionskaon
From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaona
Borrowed from Hawaiian kaona, from Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian *taoŋa "treasured possession".
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkaph
From Hebrew כָּף (kaf, “kaph”), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”) (Akkadian 𒀉 (kappu(m)), Hebrew כַּף (kaf, “hand/foot”), Arabic كَفّ (kaff), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎔 (kp)) Doublet of kappa.
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionskapha
Borrowed from Sanskrit कफ (kapha)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkapia
Borrowed from Māori.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkapo
Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkapok
Borrowed from Malay kapuk (“silky fibre from the silk-cotton tree; Ceiba pentandra”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkappa
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κάππα (káppa), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”). Doublet of kaph.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionskapu
From Hawaiian kapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of taboo.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionskaput
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskara
From Punjabi ਕੜਾ (kaṛā); see Hindi कड़ा (kaṛā, “bracelet”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskaret
Borrowed from Hebrew כָּרֵת (karet).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkarez
Borrowed from Persian کاریز (kârêz).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkarl
Learned borrowing from Old Norse karl. Doublet of carl, ceorl, and churl.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionskarma
Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nom.sg. of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”); first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskarn
Borrowed from Cornish karn. Doublet of cairn.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskaro
Borrowed from Māori karo.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaroo
Originates from the Khoikhoi word karo (meaning dry, and hard)
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkarsk
Borrowed from Norwegian karsk, from Old Norse karskr.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskarst
Etymology tree Italo-Dalmatianbor. German Karstbor. English karst Borrowed from German Karst. The German term and the Slovene placename Kras (the Karst Plateau) are from Proto-Slavic *korsъ, from Italo-Dalmatian carsus (
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskart
Short for go-kart, an alteration of go-cart.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkarve
Borrowed from Old Norse karfi, or one of its descendants, potentially Swedish karve, or Danish karve.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskas
Borrowed from Dutch kas (“cupboard, chest, case”), from Middle Dutch kasse, casse, from Old French casse, from Latin capsa (“box, chest, case”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionskasha
Borrowed from Russian ка́ша (káša, “porridge, gruel”) or Yiddish קאַשע (kashe). In Slavic languages, the term has the general meaning of groats or porridge of whatever source, but in Yiddish it became restricted to buckw
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionskasme
Borrowed from Pahari-Potwari قسمے (qasme), vocative case of قَسَم (qasam, “oath; swear”), taken from Urdu قَسَم (qasam), itself from Classical Persian قَسَم (qasam), ultimately from Arabic قَسَم (qasam, “oath”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionskasra
Borrowed from Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra, “a breaking”), instance noun of the verb كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskasre
Borrowed from Persian کَسْرِه (kasre).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkast
From Dutch kast, from Middle Dutch caste (“chest”), from Old Dutch *casto (“chest, reservoir”), from Proto-West Germanic *kastō.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionskat
From Egyptian kꜣt.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkata
From Japanese 型 (literally “pattern, model”). In English use since the 1950s.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionskatal
From Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “I dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “I loose”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionkatha
From Sanskrit कथा (kathā).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionskati
Borrowed from Malay kati; see below.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkato-
From Ancient Greek κάτω (kátō, “downwards, below”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkatsu
From Japanese 喝 (katsu).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionskatwa
Borrowed from Hindi कटुआ (kaṭuā), derived from Hindi काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”), referring to the Muslim practice of circumcision. Compare with Konkani कापो (kāpo).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskauri
Borrowed from Māori kauri from Proto-Polynesian *kauquli, from *kau (“tree”) + *quli (“black”), originally referring to Samoan ebony ("Diospyros samoensis").
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskauru
From Māori kāuru.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkava
Etymology tree Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Tongan kavader. English kava From Tongan kava, in turn from Proto-Polynesian *kawa. Doublet of ʻawa, ava, kawa, and yava.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionskavya
From Sanskrit काव्य (kāvyá).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkawa
Borrowed from Māori kawa.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkawau
From Māori kawau.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkay
From Latin kā.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkaya
From Japanese 榧 (カヤ, kaya).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordkayak
Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “hunter's boat”) (Inuvialuktun), from Proto-Eskimo *qayaʁ. Compare Greenlandic qajaq and Yup'ik qayaq.
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionskayf
Humorous respelling of an uneducated pronunciation of cafe.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkayo
Respelling of the initial letters KO.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkaza
From Ottoman Turkish قضا (kaza, “division of a sanjak”), from Arabic قَضَاء (qaḍāʔ, “jurisdiction, court circuit”), from قَضَى (qaḍā, “to decide, to judge”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionskazan
Borrowed from Russian каза́н (kazán), from a Turkic language. Cognate with Azerbaijani qazan, Kazakh қазан (qazan), Turkish kazan, Uzbek qozon.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionskazoo
Probably onomatopoeic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkea
Borrowed from Māori kea.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkeb
Of unknown origin but possibly of North Germanic origin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkebab
Ultimately from Arabic كَبَاب (kabāb), partly through Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu), Punjabi, Persian and Turkish kebap. Doublet of cevapi. See the Arabic entry for more.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionskecak
Borrowed from Balinese kecak.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkeck
Imitative. Compare German köken (“to vomit”).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionskecks
From earlier kicks (“breeches”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordked
Of unknown origin. Possibly from or related to Old Danish keed (“sheep ked, louse-fly”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordkedge
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkeech
Compare dialectal English keech (“cake”), perhaps ultimately a back-formation from Middle English kechel (“small cake”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionkeeho
Possibly onomatopoeic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkeek
From Middle English kyken, kiken, keken (“to look, peep”), probably from Middle Dutch kiken, kieken or Middle Low German kîken (“to look, peep”), from Old Saxon *kīkan (“to look”), from Proto-West Germanic *kīkan, from P
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionskeel
From Middle English kele, from Old Norse kjǫlr, itself from Proto-Germanic *keluz, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English ċēol from a related root. Distantly related to kile.
4 source sections · 15 relationship mentionskeely
From keel + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkeema
From Urdu قیمہ, from Persian قیمه (qime), from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma), whence Turkish kıyma. Doublet of gheimeh, an Iranian meat stew.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionskeen
From Middle English kene (“bold, brave, sharp”), from Old English cēne (“keen, fierce, bold, brave, warlike, powerful; learned, clever, wise”), from Proto-Germanic *kōniz (“knowledgeable, skilful, experienced, clever, ca
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionskeeno
From keen + -o?
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordkeep
From Middle English kepen (“to keep, guard, look after, watch”), from Old English cēpan (“to seize, hold, observe”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *kōpijaną (“to look, heed, watch, observe”) (com
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionskeet
Clipping of parakeet.
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