manta
Borrowed from Spanish manta (“blanket”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordThe English source dictionary · partial corpus coverage
English word origins · page 135
35,981 permanent word records. Read the source etymologies, inspect mentioned relationships and see where the evidence stops. These are not 35,981 independently reviewed deep dives.
45,491 source sections15,024 substantive evidence reports eligible for discovery20,957 brief records awaiting more evidence
Browse the dictionary
Page 135 of 180manti
The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which wo
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmanto
Borrowed from Italian manto or Spanish manto. Doublet of mantum.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmanu
In the sense of a manufacturer; clipping of 'manufacturer'
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmanul
Borrowed from Russian ману́л (manúl), from Mongolian мануул (manuul)/ᠮᠠᠨᠤᠤᠯ (manuul).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmanus
Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”). Doublet of mano.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmany
From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, suffic
1 source section · 39 relationship mentionsmao
Borrowed from Samoan ma'o, from ma'oma'o.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmaon
From Mao (referring to Mao Zedong) + -on, coined in 1977 by American theoretical physicist Sheldon L. Glashow in remembrance of Mao, who firmly holds that matter is endlessly divisible.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmap
Shortening or back-formation of Middle English mappemounde, mapemounde (“world map”), from Old French mapamonde, from Medieval Latin mappa mundī, compound of Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”) and mundus (“world”). See mop fo
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsmapa
Blend of mama + papa.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmapau
Borrowed from Māori māpau.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaple
The noun is derived from Middle English mapel (“tree of species Acer campestre, sole native maple of the British Isles); wood of such a tree; artistic representation of a maple leaf; a beam, pole, stake (?)”), from Old E
3 source sections · 28 relationship mentionsmaply
Etymology tree Middle English mapel English maple Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English maply From maple + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmapou
From Haitian Creole mapou.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaqaf
Transliteration of Hebrew מַקָּף (maqaf).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaqam
Ultimately from Arabic مَقَام (maqām). Doublet of mugham.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmaqta
Borrowed from Urdu مقطع, from Persian.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaqui
Borrowed from Chilean Spanish maqui, from Mapudungun.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmar
Inherited from Middle English merren, from Old English mierran (“to mar, disturb, confuse; scatter, squander, waste; upset, hinder, obstruct; err”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to disturb, hinder”), from Proto-Indo-
3 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsmar-
From martensite, patterned after maraging.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmara
Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.
4 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsmarae
Borrowed from Māori marae and Tahitian marae, from Proto-Oceanic *malaqe.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmarc
From Middle French marc, from Old French marcher (“to trample”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmarch
From Middle English marchen, from Middle French marcher (“to march, walk”), from Old French marchier (“to stride, to march, to trample”), from Frankish *markōn (“to mark, mark out, to press with the foot”), from Proto-Ge
3 source sections · 18 relationship mentionsmarco
From Marco in the game Marco Polo.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsmardo
Borrowed from Nyunga mardu.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmardy
Probably from marred + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmare
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *márkos Proto-Germanic *marhaz Proto-Germanic *-jō Proto-Germanic *marhijō Proto-West Germanic *marhijā Old English miere ▲ Proto-Germanic *marhaz Proto-West Germanic *marh Old English
4 source sections · 32 relationship mentionsmarfa
Borrowed from Urdu مرفع (marfa’), ultimately from Yemeni Arabic مرفع (marfa’, “kettledrum”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmarg
Clipping of margarine.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmarga
Borrowed from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of marg.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmarge
From French marge, from Latin margo. Doublet of margin and margo.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmargo
Learned borrowing from Latin margō. Doublet of marge and margin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaril
Coined by British bookbinder Phillip Smith as a clipping of Silmaril, the name of three jewels in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmark
From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germa
5 source sections · 37 relationship mentionsmarl
From Middle English marle, from Old French marle, from Late Latin margila, diminutive of marga (“marl”). Doublet of marla.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmarla
From Irish marla, from Middle English marle. Doublet of marl.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmarly
Etymology tree English marl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English marly From marl + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmarm
Respelling of ma'am.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmarma
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *mérmn̥ Sanskrit मर्म॑ (márma)bor. English marma Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्म॑ (márma, “mortal spot, vital point”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmarog
From Sotho marog.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaron
Either from French marron or Italian marrone, both from Latin Marrones.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmaror
From Hebrew מָרוֹר (marór).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmarra
From Old Norse margr.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmarry
From Middle English marien, from Anglo-Norman marïer, from Latin marītāre (“to wed”), from marītus (“husband, suitor”), from mās (“man, male”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”)
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsmarse
From master.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmarsh
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Germanic *mari Proto-West Germanic *mari Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Proto-West Germanic *marisk
1 source section · 12 relationship mentionsmart
From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.
4 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsmaru
From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmarv
Clipping of marvellous.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmarvy
From marv(ellous) + -y. Compare marv.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmary
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmarys
See mary.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmarz
From Armenian մարզ (marz). Doublet of march.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmas
From French mas, from Occitan mas, from Latin mānsum, from mānsus, perfect participle of maneō (“stay, remain, abide”). Doublet of manse.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmasa
Borrowed from Japanese 柾 (masa) or 政 (masa), an abbreviation of 柾紙 (masagami) or 政紙 (masagami).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmasc
Clipping of masculine.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmase
Back-formation from maser as if mase + agentive -er. Compare lase from laser.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmaser
From MASER, acronym of microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmash
From Middle English mash, from Old English mǣsċ, māsċ, māx, from Proto-Germanic *maiskaz, *maiskō (“mixture, mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyǵ-, *meyḱ- (“to mix”). Akin to German Meisch, Maische (“mash”), (compare m
5 source sections · 14 relationship mentionsmashy
Etymology tree English mash Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mashy From mash + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmask
Borrowed from Middle French masque (“a covering to hide or protect the face”), from Italian maschera (“mask, disguise”), from (a byform of, see it for more) Medieval Latin masca, mascha, a borrowing of Proto-West Germani
4 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsmason
From Middle English masoun, machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, Old French maçon, from Late Latin maciō (“carpenter, bricklayer”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmass
In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζ
3 source sections · 18 relationship mentionsmassy
From Middle English massy; equivalent to mass + -y.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmassé
From French massé.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmast
From Middle English mast, from Old English mæst (“mast”), from Proto-West Germanic *mast, from Proto-Germanic *mastaz (“mast, sail-pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *mazdos (“pole, mast”). Cognate with Dutch mast, German
4 source sections · 12 relationship mentionsmast-
From Ancient Greek μάσταξ (mástax, “jaws, what chews”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmasty
From mast + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmasu
Borrowed from Inupiaq masu.
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmasyu
Japanese, from a misreading of 真珠 (shinju, “pearl”) (the game was originally called 真珠の首飾り (shinju no kubikazari, “Pearl Necklace”)).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmat
Etymology tree Old English meatte Middle English matte English mat Inherited from Middle English matte (“mat”), from Old English meatte (“mat”), from Late Latin matta (“mat made of rushes”), from Punic or Phoenician (com
8 source sections · 16 relationship mentionsmata
Borrowed from Sanskrit माता (mātā), nom.sg. of मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”). Doublet of mater and mother.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmatai
Borrowed from Samoan matai.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatch
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-
3 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsmate
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middl
4 source sections · 20 relationship mentionsmater
From Latin māter (“mother”), partly via Late Middle English matere. Doublet of mata and mother. Ancestor of matrix.
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmatey
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-Germanic *matjô Proto-West Germanic *gamatjôder. Old Saxon gimatoder. Middl
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmath
Clipping of mathematics.
3 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsmatha
From Sanskrit मठ (maṭha).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmaths
Contraction of mathematics.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmathy
From math + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmati
Ancient Greek [Term?]
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatin
From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmatka
Borrowed from Hindi मटका (maṭkā).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatki
Borrowed from Marathi मटकी (maṭkī).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatra
Borrowed from Sanskrit मात्रा (mātrā, “measure, small quantity”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmatsu
Borrowed from Japanese 松 (“pine”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatta
From Japanese 待った (まった, matta).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmatte
Borrowed from French mat.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatty
From mat + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmaty
Etymology uncertain.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmatzo
When stressed on the first syllable, from Yiddish מצה (matse), from Hebrew מַצָּה (matsá); pronunciations stressed on the second syllable are borrowed directly from Hebrew.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmaté
Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati. Here, as well as in the matë variant, the unetymologically accented e serves the purpose in English of marking that vowel as pronounced, as in latte, rather than silent as i
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmatë
See the second line of maté's etymology.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmauka
Borrowed from Hawaiian mauka (“landward, shoreward (from the sea), towards the inland”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmaul
From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsmaun
From Middle English mau(e)n, mowen, from Old English magon, plural present indicative of magan (“to be able to, may”). More at mow, may.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmaund
From Middle English maunde, maundie, borrowed from Old French mande, borrowed from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch *manda, from Proto-West Germanic *mandu.
3 source sections · 11 relationship mentionsmauri
Borrowed from Māori mauri.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmauve
Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Doublet of mallow. Coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmauvy
From mauve + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmava
Hindi मावा (māvā)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaven
From Yiddish מבֿין (meyvn, “connoisseur, expert, know-it-all”), from Hebrew מֵבִין (mevín, “one who understands, connoisseur, expert”), from הֵבִין (hevín, “to understand”). The word is said to have been popularized by i
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmavis
From Middle English mavys, from Anglo-Norman mauvis, from Old French mauvis (“song thrush”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmavka
From Ukrainian ма́вка (mávka).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaw
From Middle English mawe, maghe, maȝe, from Old English maga (“stomach; maw”), from Proto-West Germanic *magō, from Proto-Germanic *magô (“belly; stomach”), from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *maks- (“bag, bellows, belly”).
3 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsmawed
From maw + -ed.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmawk
From Middle English mawke, moke, a contraction of mathek, maddok, from Old Norse maðkr (“maggot”), a diminutive of a base from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“worm”) (compare Old English maþa), from Proto-Indo-European *mat-, *mo
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsmawky
From mawk + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmawla
Transliteration of Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmawn
Welsh mawn
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmax
Abbreviation of maximum.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmax Q
From the abbreviation of maximum (max) and the formula for dynamic pressure (q /Q) q= tfrac 12,ρ,v².
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmaxi
Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmaxi-
Back-formation from maximum on the analogy of minimum and mini-, ultimately from Latin maximus (“large”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaxim
From Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Late Latin maxima (“axiom”), noun use of the feminine singular form of Latin maximus (apparently as used in the phrase prōpositiō maxima (“greatest premise”)). Doub
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmaxx
Back-formation from -maxx.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmay
From Middle English magen, mauen, mawe, mawen, mayen, maȝen, mouin, mow, mowen, moȝen, mugen, from Old English magan, from Proto-West Germanic *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”), from Proto-Indo-Euro
3 source sections · 46 relationship mentionsmayB
From maybe, the second syllable is pronounced like the name of the letter b. B is written in upper case to indicate that it must be pronounced separately.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmaya
Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmayb
From maybe, the second syllable is pronounced like the name of the letter b.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmaybe
From an ellipsis of Middle English it may be, equivalent to may + be. Compare mayhap.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmayor
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵyōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maior Old French mairebor. Middle English maire English mayor From Middle English maire, from Ol
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsmaza
From Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza). Doublet of mass.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmazal
From maze + -al.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmazar
Arabic مَزَار (mazār)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmaze
From Middle English mase, from Middle English masen (“to perplex, bewilder”); or perhaps from Old English *mæs (“delusion, bewilderment”); akin to Old English āmasian (“to perplex, confound”), Icelandic masa (“to chatter
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmazer
From Middle English maser, mazer, masere, from Anglo-Norman mazer, Old French mazre (“a kind of maple wood”), from Frankish *masur, from Proto-Germanic *masuraz, cognate with Old High German masar (German Maser (“spot”))
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmazut
From Russian мазу́т (mazút).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmazy
Etymology tree English maze Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mazy From maze + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmazza
See meze.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmbio
Clipped compound.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmbira
Borrowed from Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmboga
Borrowed from Swahili mboga.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmbube
From Zulu imbube (“lion”) (uyimbube (“you are a lion”)).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmbuna
Borrowed from Tonga (Malawi) mbuna (“cichlid”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordme
From Middle English me, from Old English mē (“me”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative mec), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀ, from Proto-Germanic *miz (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me
5 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmeach
See mich.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmead
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English
2 source sections · 18 relationship mentionsmeady
From mead + -y.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsmeak
From Middle English meeke, probably from Old Norse mækir (“sword”), from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz. Cognate with Icelandic mækir, Old English mēċe.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmeal
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *mēlą Proto-West Germanic *māl Old English mǣl Middle English mel English meal From Middle English me
3 source sections · 38 relationship mentionsmealy
From meal + -y. Cognate with German mehlig.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmean
From Middle English menen (“to intend; remember; lament; comfort”), from Old English mǣnan (“to mean, complain”), Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; complain”), from Proto-Ind
3 source sections · 37 relationship mentionsmeane
From Middle English [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmeans
From mean (“method or course of action used to achieve some result”). Compare French moyens, German Mittel.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmeant
From Middle English ment, mente, from Old English mǣnde, mǣndon, etc. Equivalent to mean + -t.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmeany
Etymology tree English mean Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English meany From mean + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmease
The English Dialect Dictionary suggests Old Norse meiss (“wooden box, as would be used for counting fish”) as a source; The Century Dictionary suggests that the term comes via Old French from a Latin word *mesa (“barrel”
4 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmeat
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Inherited from Middle English mete (“food”), from Old English mete (“food”)
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsmeaty
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmebi-
Blend of mega- + binary.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmebos
From Dutch mebos, from Japanese 梅干し (umeboshi, “dried plum”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmech
Ultimately from mechanical, mechanic, perhaps via mecha.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmecha
From Japanese メカ (meka), from an abbreviation of the English mechanical.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmeco-
From combining form of Ancient Greek μῆκος (mêkos, “length”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmecon
From Ancient Greek μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmed
Etymology tree Latin medeor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin medicus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Me
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmedal
From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediāl
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmedex
From the name of the programme, from medical extension.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmedia
Learned borrowing from Latin media, the feminine nominative of medius (“middle”, adjective), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). In the sense of a unit of dry measure, via Spanish me
4 source sections · 13 relationship mentionsmedic
Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmedio
From Spanish medio (“half, half-celemin, half-real, etc.”), from Latin medius (“half”), from Proto-Italic *meðjos, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between”). Doublet of medium, media, and mediate.
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsmee
From Middle English mee, variant of me, from Old English mē (“me”). See further at me.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsmeed
From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European
2 source sections · 22 relationship mentionsmeeja
Lax pronunciation of media.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmeek
From Middle English meek, meke, meoc, probably a borrowing from Old Norse mjúkr (“soft; meek”), from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, *mūkaz (“soft; supple”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery; to slip”);
1 source section · 16 relationship mentionsmeep
Imitative
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmeer
See mere.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmeese
Pluralization of moose on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed shoop → sheep.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsmeet
From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”)
2 source sections · 24 relationship mentionsmeff
Compare meth (“a tramp”), from meths or methylated spirits.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmeg
Clipping of words starting with mega-.
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmega
From the prefix mega-, from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmega-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- From Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Cognate
1 source section · 11 relationship mentionsmeh
Popularized by the American television show The Simpsons; first used on the show in the episode titled "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (1994). Possibly ultimately from Yiddish מע (me, “so-so”). First attested in 1928, with usage
3 source sections · 1 relationship mentionmeid
Borrowed from Afrikaans meid, from English maid. Doublet of maid.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmeido
From Japanese メイド (meido, “maid, maidservant”), from English maid.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsmeio-
Ultimately from Ancient Greek μεῖον (meîon, “less”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmeism
Etymology tree Middle English me English me Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-Eur
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsmeju
# From Korean 메주 (meju)
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmel
Shortening of melody.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordmela
From Urdu میلہ (mela)/Hindi मेला (melā), from Sanskrit मेलक (melaka).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsmela-
From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmelam
Compare French mélam.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmelas
From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmelba
From Peach Melba, a dish invented for Nellie Melba, an Australian opera singer.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmeld
The verb is probably derived: * from a blend of melt + weld; or * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare also melting pot.
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionsmele
Borrowed from Hawaiian mele.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordmelee
Borrowed from French mêlée, from Old French meslee, feminine past participle of mesler (“to mix”), derived from Latin misceō (“mix”). Doublet of medley.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsmelic
From Latin melicus, from Koine Greek μελικός (melikós), from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, lyric”).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsmelik
From Armenian մելիք (melikʻ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmell
From Middle English melen, mælen, from Old English mǣlan (“to speak, talk”), from mǣl (“speech, talk, conversation; dispute, contest, battle”) and māl (“suit, case, action, terms, agreement, covenanted pay”), both from P
4 source sections · 15 relationship mentionsmelo
Perhaps after French mélo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmelo-
From French mélo-, from Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb, musical phrase, melody, song, tune”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsmelon
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsmelos
From Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordmelt
From Middle English melten, from a merger of Old English meltan (intransitive) and mieltan (transitive), both meaning “to melt, digest,” from Proto-West Germanic *meltan and *maltijan, from Proto-Germanic *meltaną and *m
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsJump to any dictionary page
Read the layers separately
These source reports extend Wiktionary’s work through Kaikki / Wiktextract, with attribution and visible extraction limits. A relationship mentioned in a source is not automatically the immediate parent of a word. Newly written research analyses cite their own references. The reviewed graph has a separate evidence contract and counter.
The full multilingual corpus remains local; this directory covers only the bounded English slice. See exactly what has been acquired and published →