treat
From Middle English treten, from Anglo-Norman treter, Old French tretier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dóru Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree PIE word *dóru From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, tro
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Equivalent to tree + -en.
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From tree + -y.
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Compare Welsh tref (“town”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtreff
From German Treff (“meeting point”).
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Etymology tree Dutch trekken Afrikaans trekbor. English trek From Afrikaans trek, from Dutch trekken, from Middle Dutch trekken (weak verb) and trēken (“to trek, place, bring, move”, strong verb), from Old Dutch *trekkan
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionstrem
Clipping of tremolo.
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From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, “perforate”), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.
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From Hebrew טרמפ from German trampen. Doublet of tramp.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstrend
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *trandijan Old English trendan Middle English trenden English trend From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionstres
Borrowed from Spanish tres (“three”). Doublet of three and trey.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtress
From Middle English tresse, from Old French tresce, of uncertain origin; possibly from Vulgar Latin *trichia, from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionstret
From Old French traire, from Latin trahēre.
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New Zealand slang sense: from characters named Trev in a television comedy of the 1970s. See Fred Dagg.
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From Scottish Gaelic triubhas, from Middle Irish triubus.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstrey
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English trey, from Anglo-Norman trei or treis, from Old French treis (“three”). Doublet of three and tres.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstreyf
From Yiddish טרייף (treyf), from Hebrew טְרֵפָה (trefá).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstri
Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtri-
PIE word *tréyes From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).
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From tri- + TV.
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Short for triode for alternating current.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtriad
PIE word *tréyes From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek τριάς (triás). By surface analysis, tri- + -ad. Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being
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Etymology tree Old French trier Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -al Anglo-Norman trialubor. Middle English trial Englis
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See in trian aspect
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Short for tribadism.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtribe
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus. Doublet of tribus. Displaced native Old English hād (“tribe, group”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstrica
Borrowed from New Latin trica, coined by Erik Acharius in his 1803 work Methodus qua omnes detectos Lichenes. Perhaps connected to Latin trīcae, although the semantic relationship is unclear.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontrice
From Middle English trīcen, trice, trise (“to pull or push; to snatch away; to steal”), from Middle Dutch trīsen (“to hoist”) (modern Dutch trijsen) or Middle Low German trissen (“to trice the spritsail”); further etymol
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Shortening.
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From Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier (“to defraud, act dishonestly, conceal, deceive, cheat”); > modern French tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trec
1 source section · 15 relationship mentionstride
From French.
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From retrieval.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtried
From Middle English tried, tryed, equivalent to try + -ed.
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From tri- and -el from element.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtrier
From Middle English triour, from Anglo-Norman triour and Middle English trien (equivalent to try + -er).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstrife
A conceptual and phonetic blend of tripe and trifle
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrig
From Middle English trig, tryg, from Old Norse tryggr (“loyal, faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (“loyal, faithful, true”). Cognate with Old English trīewe (“faithful, loyal, true”). More at true.
6 source sections · 5 relationship mentionstriga
From Latin triga, a contraction of ter or tri- (“thrice”) + iuga (“yoked”).
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Shortening of tricycle, modelled on bike.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrill
From Middle English trillen, from Italian trillo, trillare. Compare German trillern, Norwegian trille, Swedish trilla.
4 source sections · 11 relationship mentionstrim
From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trum
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From Latin trēs (“three”), likely by analogy with dime.
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Pronunciation spelling of trippin', representing African-American Vernacular English.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrine
From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionstrink
From Middle English treinekys or trynk, but earlier origin is unknown. Attested in Anglo-Norman or Middle English legal texts from the 14th century.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontrio
PIE word *tréyes 1715-25; borrowing from Italian trio.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtriol
From tri- + -ol.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrion
From tri- + -on.
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From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch t
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionstripe
From Middle English tripe, from Old French tripe (“entrails”), of uncertain origin; possibly borrowed from Spanish tripa.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstripy
From tripe + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtris
Abbreviation of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtris-
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρῐ́ς (trĭ́s, “thrice”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtrist
Apparently related to trust.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtrit
Blend of trinary + digit, formed in analogy to bit from binary digit.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstrite
From Latin trītus (“worn out”), perfect passive participle of terō (“to wear away, wear out”).
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From Khmer ទ្រ (trɔɔ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtroak
From Scots troak.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtroat
Either onomatopoetic, or akin to throat.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrock
Related to trucco?
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrod
See tread.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstrog
Short for troglodyte.
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Clipping of Metroid.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrold
From Danish trold.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtroll
Partly: * from Middle English trol (“demon (?); sorcerer (?)”) [and other forms], from Old Norse trǫll (“conjurer, mage; witch”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (“supernatural being; demon, fiend; giant; monster”), probably
3 source sections · 32 relationship mentionstromp
1892, variant of tramp.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstrona
From Swedish trona or from Spanish trona, both derived from Arabic أَطْرُون (ʔaṭrūn), from نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron), ultimately from Egyptian nṯrj: R9. Doublet of natron and niter.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionstronc
Borrowed from French tronc des pauvres (“poor box”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrone
From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstronk
Borrowed from Afrikaans tronk, from Dutch tronk, from Portuguese tronco, from Latin truncus. Doublet of truncus and trunk.
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionstroo
A respelling of true, substituting the common English digraph ‘oo’ (o͞o) for ‘ue’.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtroof
A phonetic rendering with th-fronting.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtroon
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstroop
Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe, from Back-formation from troupeau, from Middle French trope, troupe, from Old French trope, trupe, of unknown origin. Compare Early Medieval Latin troppus. Doublet of t
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionstrop
Abbreviation of troponin.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrop-
From atropine.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrope
From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a manner, style, turn, way; a trope or figure of speech; a mode in music; a mode or mood in logic”), related to τροπή (tropḗ, “solstice; trope; turn”) and τρέπειν (t
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionstropo
Clipping of tropospheric.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrot
From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to g
2 source sections · 11 relationship mentionstroth
From Middle English troth, trothe, trouthe, trowthe, a variant of treuth, treuthe, treouthe (“allegiance, fidelity, faithfulness, loyalty; oath, pledge, promise; betrothal or marriage vow; betrothal; honour, integrity; h
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionstrou
From trousers.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrout
From Middle English troute, troughte, trught, trouȝt, trouhte, partly from Old English truht (“trout”), and partly from Old French truite; both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Ancient Greek τρώκτης (trṓktēs, “nibble
2 source sections · 12 relationship mentionstrove
Originally in the phrase treasure trove, from Anglo-Norman tresor trouvé (“found treasure”), where the past participle trouvé (“found”) was interpreted in English as a noun. Doublet of trope.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontrow
From Middle English trowen, trouwen, treuwen, treowen, trouen, from Old English trēowan, trīewan (“to trust”) and Old English trūwian (“to trust, confide”), from Proto-Germanic *trewwāną (“to trust”) and Proto-Germanic *
3 source sections · 18 relationship mentionstroy
From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontru-
From true.
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By analogy to the word liar for one who lies.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrub
Borrowed from German trüb (“not clear, turbid”). Related to droff (“turbid, sorrowful, sad”)), Dutch droef (“sad, miserable”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstrubs
Clipping of troubles.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtruce
From Middle English trewes, triwes, trues, plural of trewe, triewe, true (“faithfulness, assurance, pact”), from Old English trēowa, singularized plural of trēow, trȳw (“faith; pledge; agreement”), from Proto-West German
1 source section · 8 relationship mentionstruck
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los) Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-
5 source sections · 15 relationship mentionstrue
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-West Germanic *triuwī Old English trīewe Middle English trewe English true From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old
2 source sections · 16 relationship mentionstruel
Blend of tri- + duel.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtruff
Borrowed from French truffe (“truffle”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtrug
Compare trough.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrull
From Middle English trul (“travel about”), from Old French troller, treiller (“to hunt”). Doublet of troll.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionstruly
From Middle English truely, treuly, treuli, trewely, treoweliche, treowliche, from Old English trēowlīċe (“faithfully; truly”), equivalent to true + -ly. Cognate with Dutch trouwelijk, Middle Low German truwlike, German
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionstrump
Possibly from French triomphe (“triumph”) or Old French triumphe. If so, it is a doublet of triumph and thriambus. Compare German Trumpf.
3 source sections · 13 relationship mentionstrunk
From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”). For the verb, compare Fre
2 source sections · 14 relationship mentionstruss
From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse, from Vulgar Latin *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō. Doublet of torse and trousse.
2 source sections · 7 relationship mentionstrust
From Middle English trust, trost (“trust, protection”). Long considered a borrowing from Old Norse traust (“confidence, help, protection”), from Proto-Germanic *traustą, but the root vocalism is incompatible, so trust ha
1 source section · 18 relationship mentionstruth
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drewH-der. Proto-Germanic *triwwiz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *triwwiþō Old English trēowþ Middle English trouthe English truth Inherited from M
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstruti
Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रुटि (truṭi).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtrve
Variation of true.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtrvke
Blend of tr(uth) + (n)uke (from the notion of such information being as powerful as a nuclear bomb), with the U replaced with a V in order to create an Ancient Roman appearance (cf. retvrn).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstry
From Middle English trien (“to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier, triher, triere (“to divide, separate, choose, select, prove, determine, try a case”), Old French t
2 source sections · 16 relationship mentionstryma
From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtryna
Elision of trying to. Chiefly AAVE, though also a natural realization of trying to in many other dialects. Cf. finna, gonna.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstryst
From Middle English tryst, trist, from Old French triste, tristre (“waiting place, appointed station in hunting”), probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse treysta (“to make safe, secure”), from traust (“c
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionstryte
Blend of tri- + byte.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtrès
Borrowed from French très. Attested in English from the 19th century. Doublet of trans.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstsan
By analogy with san (from Ancient Greek σάν (sán)), which stood for /s/, due to it likely being a variant of that letter.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentiontsar
Etymology tree Latin Caesarbor. Proto-Germanic *kaisarazder. Proto-Slavic *cěsařь Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ) Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ) Russian царь (carʹ)bor. English tsar Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), fr
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionstsari
From Russian цари́ (carí).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtse
Borrowed from Russian цэ (cɛ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtsheg
From Tibetan ཚེག (tsheg, “dot; intersyllabic dot”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtsk
Onomatopoeic expressive.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtskr
Shortening from Japanese 助かる (tasukaru, “to save”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtss
Imitative.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtsuba
Borrowed from Japanese 鍔 (つば, tsuba).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtsubo
From Japanese 坪 (tsubo, unit of area).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtsuga
Borrowing from Japanese 栂 (tsuga, “hemlock (tree)”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtsuna
Borrowed from Japanese 綱 (つな, tsuna, “rope”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtszuj
Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtteok
Borrowed from Korean 떡 (tteok).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuah
Imitative
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuan
Borrowed from Wathaurong duwan.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtuart
From Nyunga duward.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtuath
Borrowed from Old Irish túath.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtub
From Middle English tubbe, tobbe, from Middle Dutch tubbe or Middle Low German tubbe, tobbe, further etymology unknown. Considered to be unrelated to tube.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstuba
Borrowed in the 19th century from French tuba (“tuba”), German Tuba (“tuba”), originally Baß-Tuba (literally “bass tuba”), or Italian tuba (“tuba”), from Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”). The Latin term is
4 source sections · 6 relationship mentionstubae
Learned borrowing from Latin tubae.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtubal
Etymology tree Latin tuba Latin tubusder. Middle French tubeder. English tube Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstubax
Blend of tuba + sax.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtubbo
From tubby + -o.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtubby
From tub + -y. False cognate with chubby, even though they are often interchangeable.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtube
From Middle French tube, from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”), related to tuba (“long trumpet; war-trumpet”), of obscure ultimate origin, but possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”); see there. Doublet of tubus.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstuber
From Latin tūber (“bump, hump, swelling”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstubey
From tube + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtubie
From tube + -ie.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtubog
From Cebuano tubog.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtubus
Learned borrowing from Latin tubus. Doublet of tube.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstucan
Native to Mexico, from Nahuatl tuçan, togan.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuch
See touchstone.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuchi
tuchus + -i
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordtuck
From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare al
3 source sections · 12 relationship mentionstuco
Borrowed from Spanish tuco.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtucum
From Brazilian Portuguese tucum, from Old Tupi.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtudum
From the two-beat sound that accompanies the Netflix logo before their original programming and films.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtufa
From Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus or tōphus. Doublet of tuff.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstufan
From, or an adaptation of typhoon to more closely match, Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtuff
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂-der. Proto-Italic *tūβosder. Oscanbor.? Latin tōfusder. Italian tufobor. French tufbor. English tuff From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionstuft
From Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tuff), from Old French touffe, tuffe, toffe, tofe (“tuft”) (modern French touffe), from Late Latin tūfa (“helmet crest”) (near Vege
1 source section · 10 relationship mentionstufty
From tuft + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtug
From Middle English tuggen, 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
2 source sections · 17 relationship mentionstuggy
From tug + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuhon
Borrowed from Cebuano tuon (“to study”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtui
Borrowed from Māori tūī.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtuile
Borrowed from French tuile (“tile”). Doublet of tile and tuille.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstuit
A pun on get around to it, scanning as get a round tuit.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuite
? + -ite
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtule
From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstulip
From Middle French tulipe, from earlier tulipan, from Ottoman Turkish دلبند (tülbent, dülbent, “cheesecloth”), from Classical Persian دلبند (dulband, “turban”). Doublet of turban.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionstulku
Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་སྐུ (sprul sku, “tulku”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtulle
Borrowed from French tulle, named after French Tulle (a town), named after Latin Tūtēla (a Roman deity), from Latin tūtēla (whence English tutelary), from Latin tueor (whence tutor, tutorial).
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionstulou
Borrowed from Mandarin 土樓 /土楼 (tǔlóu).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtulpa
Borrowed from Tibetan སྤྲུལ་པ (sprul pa, “emanation, magical creation”), equivalent to a calque of Sanskrit निर्मित (nirmita, “build”) or निर्माण (nirmāṇa, “build”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstulsi
Borrowed from Hindi तुलसी (tulsī), from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstumah
Borrowed from Hebrew טומאה / טֻמְאָה (tum'á).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtumb
From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionstumbi
From Punjabi ਤੂੰਬੀ (tūmbī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtumen
Borrowed from Turkish tümen.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtumi
Borrowed from Quechua tumi.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtumid
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tum-der. Latin tumeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tumidusbor. English tumid Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstumis
Indonesian tumis.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtummo
Borrowed from Tibetan གཏུམ་མོ (gtum mo, literally “fierce woman”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtummy
Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionstumor
From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionstump
Compare Welsh twmp, twm; also Sicilian timpa.
3 source sections · 3 relationship mentionstumpy
From tump + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtun
From Middle English tunne, tonne (“cask, barrel”), from Old English tunne (“tun, cask, barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin. Cognate with North
3 source sections · 14 relationship mentionstuna
Etymology tree Phoenicianbor. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor. Latin thunnusbor. Arabic تُنّ (tunn) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish atun Spanish atúnder. United States Spanish tunabor. English tuna Borrowed from Un
3 source sections · 5 relationship mentionstune
From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
2 source sections · 16 relationship mentionstuner
Etymology tree English tune Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós P
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionstung
From Middle English tonge, from Old English tung, tunge (“tongue, language”), from Proto-West Germanic *tungā, from Proto-Germanic *tungǭ (“tongue”); along with Dutch tong, German Zunge, Swedish tunga, from Proto-Indo-Eu
2 source sections · 8 relationship mentionstunic
Borrowed from Middle French tunique, from Latin tunica, possibly from Semitic (compare Aramaic [script needed] (kittuna), Hebrew כותנת (kuttoneth, “coat”), English chiton); or from Etruscan. Existed in Old English as tun
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionstunny
From Middle French thon + -y, from Old Occitan ton, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionstuno
Blend of tuna + no, from the trademark TUNO produced by Loma Linda Foods.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionstuny
From tune + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtup
From Middle English tupe (compare Scots tuip), origin unknown.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionstupik
From Inupiaq, compare Greenlandic tupeq.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordtuple
From the ending of the words quintuple, sextuple; from Latin -plus.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtupo
Deliberate typographical error for typo. Compare tpyo.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtuque
Borrowed from Canadian French tuque.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordtur
Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsturbo
From turbine.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsturca
Borrowed from Spanish turca.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordturd
From Middle English toord, tord, from Old English tord (“piece of dung, excrement, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tord, from Proto-Germanic *turdą (“manure, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, flay”). C
1 source section · 9 relationship mentionsturdy
From turd + -y.
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