toff
Probably an alteration of tuft, referring to the gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
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Etymology tree English toff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English toffy From toff + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstoft
From Old Norse toft, from Proto-Germanic *tumþiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstofu
Borrowed from Japanese 豆(とう)腐(ふ) (tōfu), from Middle Chinese 豆腐 (duwᴴ bju^X, “curdled bean”). Doublet of dubu and doufu.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstog
Shortened from earlier togemans, togeman (“cloak, loose coat”), from Middle English tog, toge, togue, from Old French togue, from Latin toga (“cloak, mantle”) (compare the doublets toga and toge). Togeman(s) was an old t
3 source sections · 5 relationship mentionstoga
Borrowed directly from Latin toga, from tegō (“to clothe”). Doublet of toge. The Philippine (and Indonesian) senses are due to the resemblance of the white ceremonial gowns worn by graduates of institutions to the loose
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstoge
From Middle English toge, from Middle French toge and Latin toga. Doublet of toga and tog.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionstogo
From Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān (“to go apart”), from Proto-Germanic *tōgāną (“to go apart”), equivalent to to- + go. Cognate with German zergehen. Compare Old English tōgangan (“to go away, pass away”)
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionstogue
Via Canadian French from an Algonquian word.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoh
From Hokkien 倒 (tó, “to fall down, to collapse, to go bankrupt”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtohew
From Middle English tohewen, from Old English tōhēawan (“to hew in pieces, chop up”), from Proto-Germanic *tehawwaną (“to cut to pieces”), equivalent to to- + hew. Cognate with Old Frisian tehawa, Middle Low German tohou
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionstoil
From Middle English toilen, toylen, apparently a conflation of Anglo-Norman toiller (“to agitate, stir up, entangle”) (compare Old Northern French tooillier, tooullier (“to agitate, stir”); of unknown origin), and Middle
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionstoile
Borrowed from French toile. Doublet of tela.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtoing
Onomatopoeic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoise
Borrowed from French toise.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtokay
From Hungarian tokaji (“of Tokay”), from Tokaj (placename) + -i (“originating from”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoke
Clipping of token.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoken
From Middle English token, taken, from Old English tācn (“sign, symbol”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikn, from Proto-Germanic *taikną (“indicator, symbol, sign”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, instruct, tea
2 source sections · 36 relationship mentionstoker
From toke + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoki
From Japanese 朱鷺 (toki), calque of Chinese 朱鷺 /朱鹭 (zhūlù, “literally “vermilion + heron, egret”, in reference to the red head and white plumage”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstokin
From Japanese と金 (tokin).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoko
From Dutch toko (“Southeast Asian grocery store”), from Malay toko (“shop”), from Hokkien 土庫 /土库 (thó͘-khò͘, “private storehouse”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstol
Eye dialect of tall.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtol'
Pronunciation spelling of told.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtola
From Hindi तोला (tolā)/Urdu تولا (tolā), from Sanskrit तोलक (tolaka), from तोलः (tol, “weighing”) (root: तुल् (tul, “to weigh”)).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstolar
From Slovene tolar, from German Taler (“made in Joachimstal”). Doublet of dollar and taler /thaler.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstold
From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstole
From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionstoll
From Middle English toll, tol, tolle, from Old English toll m or n and toln f (“toll, duty, custom”), from Proto-West Germanic *toll, *tolnu, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz, *tullō (“that which is counted or told, reckoning
6 source sections · 31 relationship mentionstolt
From Latin tolta, from tollere (“to take away”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtolu
From Spanish Tolú (“town in Colombia where the tree is found”), from tolúes (“name of a pre-Columbian people of the area”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontolug
From Middle English toluggen, tologgen, equivalent to to- + lug.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtom
Etymology tree Aramaic תאמא Aramaic תאומא (təʾōmā)bor. Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs)bor. Latin Thōmāsbor. Middle English Thomas Middle English Thomme English Tom English tom From generic use of the proper name Tom.
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentionstoma
Borrowed from Italian toma. Cognate with Sicilian tuma.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstoman
Borrowed from Classical Persian تومان (tōman), from Mongolian түмэн (tümen).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstomax
Blend of tomahawk + axe. Dating from the 1750s, this is the first recorded portmanteau word in the English language.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstomb
From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Displaced
2 source sections · 14 relationship mentionstombo
Borrowed from Ndonga otombo.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtombé
Borrowed from French tombé.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtome
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstomin
From Spanish tomín, from Andalusian Arabic ثُمْن (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”), from the root ث م ن (ṯ-m-n). Originally used in reference to it forming one-eighth of a castellano.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstommy
Generally agreed to have come from appellativization of Tommy in most senses, but the historical details are apparently largely unknown, including whether such an evolution happened several times (with one sense being in
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstomo-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, slice”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstomoe
Borrowed from Japanese 巴 (tomoe).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtomol
From a Chumash language.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtomos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”). Doublet of tome.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstomoz
From tomorrow + -z. Compare appaz (“apparently”), soz (“sorry”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstomte
Borrowed from Swedish tomte.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordton
Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionstonal
From tone + -al.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtondo
From Italian tondo, from ritondo, rotondo (“round”), from Latin rotundus. Doublet of round.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstone
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. Latin tonusder. Middle English tone English tone From Middle English ton,
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionstoner
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. Latin tonusder. Middle English tone English tone Proto-Indo-European *-eh
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstonfa
From Japanese トンファー (tonfā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtong
From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icel
2 source sections · 13 relationship mentionstonga
From Hindi टाँगा (ṭāṅgā).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtongs
From Middle English tonges, equivalent to tong (“tool for manipulating things in a fire”) + -s.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtonic
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Anci
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstonir
Borrowed from Armenian թոնիր (tʻonir). Doublet of tandoor.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstonk
Origins are unknown, but definitely predate the use of metal flashlights, contrary to the most quoted description of origin. It is probable that the origin relates to Chinese immigration, as the first law to restrict imm
4 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstonka
Likely from Guyanese Creole English tonka, from a Tupian language, perhaps Kari'na tonka.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstonne
From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordtonno
From Italian tonno. Doublet of tuna.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtono-
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos)der. English tono- From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”),
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontonos
Learned borrowing from Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”). Doublet of tone.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstonto
Borrowed from Spanish tonto (“stupid, foolish; idiot, fool”), of uncertain etymology. Originally in US use but now chiefly British. Cf. earlier Tonto, with which it is sometimes confused.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontonus
Borrowed from Latin tonus (“strain, tension”). Doublet of tone, tune, and ton (fashion/style).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstony
From tone + -y.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtonya
From Japanese 問屋 (ton'ya).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoo
From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "a
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstool
From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionstoom
From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”)
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionstoon
Abbreviation of cartoon.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstoona
Borrowed from the genus name, translingual Toona, which is in turn from Min Nan 椿 (thun).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoony
From toon + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoonz
From toon + -z.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtoot
Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 7 ("Mastodon post") and verb etymology 1, verb sense 10 ("to post on Masto
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionstooth
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth From Middle English toth
1 source section · 47 relationship mentionstoots
Shortened from tootsie.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtop
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-
2 source sections · 34 relationship mentionstopas
From Portuguese topaz, of uncertain origin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtopaz
From Old French topace (compare French topaze), from Ancient Greek τόπαζος (tópazos).
3 source sections · 6 relationship mentionstope
Alteration of obsolete top (“to drink”), as in top (off).
4 source sections · 5 relationship mentionstopee
From Hindi टोपी (ṭopī)/Urdu ٹوپی (ṭōpī).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtoper
Etymology tree Tamil தோப்பு (tōppu)bor. English tope 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-Ind
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstoph
From Latin tophus, tofus (“tufa, or tuff”). Doublet of tophus, tufa, and tuff.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtopi
Borrowed from Swahili topi. From Mende ndope (“antelope”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtopia
From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionstopic
From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical”), from τόπος (tópos, “a place”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstopil
Compare Classical Nahuatl topileh (“constable, minor official”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtopo
Clipping of topographic map.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtopo-
From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtopos
From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”). Compare topic.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoppo
From top + -o; compare topping.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoppy
From top + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtops
Likely top + -s (diminutive).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtoput
From Middle English putten (“to push, shove, put”), from Old English pytan (“to push, shove”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stick, stab”), equivalent to to- + put.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstoque
From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstoqui
From Spanish toqui, from Mapudungun toki.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtor
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρι
1 source section · 16 relationship mentionstora
From Amharic ቶራ (tora).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoran
Borrowed from Sanskrit तोरण (toraṇa, “arched portal”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtorat
From Middle English toratten, from to- + ratten (“to lacerate, tear”), equivalent to to- + rat. Related to Middle High German ratzen (“to lacerate, tear”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstorch
The noun is derived from Middle English torch, torche (“large candle; lighted stick; (figurative) sunbeam”), from Old French torche, torque (“torch; bundle of (twisted) straw”) (modern French torche); further etymology u
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionstore
From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate
3 source sections · 8 relationship mentionstori
Borrowed from Latin tori (“nominative/vocative plural of torus”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstoric
Etymology tree English torus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English toric From torus + -ic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstorii
From Japanese 鳥居 (torii, literally “bird abode”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoril
From Spanish toril.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtorit
From Middle English toritten, torytten, equivalent to to- + rit.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtorma
Borrowed from Tibetan གཏོར་མ (gtor ma).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoro
Borrowed from Japanese 灯籠 (tōrō).
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordtorob
From Middle English torobben, equivalent to to- + rob.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtorr
From Middle English torr, from Old English torr.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstorse
From Middle French torse (“wreath”), from Latin torqueō (“to twist”). Doublet of trousse and truss.
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionstorsk
Borrowed from Swedish torsk.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtorso
From Italian torso, from Late Latin tursus, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff”). Doublet of thyrse, thyrsus, and torse.
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionstort
From Middle English tort (“(uncountable) wrong; (countable) an injury, a wrong”), from Old French tort (“misdeed, wrong”) (modern French tort (“an error, wrong; a fault”)), from Medieval Latin tortum (“injustice, wrong”)
6 source sections · 18 relationship mentionstorta
Borrowed from Spanish torta, from Latin turta, thought to derive from Latin tŏrta f (“twisted”). Doublet of torte and tart.
3 source sections · 10 relationship mentionstorte
Borrowed from German Torte. Cognate to tart. Doublet of torta.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstorts
From tort + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, and regular plurals of nouns).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtorus
Borrowed from Latin torus (“a round, swelling, elevation, protuberance”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtory
See Tory.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtosa
From Japanese 土佐 (Tosa), according to the former Tosa province on the island of Shikoku where the dog was originally bred.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontose
From Middle English tosen (“to card wool”), from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, separate”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstosh
From 19th-century British thieves' cant, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from *tarsh, a metathetic alteration of trash; or from toss. Sense of nonsense possibly influenced by tush (“nonsense! tsk tsk!”) attested from 15th c
3 source sections · 4 relationship mentionstoshy
From tosh + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtosol
From to- + sol (“Martian day”), by analogy with today.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoss
From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa, dialectal Swedish tossa (“to strew, spread”)), or perhaps
2 source sections · 10 relationship mentionstossy
From toss + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtosyl
From toluene + sulfonyl.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtot
Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from totter (“to move in an unsteady way”), Compare tottle, also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedis
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionstota
From a native word for it, perhaps Amharic ጦጣ (ṭoṭa, “monkey, ape”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtotal
From Middle English total, from Old French total, from Medieval Latin tōtālis, from tōtus (“all, whole, entire”) + -ālis, the former element of unknown origin. Perhaps related to Oscan touto (“community, city-state”), Um
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionstote
Possibly from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also German Tute (“horn, bugle”) and German Tüte (“bag, paper bag”). Compare also Scots tout (“drinking vessel”), Saterland Frisian Tüütje (“
3 source sections · 16 relationship mentionstotem
Borrowed from Ojibwe (o)doodem(an).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoter
From tote + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtotes
Clipping of totally + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtotok
Borrowed from Malay totok.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtotty
Compare totter.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoty
From Tamil தோண்டு (tōṇṭu)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtouch
From Middle English touchen, tochen, from Old French tochier (“to touch”) (whence Modern French toucher; compare French doublet toquer (“to offend, bother, harass”)), from Vulgar Latin *tuccō (“to knock, strike, offend”)
1 source section · 13 relationship mentionstough
From Middle English tough, towgh, tou, toȝ, from Old English tōh (“tough, tenacious, holding fast together; pliant; sticky, glutinous, clammy”), from Proto-West Germanic *tą̄h(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tanhuz (“fitting; c
2 source sections · 30 relationship mentionstoum
From Levantine (and Egyptian) Arabic ْتُوم (tūm, “garlic”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtour
From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstourn
From Anglo-Norman. Doublet of turn.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtouse
From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūsōn. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Related also to English tease and toase. (a noisy disturbance): Compare typologicall
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstousy
From touse + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtout
From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian (“to be sticking out, protrude”), related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”), ultimately f
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionstovel
From Yiddish טובֿלן (toyvln), from Hebrew טוֹבֵל (tovél), present tense of טָבַל (tavál).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstow
From Middle English towen, from Old English togian (“to tow”), from Proto-West Germanic *togōn, from Proto-Germanic *tugōną (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead”). Cognates Cognate
3 source sections · 41 relationship mentionstowai
From Māori tōwai.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtowan
Borrowed from Cornish tewyn.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtowee
From tow + -ee.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtowel
From Middle English towayle, towel, towail, towaille, from Old French toaille (“towel”) (modern French touaille), Medieval Latin toallia, from Frankish *þwahilu (“cloth”), from Proto-Germanic *þwahaną (“to wash”). Cognat
2 source sections · 20 relationship mentionstower
From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”), Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (t
3 source sections · 18 relationship mentionstown
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town I
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionstowny
From town + -y (“person associated”).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtowy
From tow + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtox
Clippings.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoxic
Etymology tree Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (tox
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstoxin
Etymology tree Undeterminedder.? Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (tox
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontoy
Inherited from Middle English toye (“amorous play, piece of fun or entertainment”), probably from Middle Dutch toy, tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”) as in Dutch speel-tuig (“plaything, toy”), from Old Dutch *
1 source section · 15 relationship mentionstoyer
From toy + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoyo
Borrowed from Tagalog toyo, from Hokkien 豆油 (tāu-iû, “soy sauce”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtoyon
Borrowed from Spanish tollón.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtoys
Source etymology material for toys; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtozy
Unclear. Various dictionaries mention an old dialectal word tozy, tosy meaning "cosy, cozy", which may be from toze, tose + -y, but it is not clear if this is related to the "intoxicated" sense.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstr00
Alteration of troo by o–0 substitution.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtra
From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstrace
From Middle English trace, traas, from Old French trace (“an outline, track, trace”), from the verb (see below).
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionstrack
Etymology tree Old French trac Middle English trak /tracke English track From Middle English trak, tracke, from Old French trac (“track of horses, trail, trace”), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic source, eithe
2 source sections · 16 relationship mentionstract
From Middle English tract, tracte, traht (“a treatise, exposition, commentary”), from Old English traht, tract (“a treatise, exposition, commentary, text, passage”); and also from Middle English tract, tracte (“an expans
3 source sections · 8 relationship mentionstrad
Shortening of traditional.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrade
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade From Middle English trade (“path, course of c
1 source section · 11 relationship mentionstraft
Probably from trough, Old English troh, trog.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrail
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom Latin -ula Latin trāgula Proto-Indo-European
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionstrain
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-der.? Latin trahere Vulgar Latin *tragīnāre Old French traïnerder. Old French trainder. Middle English trayne English train From Middle English trayne (“train”), from Old French
4 source sections · 15 relationship mentionstrait
Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstram
Early 16th century, borrowed from Scots, probably from Low German traam (“tram, shaft of a barrow”), from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch trame (“narrow shaft, beam”), said to be ultimately from a lost West Germanic (
3 source sections · 17 relationship mentionstrama
Borrowed from Latin trāma. Doublet of tram.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtramp
From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *tramp
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionstran
Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) a back-formation from trans mistaking it for a plural noun.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtran-
Borrowed from assimilated form of Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”) before s.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtrank
Attested since the 1860s, of unclear origin. Perhaps from French tranche.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrans
Learned borrowing from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). Doublet of très.
4 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrant
From Middle English tranten, from or cognate with Middle Dutch tranten (“to step, walk”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trent-, *trant- (“to walk”). Cognate with West Frisian trantsje (“to step, step time; danc
2 source sections · 9 relationship mentionstrap
From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”) (also in betræppan (“to trap”)) from Proto-West Germanic *trappjā (“trap, snare”), from Proto-West Germanic *trappjan (“to step”), from Proto-Ge
4 source sections · 16 relationship mentionstrape
Perhaps via Medieval Latin *trappa, from Old English træppe /treppe (“trap, snare”), from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from *der- (“to walk, step”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstrapo
Contraction of traditional politician; also influenced by Tagalog trapo (“rag”), from Spanish trapo.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstrapt
From trap + -t.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrash
From Middle English trasch, trassh, probably a dialectal form of *trass (compare Orkney truss, English dialectal trous), from Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *þrakja
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionstrass
From Dutch tras or German Trass, probably from Italian terrazzo (“terrace”). See terrace.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstrave
From Middle English trave, from Middle French trave, from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam, thing made using beams”).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstrawl
16th century, borrowed from Dutch tragelen (“to pull with a towline, trawl”), from Middle Dutch traghelen, from traghel (“dragnet”) (presumably from Latin tragula (“dragnet”)), and as such root-cognate with English drag
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionstray
From Middle English trey, from Old English trēġ, trīġ (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cogna
6 source sections · 36 relationship mentionstrdlo
From Czech trdlo, from Proto-Slavic *tьrdlo.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtre-
From a form of Latin trēs (“three”) used in trēdecim (“thirteen”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtread
From Middle English treden, from Old English tredan, from Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.
2 source sections · 5 relationship mentionstreap
Blend of tree + heap.
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