Athol
From Scottish Gaelic Athall, possibly from Middle Irish aith- (“second, further”) + Fódla, a poetic name for Ireland.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsThe English source dictionary · partial corpus coverage
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From Scottish Gaelic Athall, possibly from Middle Irish aith- (“second, further”) + Fódla, a poetic name for Ireland.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Ancient Greek Ἄθως (Áthōs).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Irish Baile Átha Í, "(town of the) ford of Ae," from áth (“ford”) + Ae, the latter being a Celtic chieftain who is said to have been killed on the river crossing in battle. However, Í could instead mean "yew tree,"
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionUnadapted borrowing from Romanian Atid.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Pawnee Atira, from Pawnee atira (“'our mother', voc. 'Mother'”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom a medieval English and Irish given name. A diminutive of Adam using -kin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
3 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsFrom the Old English personal name Eatta + hlāw (“hill; tumulus”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordA variant of Attock.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Manipuri ꯑꯇꯣꯝ (ʼatom).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of Eaton.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Atong (India) atong ([atɔŋ]).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Sanskrit अत्रि (atri).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Arabic عَتَّال (ʕattāl, “porter”) or via French Attal.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped At
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom German or Italian Atto, perhaps related to Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Punjabi ਅੱਤ੍ਰੀ (attrī). Caste: From Punjab, Jatt
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit अतुल (atula).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Coptic ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ (atoum, “Atum”), from Egyptian tm (“Atum”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsLiterally meaning a person who speaks the Tyap language.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Ancient Greek ἄτη (átē).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Cantonese 歐/欧 (ou1) or 區/区 (ou1) (Doublet of Ao), or from German Au.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBlend of autism + ADHD.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Au and H₂O being the chemical formulae for gold and water, respectively.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom French Aube.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom a clipping of Auburn + -ie.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom French Aubin, from Latin Albinus.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from French Auble.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordModern variant of Aubrey.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Latvian Auce
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Auld.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from French Aude.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from French Audet.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom German Audi.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Audia.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordPossibly from a French surname.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention* As a French surname, borrowed from French Auger. * As a German surname, a variant of Auer, with the -g- said to reflect a West Frisian influence. * As an English surname, variant of Alger.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Augustus + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record* As a north German surname, spelling variant of Ohl, related to Ulrich. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Ahl. * Also as a German surname, spelling variant of Auel, occupational surname for a potter, from
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Scots auld (“old”). Compare the English surname Old.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Ancient Greek Αὐλίς (Aulís).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of Aumann.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Burmese အောင် (aung).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordThe name of the deity is from Ancient Greek Αὔρα (Aúra), from αὔρα (aúra, “breeze”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from French Auric.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from French Aurès, from Arabic أَوْرَاس (ʔawrās), from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵡⵔⴰⵙ (awras).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Latin Augusta.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionFrench, from the Roman name, Latin Augustodunum.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom auxiliary + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Ancient Greek Αὔξω (Aúxō), related to αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to increase”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Hebrew אָב (āv), from Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Portuguese, from the Upper Burmese pronunciation of အင်းဝ (ang:wa. /ăwá/).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordRare fanciful spelling of Ava.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit अवनि (avani, “earth”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordPossibly a variant of Evans.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Avar аварал (awaral)
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant spelling of Avery.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Serbo-Croatian Avdić.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Norwegian Aven. It could also be a variant of Avon.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordPerhaps a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman personal name or nickname Avenant, from Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionModern fanciful spelling of Avery
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Anglo-Norman Averay, Auveray, Alverey, from Latin Alveredus, Aluredus, from Old English Ælfræd, from ælf (“elf”) and ræd (“counsel”). Doublet of Alfred.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Hebrew אבי (Ávi, “father”), chiefly as a diminutive of אַבְרָהָם (Avrahám, “Abraham, lit. father of a multitude or exalted father”) and אַבְנֵר (Avnér, “Abner, lit. father of light”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Spanish or Galician Ávila.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordTransliteration of Hindi अविरा (avirā), etc.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Irish Abhóca.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Compare with Welsh afon. Doublet of Almond (“a river in Scotland”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom transliterations of modern pronunciations of Hebrew אַבְרָם (avrám). Doublet of Abram and Abramo.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsUnadapted borrowing from Romanian Avrig.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record20th-century invention from French avril (“April”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordThe pluralization in this informal moniker is analogical to other team names with plural noun phrases.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Ewe avuvi (“puppy”), from avu (“dog”) + the diminutive suffix -vi, which may be related to vi (“little; child”); or the equivalent in another Gbe language.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Japanese 阿波 (Awa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic عَوَاضَة (ʕawāḍa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Hindi अवध (avadh).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Hebrew אָוֶן.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Uyghur ئاۋات (awat), from Classical Persian آبَاد (ābād).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Somali Awdal and Arabic أَوْدَل (ʔawdal).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Aweer aweer- (“to hunt”), related to Somali ugaar- (“to hunt”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Awngi አውጚ (ʾäwŋi).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Arabic أَوَّاب (ʔawwāb).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom the German surname, spelling variant of Axt.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “letter, character”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordUltimately derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Usk.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128–1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", an
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Mussolini's idea of "an axis around which nations could assemble".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from German Axler.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordProbably a variant of Exley or Oxley.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordEnglish surname, from the Middle English personal name Ackeson, equivalent to Acke (a pet form of Adam) + -son. The first element could also be from a variant of the female name Agatha, see also Agate.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsBorrowed from German Axt.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Axton, Kent, Old English Acca (a personal name) + Old English stan (“stone”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsThe planetoid was named after the Akkadian goddess, which began with the same first letter as the provisional designation 2002 AW₁₉₇.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Japanese あやこ (Ayako).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish Ayala, from Basque Aiara, after a town in Álvara, Basque Country.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Gulf Arabic عَيَم (ʕayam, “Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian descent”), plural of عيمي (ʕīmi), from Classical Arabic عَجَم (ʕajam, “non-Arabs, especially Persians”). Doublet of Ajam and aljamiado.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsMeaning Eon in Arabic. May be related to the greek word Aeon.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of Ayers.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Japanese 綾瀬 (Ayase).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsUnadapted borrowing from Turkish Aydın.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Burmese အေး (e: /eì/).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun heir. * Also as an English surname, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle English personal name Aier, from Proto-West Germanic *Agihari, from *agi (“fear”) + *hari (“army”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionUltimately of Arabic origin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordA surname from Hebrew אַיִל 'ayil "ram".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Uyghur ئايكۆل (ayköl).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic أَيْمَن (ʔayman).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom French Ayn, recorded earlier as Latin Ainum, presumably from an uncertain Gaulish or Ancient Ligurian etymon, *aginn (“height, high place”), possibly from pre-Celtic *Agannus (“rock”), perhaps from the same ultimate
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsFrom Old Norse eyrr (“gravel bank”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Tagalog Ayson.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordUnadapted borrowing from Spanish Aysén.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordPerhaps a dialectal spelling of the personal name Atto.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordProbably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Bulgarian Айтос (Ajtos), from Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ετός (āetós, “eagle”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb). Mostly a patronymic or patronymic surname.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Japanese あゆこ.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Japanese あゆみ (Ayumi).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom earlier AYUSH (“Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, Unani, siddha, and homoeopathy”), based on Sanskrit आयुष (āyuṣa).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsFanciful 21st-century spelling of Ava.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordReborrowed from Hebrew עזה (`aza).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Biblical Hebrew אָצַל ('atsal), of unclear meaning, generally interpreted as "very near".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Latin Azalī.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Persian آذر (âzar).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Arabic أَزْد (ʔazd).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Azim. This variant is mostly found in Pakistan.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic عازر. This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Turkish Azeri.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic أَزْهَر (ʔazhar, “shining, radiant”). This surname is mostly found in Pakistan.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Arabic عَظِيم (ʕaẓīm). This surname is mostly found in Bangladesh.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz, “dear”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Persian عزیزی
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordStylized from Tagalog askal. The term came into use in 2005, months before the Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom az(imuth) on(ly).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Russian and Ukrainian Азо́в (Azóv), presumably from Kipchak Azaq (“lowlands”), a name applied to the region around the present town.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Spanish Azuay.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom a Native American language, likely Tongva Asuksagna.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Old Irish Aífe; compare Modern Irish Aoife.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Czech Aš.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).
4 source sections · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Hebrew ב״ה, abbreviation of בעזרת השם (b'ezrat Hashem, “with God's help”) or בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם (baruch Hashem, “thank God”), often abbreviated due to the taboo on writing God's name.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionSyncopic form of Broadway.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordNamed for Boeing's B-52 Stratofortress, a bomber aircraft used in the Vietnam War.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom B + DNA. Coined by Rosalind Franklin, for the second of two forms discovered during her X-ray crystallography experiments on DNA.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShortened from break + boy.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShort for bottom 40 percent, a portion of Malaysia's population.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from German BACH.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* (Ecuadoran Navy): Spanish BAE
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAcronym of British Academy of Film and Television Arts, which presents the awards.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordTransliteration of the Russian БАРС (BARS), abbreviation for Беспрессовая Аппаратура высокого давления (press-free high-pressure setup).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from German BASF (“Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAcronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, but designed to spell out basic (i.e. simplistic). First use appears c. 1964 in the BASIC Instruction Manual.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsModification of BBM (“beautiful big man”). See more at BBW (“beautiful big woman”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordModification of BBW (“beautiful big woman”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordModification of BBW (“big beautiful woman”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordPseudo-acronym of barbecue, by phonetic similarity of the letter names.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BBQ + -'d.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BBQ + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BBS + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviations. Noun sense 1 was coined by Carole Shaw in 1979 in the first sense with the launch of BBW Magazine, a fashion and lifestyle magazine for plus-size women.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsCalque of Latin ante Christum, popularized with the 1627 publication of De doctrina temporum by French theologian Denis Pétau.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionFrom BC + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialisms.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordContracted initialism of B&D + D/s + S&M, meaning respectively bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom BDS + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAcronym of bug-eyed monster.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordNamed after its inventors Brunauer, Emmett and Teller.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BG + 1.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BG + 2.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BG + 3.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAlternative of LGBT with the letters in alphabetical order.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Japanese BGM (BGM), an initialism of English background music.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom BG (“Baldur’s Gate”) + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordModification of BBW (“big beautiful woman”), substituting the beautiful for handsome.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Latin bis in diē.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for BIP; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAdaptation of POC. Appeared on social media circa 2013.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordHumorous modern use of -en from Middle English; compare VAXen.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of buy it yourself, inspired by DIY.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviations.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsAn acronym of Basic Local Alignment Search Tool.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BLM + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFormed as a backronym. See Object storage#Origins.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of its former name British Medical Journal.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordEtymology tree German Bayerische German Motoren German Werke German BMWbor. English BMW Borrowed from German BMW, equivalent to an initialism of Bavarian Motor Works.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsInitialism of bicycle motocross.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BMX + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Malay
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BNP + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of battery-operated boyfriend, fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsAcronym of be on the lookout.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom BPD + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordAdaptation of POC.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordThese 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.
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