-nema
From Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă, “thread”). Compare nemat-.
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From Ancient Greek νῆμᾰ (nêmă, “thread”).
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From nervous system.
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto
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From the Slavic suffix represented by Russian -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the Soviet launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957. Its usage in En
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Borrowed from Russian -ники (-niki).
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From Yiddish [Term?].
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Pro
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. English -nym See -onym § Etymology.
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Etymology tree Latin ō Old French ohbor. Middle English o English O ▲ Middle English o English oh English -o Originally a special use of the interjection O or oh appended to street cries and nautical calls to project a h
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Adopted from Latin -o-, originating ultimately from Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-). In English, the connective is found from the Middle English period in direct borrowings from Latin. Direct formations of English terms with the
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -o(us) Proto-Indo-Eur
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From -oic + -ate.
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Abstracted from aerobe and microbe, both formed in French using the Ancient Greek word βίος (bíos, “life”).
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From Middle English -ock, -ok, -uk, -uck, from Old English -oc, -uc (diminutive suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (diminutive suffix). Akin to Old Saxon -ik (diminutive suffix), German -i
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós)bor. English -ode Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road, path, way, journey, travel, means
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From the oblique stem of Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús).
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Back-formation from playoff, a deverbal, as the archetype.
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From the Ancient Greek -οι (-oi), the second-declension masculine nominative plural case ending — the plural form of -ος (-os); compare the equivalents of the Latin second declension (-us → -ī), with which the Grecian ca
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Clipped from benzoic.
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Learned borrowing from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -ο-ειδής (-o-eidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”). The sense for derogatorily namin
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Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol Shortened f
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From Latin -ola, -ula, feminine form of -ulus, -lus (diminutive suffix).
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Partly arbitrary variant of -ol (now used to distinguish between specific cases) and partly from Latin oleum (“oil”).
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IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology From -o- (interconsonantal vowel) + -logy.
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From propranolol. By surface analysis, reduplication of -ol.
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From prednisolone.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma From Anc
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Alteration of -oma, from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma). Only partially cognate to -some (“body”), from σῶμα (sôma, “body”), in that both share the case ending -μα (-ma), but the ω is unrelated.
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From Latin -omia, from Ancient Greek -ωμία (-ōmía).
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From -ome (“whole of class”) + -ics, both via international scientific vocabulary and New Latin ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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Rebracketing of domino, as if the d were for di- (“two”), a domino being made up of two squares.
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By surface analysis, -oma + -ize.
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From Latin -omia, from Ancient Greek -ωμία (-ōmía).
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁é
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From Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, “tumor”).
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Clipping of ketone, which was analogous to margarone. Further etymology is unclear.
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Etymology tree German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -onic From -one + -ic.
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Etymology tree English onium English -on Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -iumlbor. English -ium English -onium From onium or -on + -ium.
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From Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), the present participle ending ("-ing"). Scientific usage possibly originates from -biont.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos)der. Ancient Greek -ώνυμον (-ṓnumon)bor. New Latin -ōnymumbor. English -onym From international scientific vocabulary, ref
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -ώνυμος (-ṓnumos)bor. New Latin -ōnymos Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius New L
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō-redup. Proto-Germanic *babô Proto-West Germanic *babō Old English *baba Middle English babe Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *
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From French -on.
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From Ancient Greek ὠπός (ōpós), genitive of ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).
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Attested classically as -ωπία in a few words, such as ἀμβλυωπία (ambluōpía). Apparently equivalent to -οψία (-opsía). By surface analysis, -ope + -ia.
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From Ancient Greek -οψία (-opsía), related to ὀπτικός (optikós, “optic, pertaining to sight”). Doublet of -opsy.
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From Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “aspect, appearance”).
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek -οψίᾱ (-opsíā, “sight, view”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or From Middle English -our, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ātor; r
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Back-formation from panorama and cyclorama (which are modern coinages, not Greek words), and thus from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight”, “spectacle”), in turn evolved from the Proto-Indo-European *wer-, meaning to pe
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Learned borrowing from Latin -ōria.
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Learned borrowing from Latin -ōrium. Doublet of -ory.
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From morphinan.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory Fro
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From the traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew ־וֹת (“-ót”), and its descendant, Yiddish ־ות (-es).
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From Latin os (“bone”).
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Borrowed from Latin -ōsus. Doublet of -ous in stressed position. Often associated or conflated with the unrelated suffix -osis by folk etymology (e.g. prionose : prionosis; prionose : prionosis).
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Learned borrowing from New Latin -ōsis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).
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From Middle English -ouste, from Old French -ouseté, from Latin -ōsitās; later modified to the current form. It is equivalent to -ose or -ous + -ity.
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From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, scent, odour”).
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From Ancient Greek -ώτης (-ṓtēs).
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From Ancient Greek -ωτά (-ōtá), neuter plural of -ωτός (-ōtós), verbal adjective from the stem of -όω (-óō, denominal verb suffix). Related to translingual -ota.
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From Hebrew ־וֹת (“-ót”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English -otomy From -o- + -tomy.
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From Middle English -our, from Anglo-Norman -our, -ur, and Old French -or (modern -eur), from the Latin accusative suffix -ōrem, from -or. The spelling with u reflects the Anglo‐Norman raising of the Old French close‐mid
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous From Middle Engl
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygèneb
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English -oyl From -o- + -yl.
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A glottal stop denoting abruptness followed by mouth closure for end of utterance: [ʔp̚]. Represented as ⟨p⟩ due to prominent glottal reinforcement in English.
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From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos, “fixed, set”), from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “fasten, fix, set”).
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From verapamil.
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Extracted from fancypants.
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From heparin.
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From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie
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From Middle French pause, from Latin pausa, from Ancient Greek παῦσις (paûsis, “discontinuance”).
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Partly from French ‑pède and partly from Latin pedis (genitive of pēs (“foot”)).
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From -ped + -al.
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Back-formation from encyclopedia.
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From πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-der. Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek πένης (pénēs) Proto-Indo-Europ
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Formed from the stem of Latin petō, petere (“seek, aim”), with the suffix -al, from Latin -alis.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek πῆξις (pêxis)der. English -p
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From Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), aorist active infinitive of ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate, devoured”). Stem φαγ- (phag-) may also derive from Proto-Indo-Europe
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-der. Ancient Greek ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs, “having a certain appearance”).
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From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”), modelled after terms such as ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “divine manifestation, epiphany”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile Learned borrowing from Latin -phila, from Ancient Greek φ
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From Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “(fraternal) love”).
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)der. French -phobeder. English -phobe From French -phobe, from Latin -phobus, from Attic Greek -φόβος (-phóbos), combining f
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English -phone From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice, speech, language”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂,
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From French -phonie, from Old French -phonie, and its etymon Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -y. Doublet of -phonia.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancie
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From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φυλή (phulḗ).
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From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).
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From zolpidem.
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From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”); a doublet of plasma and plasm used mostly in biology.
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Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plas
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Source etymology material for -plasy; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
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From Latin -plus (“more, in sum”).
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Borrowed from Latin -plex (“fold”).
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Back-formation from haploid and diploid. Equivalent to Ancient Greek -πλ(όος) (-pl(óos), “-fold”) + -oid.
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Probably contraction of pyrazolopyrimidine.
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Representing -πνοια (-pnoia), the common terminal element of the Ancient Greek ἄπνοια (ápnoia, “apnea”), δύσπνοια (dúspnoia, “dyspnea”), εὔπνοια (eúpnoia, “eupnea”), ὀρθόπνοια (orthópnoia, “orthopnea”), etc, from πνέω (p
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder. Ancient Greek πούς (poús) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ποδός (podós)bor
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder. Ancient Greek πούς (poús) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ποδός (podós)bor
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From Ancient Greek -ποδία (-podía) from πούς (poús, “foot”).
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From Latin -poeia, from Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō, “I make”).
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Clipping of politics.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. English -polis Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). Doublet of
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Derived from the root of Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “I sell”), by analogy with monopoly. Unrelated to poly-.
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Unknown, probably arbitrary or from poo.
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From Sanskrit पुर (púra, “city, town”).
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From post.
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Back-formation from tosspot (“(originally) one who drinks excessively; (now) idiot”), likely reinterpreting it as toss (“masturbation; nonsense”) + -pot.
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From prednisone, prednisolone.
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Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia P
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From captopril.
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From trimethoprim.
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From prostate.
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From the adjective proof (“fully resistant”), from the same Old French root as prove.
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From prostaglandin.
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From Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).
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Representing the Ancient Greek πτῐ́λον (ptĭ́lon, “feather”, “down”; “leaf”); in the botanical sense denoting leaves, probably after the French -ptile. Compare ptilo-.
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First used when coining cyberpunk or as a back-formation to coin steampunk. Probably from the influence of the punk subculture on these genres.
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Clipping of sequel
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Contraction of quinoline.
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From uracil.
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A libfix, a modification of -orama, influenced by diorama and panorama, and thus indirectly derived from Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “sight, spectacle”).
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From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).
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From Middle English -rel, -erel, from Old French -erel, -erelle.
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós Latin laxus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto
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In standard language, a back-formation from children and brethren. In dialectal usage, from Middle English -ren, -eren (compounded plural ending), from Middle English -re, -ere (from Old English -ru (plural ending)) + Mi
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From -er + -ess.
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From retinol.
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From Northern Middle English -rike (Southern -riche), from Old English -rīċe (“-ric”), from rīċe (“realm, domain, jurisdiction”), from Proto-Germanic *rīkiją (“realm, power”). Cognate with Dutch -rijk, German -reich.
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Back-formation from terrific.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *sréweti Proto-Hellenic *hréwō Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh
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Etymology tree Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erieaph. Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry Inherited from
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Inherited from Middle English -s, -es, from Old English -as, nominative-accusative plural ending of masculine a-stem (i.e. strong) declension nouns, from Proto-West Germanic *-ōs, from Proto-Germanic *-ōs, *‑ōz, from Pro
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From Middle English -s, -es, from Old English -es (“-'s”, masculine and neuter genitive singular ending), which survives in many old compounds. In more recent coinage, from contraction of the derived clitic -'s in compou
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions-sal
From salicylic acid.
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From salicylic acid.
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From -sal- (“salicylic acid derivative”) + -an (of unknown origin).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions-sama
Borrowed from Japanese さま (-sama).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-san
Borrowed from Japanese さん (san, “Mr, Ms”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-sauce
Probably a back-formation from awesome sauce.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record-scape
Back-formation from landscape, the suffix representing Middle Dutch -schap (“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), from Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), fro
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-I
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-I
1 source section · 1 relationship mention-se
From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions-self
From Middle English -self, from Old English self; compare Dutch -zelf.
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Extracted from Latin compounds such as obsequium, exsequia.
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From sero(tonin).
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Pr
1 source section · 11 relationship mentions-shire
See shire.
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From icicle or popsicle.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -side From side.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ms Proto-Indo-European *-omsder. Proto-Germanic *-anzder.? Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s Proto-Germanic *-ōz Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.? Old English -as Middle En
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions-sion
From Latin, from words suffixed with -iō with a preceding -s-.
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Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”), often via Latin or French. Identical in meaning with Latin -entia, English -ing.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention-ski
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ Old East Slavic -ьскъ (-ĭskŭ) Russian -ский (-skij)bor. ▲ Proto-Slavic *-ьskъ Old Polish -ski Polish -skibor. English -ski From Ru
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Clipping of Bluesky. Compare -blr, -Tok, and -Tube.
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Back-formation from landslide.
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Etymology tree Old English slyppe Old English *sloppe Middle English *sloppe? English slop English -slop Back-formation from slop (“content produced and consumed mindlessly; low-quality food; [from 2024] junk output from
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions-soft
From software.
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From Latin solum (“floor, ground”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-some
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old E
4 source sections · 16 relationship mentions-son
From Middle English -son, -eson, -esson, -essone, -essonne, from Middle English -es (“'s”) + sone (“son”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions-sona
Etymology tree Latin persōnabor. English personaclip. English -sona Clipping of persona. Likely originated in the furry community with fursona. See also sona.
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From Ancient Greek σοφία (sophía, “knowledge, wisdom”).
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Probably originally from Newspeak, coined by George Orwell in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record-spect
From Latin specio.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-spo
From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.
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From Middle English -st; see -est.
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From Ancient Greek στάδην (stádēn), meaning "in an upright position"
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-stan
From Classical Persian ـِستَان, ـستَان (-(i)stān), from Middle Persian -stʾn' (-estān), from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna/), from Proto-Iranian *stáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰáHnam, from Proto-Indo-Europ
1 source section · 13 relationship mentions-stat
The terminal element in certain names of scientific instruments, employed on the analogy of early coinages from other languages, namely heliostat (from the New Latin hēliostata, itself apparently representing an assumed
1 source section · 4 relationship mentions-stein
Borrowed from German -stein.
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Back-formation from hardstep (“a subgenre of drum and bass music characterised by a gritty production style and urban feel”), which emerged around 1994.
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Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster From Middle English -estere, -ester, from Old English -estre (“-ster”, feminine agent suffix), from Proto-West Germanic
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From Woodstock, a famous American festival.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record-stome
See Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-stomy
Etymology tree English stoma Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y ? English -stomy Possibly from stoma + -y.
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From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar, column”), or -στῦλος (-stûlos, “columned”).
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From -style + -y (“noun suffix”), from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions-sy
Perhaps originally two distinct suffixes, one diminutive and the other adjectival; sources of both are uncertain. If so, then equivalent to -s + -y.
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From Middle English -te (past tense ending), -t (past participle ending), from Old English -te, -de (first and third person past tense ending), -t, -ed, -od (past participle ending), from Proto-Germanic *-id- (past tense
4 source sections · 11 relationship mentions-tan
Borrowed from Japanese たん (-tan).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-tant
Probably from t(achykinin) + ant(agonist).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief record-taph
From Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”) as a final member of compounds. Doublet of tapho-.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record-tard
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂dos Proto-Italic *tardos Latin tardus Latin retardōlbor. Anglo-Norman retarderbor. Middle English retarden English retard
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Clipping of centaur or from compounding of taur.
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From paclitaxel.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-West Germanic *tehunder. Anglian Old English -tēne Middle English -tene English -teen From Middle English -tene, from Anglian Old English -tēne (compa
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions-tene
From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “ribbon, band, fillet”).
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