nub
Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.
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From nub + -y. Compare knobby.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnuc
Shortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnucca
Modification of nigga.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnuch
aphetic form of not much
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnucha
From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnucin
From Latin nux, nucis (“a nut”) + -in.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnude
Entered English 1493 as a legal term, meaning "unsupported, not formally attested," from Middle English nud, from Latin nūdus (“naked, bare”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsnudey
From nude + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnudez
From nude + -z.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnudge
Circa 17th century, perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian nugge, nyggje (“to push, rub, shove”), Icelandic nugga (“to rub, massage”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (“to smooth, join together”)
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsnudgy
From nudge + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnudi
Clipping of nudibranch, possibly with influence of the diminutive suffixes -y and -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnudie
From nude + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnudy
From nude + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnudzh
From Yiddish נודזש (nudzh, “an annoying, bothersome person”), from Polish nudzić (“to bore”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnuel
From Middle English newel, niwel (“right down”, adverb), from Old English nēol, nȳwol, nēowol, neowol, niwol, nihol (“precipitous, headlong, prone, prostrate, obscure, deep down, low, profound, abysmal”), of uncertain or
1 source section · 17 relationship mentionsnuevo
Borrowed from Spanish nuevo. Doublet of new.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordnug
From dialectal nug, nog, knog (“a knot, lump, block, a misshapen mass of anything, peg, linchpin”), also found in Scots nug, nugg, nogg (“small block of wood, peg, pin”), of uncertain origin. Probably from earlier *knug,
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsnuggy
Clipping of nugget + -y.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnugu
Borrowed from Korean 누구 (nugu, “who”, pronoun).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnuh
From Middle English na, from Old English nā.
3 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordnuhou
From Hawaiian nū hou.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnuk
Onomatopoeic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnuke
Clipping of nuclear weapon. The verb is derived from the noun.
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnuker
From nuke + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnull
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Borrowed from Middle French nul, from
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnullo
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinosder. Proto-Italic *noinolos Latin nūllusder. Old French nul Middle French nulbor. English null Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle Engl
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsnum
Inflection of nim.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnumb
From the past participle of nim (“to take”). Compare German benommen (“dazed, numb”) and Old Norse numinn. The final ⟨b⟩ is a later addition; it was never pronounced, and did not appear in the original word.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsnumby
From numb + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnumen
Borrowed from Latin nūmen.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnummy
Juvenile variant of yummy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnumps
Uncertain, probably from Numps, obsolete diminutive of Humphrey. Compare also numb and numpty.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnun
From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsnunky
Clipping of nuncle + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnunly
From nun + -ly.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnunny
Possibly coined as a variant of nanny or from baby-talk. Many Italian-Americans use "nonna," "nonni," or "nonnie" for their grandmothers.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsnupur
From Hindi नूपुर (nūpur, “anklet, nupur, ornament for the feet”), from Sanskrit नूपुर (nūpura, “anklet”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnuqta
From Hindustani نقطہ / नुक़्ता (nuqtā), from Classical Persian نُقْطَه (nuqta), from Arabic نُقْطَة (nuqṭa).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnuque
From Middle French nuque, nuche, from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ). Doublet of nucha.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsnurdy
From nurd + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnurl
From knurl; related to gnarl.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnurse
From Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”).
3 source sections · 8 relationship mentionsnurst
nurse + -t
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnursy
From nurse + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnuru
Japanese ぬる (literally “slippery”)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnuruk
From Korean 누룩 (nuruk).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnussy
Blend of nose + pussy.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordnut
From Middle English note, nute, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts (“nut”), from a root *knu- possibly shared with Proto-Celtic *knūs and Latin nux (“nut”). Based on the fo
3 source sections · 24 relationship mentionsnutil
From or related to Middle English nytelen (“to struggle”). Cognate with North Frisian næteln, nöteln (“to hesitate, procrastinate, dawdle, work slowly”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnutly
From nut + -ly.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnuts
Source etymology material for nuts; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnutso
Etymology tree English nuts Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o English nutso From nuts + -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsnutsy
From nuts + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnutty
Etymology tree substrateder. Proto-Germanic *hnuts Proto-West Germanic *hnut Old English hnutu Middle English note English nut Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsnya
From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃ (nya).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnyaa
From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃあ (nyā).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnyah
Uncertain. Assertions of its universality among children regardless of culture or parent tongue are likely false.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnyala
Probably borrowed from Tsonga nyala. The alternative form inyala is from Zulu inyala.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsnyan
From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃん (nyan).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnyao
From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃお (nyao).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnyas
From Old French niais (“bird from the nest”), from Latin nidus (“nest”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnyayo
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili nyayobor. English nyayo Borrowed from Swahili nyayo (“footsteps, footprints”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsnyc
A shortened spelling of nice; y often represents ī (as distinct from i = ĭ) in spellings of this kind.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnyct-
From Ancient Greek νύκτ- (núkt-), stem of νύξ (núx, “night”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnye
Probably from French nid (“nest, brood”), from Latin nidus (“nest”). Doublet of nidus and nest.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsnyet
Borrowed from Russian нет (net, “no”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnylon
Coined by the company DuPont in 1938. According to the company, the name was formed from the random generic syllable nyl- + the common fiber suffix -on (as in rayon and Dacron), said to be ultimately from cotton.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsnym
Clipping of pseudonym.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordnymph
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *snewbʰ- Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē)der. Latin nymphader. Old French nimphebor. Middle English nimphe English nymph From Middle English nimphe, from Old English nymphē and Old French n
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsnyuk
Introduced by Curly (Jerome Horwitz) of The Three Stooges in the 1930's.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordné
From French né, from Old French né, from Latin nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of nada.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsnée
From French née (“born”, feminine singular). Doublet of nada, natal, Natal, and Noel.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsnévé
Borrowed from French névé, from the Franco-Provençal (Savoyard) term névi (“mass of snow”), from Latin nivatus (“snow-cooled”), from nix, nivis (“snow”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsnê
From Afrikaans nè, probably short for newaar (“isn't that true?”), colloquial variant of nie waar.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordnü
Likely back-formation from nü-metal; originally an alteration of nu with heavy metal umlaut.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordo
See o'.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoaf
Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsoak
Inherited from Middle English ake, hok, oek, ok, oke, from Old English aac, āc, ǣċ, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognates From Proto-Germanic
1 source section · 23 relationship mentionsoaked
From oak + -ed.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoaken
Inherited from Middle English oken (also eken), from Old English ācen, ǣċen (“of oak”), from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to oak + -en (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Dutch eiken (“oaken”), German eichen (“oaken
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsoaks
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoakum
From Late Middle English okom, okome (“oakum”) [and other forms], from Old English ācumba (“oakum”, literally “that which has been combed out, off-combings”) [and other forms], from ācemban (“to comb out”), from Proto-Ge
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsoaky
Etymology tree English oak Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English oaky From oak + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsoar
From Middle English ore (“oar”), from Old English ār, from Proto-West Germanic *airu, from Proto-Germanic *airō (“oar”). Cognate with Old Norse ár.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsoared
From oar + -ed.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsoarer
From oar + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoary
From oar + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoasal
From oasis + -al.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoasis
From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic Egyptian wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”), G43-V28-G1-X1:N25 Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsoast
From Middle English ost, from Old English āst (“a kiln”), from Proto-Germanic *aistaz (“kiln”), from *aisǭ (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn; fire”). Cognate with Dutch eest (“kiln”), Middle Low Germa
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionsoat
Inherited from Middle English ote, from Old English āte, from Proto-West Germanic *aitā, from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (“swelling; gland; nodule”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyd- (“to swell”). See English atter (“poison”).
1 source section · 24 relationship mentionsoaten
Inherited from Middle English oten, *aten (“oaten”); equivalent to oat + -en. Cognate with Scots aiten (“oaten”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsoater
From oat + -er (“Variety -er”). First use appears c. 1945-50, alluding to the fodder for horses, which are common in the movies.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsoath
From Middle English ooth, oth, ath, from Old English āþ (“oath”), from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ (“oath”), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz (“oath”). Cognate with Scots aith, athe (“oath”), North Frisian ith, iss (“oath”), Sate
1 source section · 14 relationship mentionsoatie
From oat + -ie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoatsy
From oats + -y, from feeling one's oats.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoaty
Etymology tree English oat Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English oaty From oat + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsob
From Latin ob, abbreviation of obolus.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordob-
From Latin ob-.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordob.
From Latin ob., abbreviating obiit (“he or she passed on”) or obiter (“incidentally”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoba
From Yoruba ọba.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobake
Borrowed from Japanese おばけ.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobang
From Japanese 大判 (ōban).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobbo
Shortened from observation + -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordobby
Clipping of obstacle course + -y.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordobeah
Uncertain; apparently from a Caribbean creole, probably ultimately from a West African language. The Oxford English Dictionary points to Igbo abià (“knowledge, wisdom”), obìa (“doctor, healer”). Cognate of Aukan obiya, S
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsobeli
From Middle English obeli, oboli, oboly, from Late Latin obeli, from Ancient Greek ὀβελοί (obeloí).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsobese
From Latin obēsus, derived from obedō (“to devour, eat away”), from ob (“away”) + edō (“to eat”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsobex
From Latin obex (“barrier, wall”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobey
From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboediō (also obēdiō (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, n
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsobi
Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobit
From Anglo-Norman obit, Middle French obit, and their source, Latin obitus (“going down; death”), from obīre (“to go down, to die”).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsobjet
Ellipsis. Doublet of object and objectum.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordoblea
Borrowed from Spanish oblea.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobley
From Anglo-Norman obblé, oblei et al., Old French oblee, obleie et al., from Late Latin oblata (“light pastry; communion wafer”), noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin offerre (“to offer”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsoboe
An earlier form in English is hautboy, but the spelling oboe was adopted into English ca. 1770 from the Italian oboè, a transliteration in that language's orthography of the 17th-century pronunciation of the French word
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionobol
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós, literally “spit”). Doublet of obole and pul.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsobole
Borrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobolo
Compare obolus.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordobrok
From Russian обро́к (obrók, “rent, tribute”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordobvi
Clipping of obvious or obviously.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordobvs
Clipping of obviously + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare blates (“blatantly”), totes (“totally”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoca
Borrowed from Spanish oca, from Quechua uqa.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordoccur
Originally "meet (in argument)", borrowed from Middle French occurrer, from Latin occurrō (“run to meet, run against, befall, present itself”) from prefix ob- (“against”) + verb currō (“run, hurry, move”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsoccy
From octopus + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordocean
Etymology tree substrateder. Ancient Greek Ὠκεᾰνός (Ōkeănós)der. Latin Ōceanusder. Old French occeanbor. Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan English ocean From Middle English *ocean, occean, occian, occyan, fro
1 source section · 14 relationship mentionsoch
Compare Early Modern English och, Scottish Gaelic och, Irish och. Compare also Scots ach, Scots ouch.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsocha
From Japanese お茶 (ocha), from 御 (o-, honorific prefix) + 茶 (cha, “tea”), from Middle Chinese 茶 (MC drae), whence English cha.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsoche
Possibly from Middle French oche (“notch”), from Old French ocher, ochier (“to make a notch in; to notch”), which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick (“small cut, notch”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsochl-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “mob”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordochna
Borrowed from translingual Ochna, from Ancient Greek ὄχνη (ókhnē, “pear tree”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsochre
From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
3 source sections · 10 relationship mentionsock
From Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”) Doublet of akh.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsocker
From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”). More at oker.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsocky
Borrowed from Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”) + ـِي (-ī, “my”), doublet of akhi. Also diminutive of ock (“a man of Middle Eastern descent who runs a deli or bodega”)
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsocote
Spanish ocote
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordocrea
From Latin ocrea (“greave, legging”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoct
Short for octal.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordocta
See octa-.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordocta-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ) Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) English octa- From Ancient Greek ὀκτα- (okta-, “eight”); compare ὀκτώ (oktṓ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionoctad
From oct- + -ad.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoctal
From oct- + -al.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoctet
From oct- (“eight”) + -et.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoctic
From Latin octo (“eight”) + -ic.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoctli
Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl octli
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordocto
Clipping of octopus
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordocto-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ)bor. Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Italic *oktō Latin octōbor. English octo- From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and Latin oc
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsoctyl
Etymology tree English octane Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English octyl From octane + -yl.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsod
Alteration of God.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoda
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوطه (oda) (Turkish oda)
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsodal
From Icelandic óðal (“estate”). Cognate with Norwegian odel, odal (“allodium, patrimony”), Old English ēþel (“homeland”). Compare athel, Odelsthing.
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsodd
From Middle English odde, od (“odd (not even); leftover after division into pairs”), from Old Norse oddi (“odd, third or additional number; triangle”), from oddr (“point of a weapon”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsodden
From odd + -en (verbal ending).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoddly
From Middle English oddely, odly, equivalent to odd + -ly.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsodds
From odd (“uneven, strange”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordode
From Middle French ode, from Late Latin ōda, from Ancient Greek ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). Doublet of Aoede.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsodee
Possibly a shortened form of overdose (compare OD (“overdose”)) or overdoing.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordodeia
From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖᾰ (ōideîă).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoden
Borrowed from Japanese おでん.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordodeon
From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionodeum
Partly from Middle French odéum and partly from Latin ōdēum. By surface analysis, ode + -eum.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsodic
From ode + -ic.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordodism
From od + -ism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordodist
Etymology tree English ode Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Gr
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsodium
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-der. Proto-Italic *odjom Latin odiumlbor. English odium Learned borrowing from Latin odium, from Proto-Italic *odjom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsodize
From od + -ize.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordodmyl
From Ancient Greek ὀδμή (odmḗ, “stench”) + -yl.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordodo-
From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordodor
From Middle English odour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor. Cognates * Swedish odör (“bad smell”)
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsodori
From Japanese 踊り (odori).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordodso
Euphemistic form of godso.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordodyle
From od + Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood; material, matter, substance”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsoe
Borrowed from Swedish ö and Danish ø. Doublet of ey (“small island in a river”, inherited from Old English) and -ey (an element found in some place names, also partly from Old Norse). See also ea and yeo.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsoecus
Borrowed from Latin oecus, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsoenin
From oeno- + -in.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoeno-
From Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos, “wine”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoes
From o + -es. The ornamentation is named for its shape, resembling the letter O.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoeuf
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwisder. Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om Classical Latin ōvum Vulgar Latin *ŏvum Old French oef Middle French œuf French œufbor. En
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionof
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English of From Middle English of, fr
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsofay
Unknown; perhaps from an African language (possibly Yoruba ófé (“to evade, disappear”)). Pig Latin for foe, though popularly posited, is probably not accurate. A possible point of origin is Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dicti
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionoff
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Germanic *ab Proto-West Germanic *ab Old English æf Old English of Middle English of English off From Middle English of, f
1 source section · 19 relationship mentionsoff-
From Middle English of-, from Old English of-, æf- (“off, away, down, un-”), from Proto-Germanic *aba- (“off, away”), combining form of *ab(a), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”). Cognate with Dutch af- (“off,
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionsoffal
From Middle English offal, offall, offalle (“offal, refuse, scrap waste”), equivalent to off- + fall. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oufal (“offal”), West Frisian ôffal (“offal”), Dutch afval (“waste, refuse”), German Lo
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionsoffer
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisi
3 source sections · 22 relationship mentionsoffy
Etymology tree English off Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English offy From off (“first element of noun”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsoflag
German, from Offizierslager.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordofo
From Igbo ọ̀fọ.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoft
From Middle English oft (also ofte, often > Modern English often), from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-West Germanic *oftu, *oftō, from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, o
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionsoften
From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”). Co
1 source section · 14 relationship mentionsofuda
From Japanese 御札 (おふだ, ofuda).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordoga
Borrowed from Yoruba ọ̀gá (“chief, master”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordogac
From an Inuit language. Compare Inuktitut ᐆᒐᖅ (oocaq), Greenlandic uuaq, uugaq (“cod”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsogday
Pig Latin version of dog.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordogdo-
From Ancient Greek ὀγδοάς (ogdoás, “eightfold, group of eight”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordogee
From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin augeō (“to increase, strengthen”), Italian
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsogeed
From ogee + -ed.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordoggy
From hoggan.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsoghi
From Armenian օղի (ōġi).
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