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kukui

From Hawaiian kukui. Doublet of tuitui.

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kula

From a South Slavic language, from Turkish kule, from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”).

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1877. From Russian кула́к (kulák, “wealthy peasant; fist; tight-fisted person”), plural кулаки́ (kulakí). Compare also Russian раскула́чивание (raskuláčivanije, “dekulakization”), подкула́чник (podkuláčnik, “subkulak”).

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kulfi

From Hindi क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)/Urdu قلفی (qulfī), from Classical Persian قفلی (quflī) from قفل (qufl), from Arabic قُفْل (qufl, “lock, bolt”).

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kumdo

Borrowed from Korean 검도(劍道) (geomdo). Doublet of kendo.

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kummi

Borrowed from Tamil கும்மி (kummi).

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kun

From Japanese 訓読み (kun'yomi), literally "meaning reading" (i.e. pronunciation based on meaning).

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kuna

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian kúna/ку́на.

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kunai

From Japanese 苦無 (くない, kunai).

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kunga

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀲𒋙𒀭 (^(anše)kunga₂ /⁠kunga⁠/).

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kunik

Borrowed from Inuktitut kunik.

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kunya

Borrowed from Arabic كُنْيَة (kunya).

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kupo

Onomatopoeic sound made by the fictional Moogle species in the Final Fantasy franchise.

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kural

Borrowed from Tamil குறள் (kuṟaḷ).

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kuri

Borrowed from Japanese 庫裏.

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kursi

Arabic كرسي (literally “chair, seat, throne”)

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kurta

Borrowed from Hindi कुरता (kurtā)/Urdu کرتا (kurtā), from Classical Persian کرته (kurta).

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kuru

From Fore kúru (literally “trembling, shivering”). Perhaps eventually from Proto-Gorokan *kút(V) (“dangling, shaking”) if cognate with the reduplicated element of Yagaria gúli gúli hu- (“be loose, rattle”).

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kurus

Borrowed from Turkish kuruş, from German Groschen. Doublet of grosz.

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kush

Ellipsis of Hindu Kush, the place of origin.

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kut

From Korean 굿 (gut), romanized as kut under the McCune-Reischauer romanization system.

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kutia

From Russian кутья (kutʹja) and Ukrainian кутя (kutja).

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kutki

Borrowed from Nepali कुटकी (kuṭkī)

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kutu

Borrowed from Māori kutu.

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kuya

From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá).

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kuzu

From Japanese 葛(くず) (kuzu).

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kvass

Borrowed from Russian квас (kvas).

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kvell

From Yiddish קוועלן (kveln), from Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan. Cognate with German quellen and English quell (“source, spring”).

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kvitl

Borrowed from Yiddish קוויטל (kvitl).

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kvlt

From cult.

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kwaai

Borrowed from Afrikaans kwaai, attributive form of kwaad, from Dutch kwaad.

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kwan

Source etymology material for kwan; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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kwati

From Newar क्वाती (kwātī), a compound of Newar क्वा (kwā) (hot) + Newar ती (tī) (soup).

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kween

From queen.

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kwela

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda Zulu -khwéla English kwela From Zulu -khwéla (“get up”).

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kweng

A continuation of the rhymes of peng (“physically attractive”) as well as from an interjection more commonly known in German peng (“bang”). For the onset, consider that way as in from way back is often kway in MLE.

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kwila

Borrowed from Tok Pisin kwila.

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ky

Source etymology material for ky; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.

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kya

By surface analysis, k- (“kilo, thousand”) + ya (“years ago”), or, by surface analysis, ky (“kiloyears”) + a (“ago”).

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kyaa

Borrowed from Japanese きゃあ (kyā).

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kyar

A pronunciation spelling.

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kyarn

Pronunciation spelling of carrion.

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kyat

Borrowed from Burmese ကျပ် (kyap).

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kybo

Compare khyber (“arse, buttocks”).

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kydst

See kydde, imperative of kythe (“to show”). Apparently a misunderstanding by Spenser.

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kye

From Middle English ky, kye, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Cognate with Dutch koeien (“cows”), German Kühe (“cows”), Danish køer (“cows”), Icelandic kýr (“cows”). More at cow and compare kine (“cows

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kyle

From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrow; thin; firth, narrows, strait, kyle; narrow part of something”) (genitive singular form caoil), from Old Irish coíl (“narrow, slender”), from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-I

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kylie

From an Aboriginal Australian language, possibly Nyunga kylie.

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kylix

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”).

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kyloe

From Scottish Gaelic gaidhealach (“Gaelic, Highland”); see Gàidheal.

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kylym

Borrowing of Ukrainian килим (kylym), influenced by English kilim.

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kymo-

From Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma, “wave; fetus”). The shortened combining form κυμο-, instead of κυματο- is already found in some classical compounds.

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kype

From Scots kip, kipp (“something beaked or hooked”); perhaps related to Middle Low German kippe (“point, tip”), German Kippe (“stub”), both from Latin cippus (“stake, post, boundary marker”).

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kyrie

From Ecclesiastical Latin Kyrie, first word of the phrase Kyrie eleison, transcribed from Ancient Greek Κύριε ἐλέησον (Kúrie eléēson, “Lord, have mercy”). See Κύριος (Kúrios, “Lord”).

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kyrk

From Northern Middle English kyrk, kyrke, borrowed from Old Norse kirkja, borrowed from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón).

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kytle

From Old English (pre-1500) kirtle - a man's short coat or tunic. Possibly related to Yiddish קיטל (kitl) via Old high German.

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kyu

From Japanese 級 (kyū).

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kyudo

Japanese 弓道 (kyūdō きゅうどう), from Middle Chinese 弓 (kjuwng "bow") + 道 (dáu "Way").

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l

Abbreviation.

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l.c.

Sense “in the place cited” from Latin loco citato.

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l8z

Leetspeak rendering of lates/laters.

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la

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English la (“sixth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian la in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin labiī (“lip's”) in th

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la la

From Hokkien 啦啦 (la-la), a reduplication of 蜊 (lâ, “clam”).

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la-la

Sounds used to form meaningless song refrains. Of imitative origin. Compare Old English lā, a common exclamation, Greek λαλαγε (lalage, “babble”), German lallen (“to babble”). Compare also blah blah.

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laam

From Arabic لَام (lām).

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laan

From Cantonese 欄 /栏 (laan⁴⁻¹, “wholesaler”).

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laari

Borrowed from Dhivehi ލާރި (lāri). Doublet of lari.

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lab

Clipping of laboratory.

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label

From Middle English label (“narrow band, strip of cloth”), from Old French label, lambel (Modern French lambeau), from Frankish *lappā (“torn piece of cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *lappǭ, *lappô (“cloth stuff, rag, scrap

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labeo

Borrowed from taxonomic name Labeo, from Latin labeō.

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labia

Unadapted borrowing from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).

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lac

From Portuguese laca, from Hindi लाख (lākh)/Urdu لاکھ (lākh) or cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages, from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lacquer.

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lace

From Middle English lace, laace, las, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, based on Latin laqueus. Doublet of lasso.

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lacer

Etymology tree English lace 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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lacis

From French lacis.

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lack

From Middle English lack, lakke, lak, from Old English *læc (“deficiency, lack, want”), from Proto-West Germanic *lak, from Proto-Germanic *laką, *lakaz (“slackness”), from Proto-Germanic *lakaz (“limp, slack, loose, low

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lacy

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

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lad

From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), from late Old English *ladda (attested in Old English personal byname Ladda), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse ladd (“hose, woo

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laddu

From Hindi लड्डू (laḍḍū).

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laddy

Etymology tree Middle English ladde English lad Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English laddy From lad + -y.

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lade

From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).

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laden

See lade.

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lader

Etymology tree English lade 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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ladle

From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lad

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ladsy

From lads + -y.

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lady

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *daigijǭder. Old English dǣġe Old English hlǣfdīġe Middle

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lag

Of unknown origin. Possibly of North Germanic origin.

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lagan

Per Littré, from Old French lagan, from Medieval Latin laga maris (“law of the sea”), from Old Norse lǫg (“law”) and Latin maris (“of the sea”)

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lage

Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.

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lager

From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.

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lagg

Most likely from Swedish lagg (“moist, marshy area around a bog”), though compare the dialectal (Sussex, Somerset) English term(s) lag ("long, narrow, marshy meadow, usually by the side of a stream") and leg ("long, narr

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laggy

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

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laght

From Irish leacht (“grave, gravemound”).

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lagi

From Malay lagi (“still more”).

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lagna

Borrowed from Sanskrit लग्न (lagna).

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lagom

Borrowed from Swedish lagom (“just right”).

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lah

An anglicised spelling of la.

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lahar

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦲꦂ (lahar). Introduced as geological term by Berend George Escher in 1922.

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lahoh

From Arabic لحوح (laḥūḥ), related to لَوْح (lawḥ, “board”), apparently in the sense of being a flat surface.

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lai

From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *

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laic

From French laïque, from Latin lāicus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek λαός (laós). Doublet of lay.

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laika

From Russian ла́йка (lájka, “laika”, literally “barker”).

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lain

Inflected forms.

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lair

From Middle English leir, leire, lair, lare, from Old English leġer (“couch, bed”), from Proto-Germanic *legrą, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

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laird

The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.

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lairy

Variation of leery, originally Cockney slang.

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lait

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (

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laith

From Middle English lathe, from Old English hladan or Old English hleadan, or from or potentially reinforced by Old Norse hlaða (“barn, storehouse”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaþǭ (“loader”), from *hlaþaną (“to lade, load”)

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laity

From Anglo-Norman laite, from Latin laitas, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós, “people”).

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lakao

From Chinese [Term?].

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lake

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leg-der. Proto-Germanic *lekanądeverb. Proto-Germanic *lakō Proto-West Germanic *laku Old English lacu Middle English lake Proto-Indo-European *lókus Proto-Italic *lakus Latin lacuslbo

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laker

From Middle English *lakere, *leikere, from Middle English laken, leiken (“to play, sport”), equivalent to lake (“play, sport”) + -er. More at lake.

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lakh

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- Sanskrit रक्ष् (rakṣ)? Sanskrit लक्ष् (lakṣ) Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa) Hindustanibor. English lakh Borrowed from Hindustani लाख or لاکھ (lākh), from Sanskrit लक्ष (lakṣa), from लक्ष

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lakin

Perhaps from Old Norse leika.

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lakou

From Haitian Creole lakou, from French la cour (“the courtyard”).

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laksa

From Malay laksa.

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laky

From Middle English laky, equivalent to lake + -y.

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laldy

Borrowed from Scots laldy, laldie.

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lalo-

From Ancient Greek λάλος (lálos, “talkative”), λαλέω (laléō, “to talk”).

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lam

From Middle English lamen, lemen, from Old English lemian and Old Norse lemja; both from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

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lama

Etymology tree Proto-Sino-Tibetan Tibetan བླ (bla) Tibetan མ (ma) Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma)bor. English lama Borrowed from Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma).

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lamb

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Du

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lamba

From Malagasy (Highlands dialect).

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lamby

From lamb + -y.

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lame

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

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lamed

From Hebrew לָמֶד (lamedh), from Proto-Semitic *lamed- (“goad”) (Hebrew מַלְמָד (malmad, “goad”)). Doublet of lambda.

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lameo

From lame + -o.

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lamer

Etymology tree English lame 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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lames

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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lamia

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).

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lamin

From lamina + -in, from their involvement in the nuclear lamina.

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lamp

Etymology tree Ancient Greek λᾰ́μπω (lắmpō) Ancient Greek -άζω (-ázō) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek λᾰμπᾰ́ς (lămpắs) Medieval Greek λαμπάδα (lampáda)bor. Late Latin lampada Old French lampebor. Middle English la

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lamé

Etymology tree French lame Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Old French -é Middle French -é French -é French lamébor

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lanai

Borrowed from Hawaiian lānai.

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lance

Etymology tree Latin lancea Old French lancebor. Middle English launce English lance From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

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lanch

See lance, launch.

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land

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land,

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lande

From Middle English lande, londe (dative form), from Old English lande, dative singular of Old English land (“land”).

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lane

From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”). Cognate with Scots lone (“cattle-track, by-road”), West Fri

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laned

From lane + -ed.

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laner

From lane + -er (relational suffix).

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lang

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos

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lank

From Middle English lank, from Old English hlanc, from Proto-West Germanic *hlank, from Proto-Germanic *hlankaz (“lank, thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”); compare German lenken (“to

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lanky

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

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lant

Alteration of earlier land (“urine”), from Middle English *land (“urine”), from Old English hland (“urine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hland, from Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klān- (“liqui

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lanx

Borrowed from Latin lanx.

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laoya

From Hokkien 老爺／老爷 (lāu-iâ, “old-fashioned”).

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lap

From Middle English lappe, from Old English læppa (“skirt or flap of a garment”), from Proto-West Germanic *lappō, from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”), of uncertain origin, possibly Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to h

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lapa

Borrowed from Sotho lelapa.

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lapel

From lap + -el (“diminutive suffix”).

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lapin

Etymology tree Middle French lapin French lapinbor. English lapin Borrowed from French lapin (“rabbit”).

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lapis

Shortened form of lapis lazuli.

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lappa

From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”).

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lappy

Shortened forms + -y.

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lapse

From Middle French laps, from Latin lāpsus, from lābī (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

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lapta

From Russian лапта́ (laptá).

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lapti

From Russian ла́пти (lápti), singular ла́поть (lápotʹ).

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lar

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

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larb

Borrowed from Lao ລາບ (lāp).

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larch

From early modern German Larche, Lärche, from Middle High German larche, from Old High German larihha, from Proto-West Germanic *larikā, an early borrowing from Latin larix, from Ancient Greek λάριξ (lárix), itself possi

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lard

From Middle English lard, from Old French lard (“bacon”), from Latin lārdum, lāridum (“bacon fat”).

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lardo

Borrowed from Italian lardo. Doublet of lard.

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lardy

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

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lare

See lore.

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lares

From the Latin plural lares, from lar, q.v.

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large

From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”), of uncertain ultimate origin; see there for more. Along with big, it mostly displaced

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lari

Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari, “lari”). Doublet of laari.

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lark

From Middle English larke, laverke, from Old English lāwerce, lǣwerce, lāuricæ, from Proto-West Germanic *laiwaʀikā, from Proto-Germanic *laiwazikǭ (compare dialectal West Frisian larts, Dutch leeuwerik, German Lerche),

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larky

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

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larn

A variant of standard English learn, possibly continuing Northern Middle English larn, a variant of lernen (“to learn”). Compare Scots larn. More at learn.

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larp

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Proto-Indo-European *leyp-der. Proto-Germanic *lībanąder. Proto-Germanic *lībą Proto-West Germanic *līb Old English

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lars

Formed within English as a plural form of lar, q.v.

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larva

From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).

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larve

From French larve.

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larvæ

Learned borrowing from Latin lārvae.

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lase

Back-formation from laser, as if removing -er. Compare mase.

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laser

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *lewktom Proto-Germanic *leuhtą Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light Proto-Indo-European

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lash

From Middle English lashe, lasshe, lasche (“a stroke; the flexible end of a whip”), from Proto-Germanic *laskô (“flap of fabric, strap”). Cognate with Dutch lasch, las (“a piece; seal; joint; notch; seam”), German Low Ge

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lashy

From lash + -y.

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lask

From Middle English lasken (“to diminish, weaken (the blood or other body fluids, body tissues, etc.); to thin (the blood through bloodletting); to alleviate (pain, sickness); to grow weak; to shorten (one’s life)”) [and

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lass

From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more. Cognates Scots lass, lassie

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lassi

Borrowed from Hindustani लस्सी / لسی (lassī).

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lasso

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

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lassy

Etymology tree English lass Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lassy From lass + -y.

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last

From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest, both ultimately from Old English latost. Doublet of latest.

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lat

Borrowed from Hindi लाट (lāṭ, “pillar; minaret; staff, club”), लाठ (lāṭh, “long staff; cudgel”), etc.

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latah

From Malay latah.

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latch

From Middle English lacchen (“to seize, catch, grasp”, verb), from Old English læċċan (“to grasp, take hold of, catch, seize”), from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, *lakwijaną, *lakkijaną (“to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European

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late

From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let. Cognates Cognat

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lated

From late + -ed.

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laten

Etymology tree English late Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic

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later

* Adverb: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lator, equivalent to late + -er. * Adjective: From Middle English later, latere, from Old English lætra, equivalent to late + -er. Cognate with Saterland Fris

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lates

Scientific Latin, from Ancient Greek λάτος (látos, “Nile perch”), of uncertain origin.

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latex

Borrowed from New Latin latex (“clear fluid which is part of a humour or bodily fluid”), a later use of Latin latex (“water; liquid, fluid”). Potentially a borrowing from Ancient Greek λᾰ́τᾰξ (lắtăx, “drop of wine”), ref

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lath

From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *laþô (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)l

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lathe

From Middle English lathen, from Old English laþian (“to invite, summon, call upon, ask”), from Proto-West Germanic *laþōn, from Proto-Germanic *laþōną (“to invite”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to want, desire”). C

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lathi

Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).

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lathy

From lath + -y.

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latik

Borrowed from Tagalog latik.

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latke

Borrowed from Yiddish לאַטקע (latke), from either Russian ла́тка (látka, “pastry, patch”) or Ukrainian оладка (oladka, “pancake, fritter”). In Polish łatka (“patch”) or placek, placki (“fritter, fritters”).

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