Løten
Borrowed from Norwegian Løten.
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Borrowed from Norwegian Løten.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Mandarin 陸/陆 (Lù).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Mandarin 呂 /吕 (Lǚ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 旅大 (Lǚdà), from blend of 旅順/旅顺 (Lǚshùn, “Lüshun”) + 大連/大连 (Dàlián, “Dalian”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsUnadapted borrowing from Romanian Lăpuș.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MS (initialism of Microsoft), with a dollar sign added to imply greed and capitalism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MSFT, Microsoft's Nasdaq symbol, with a dollar sign added to denote greed or wealth.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordTrade name, from the initials of the surnames of Forrest E. Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie; introduced in the 1940s.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom M (“Malay”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom French M.
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordInitialism from the names Mulder and Krycek.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism from the names Mulder and Scully.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom M16 0RA, the postcode of Old Trafford football ground.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record(Sense 1): Initialism of male for any/all.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom M (used for model) + 81 (short for 1981, the year of its introduction), following the pattern of the Model designation for U.S. military equipment.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsSource etymology material for MAGA; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBlend of MAGA + maggot, with MAGA being an acronym of Make America Great Again, Donald Trump's campaign slogan.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordCoined in a 2010 UK marketing report.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for MAN; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordEllipsis of 737 MAX.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Latin, initialism of medicinae baccalaureus et baccalaureus chirurgiae.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Malay MBSA, from initialism of Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Malay MBSJ, from initialism of Majlis Bandaraya Subang Jaya.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Malay MBSP, from initialism of Majlis Bandaraya Sebarang Perai.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for MCPO; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBy initialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of Minecraft YouTube, equivalent to MC + YT.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Chinese 魔道祖师 (mó dào zǔ shī), translated as "ancestral master of the demonic path".
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShort for 7α-methyl-19-nortestosterone.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordIntroduced by MIT's Instrumentation Laboratories to measure the performance of inertial navigation systems.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordCoined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard as an acronym of matter, energy, space and time.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordOriginated on 4chan.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Military Intelligence, Section Five.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Military Intelligence, Section Six.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Military Intelligence, Section 9.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBack-formation from Miata as a backronym. From Old High German miata (“reward”). Referring to the fact that the answer to what car to choose is always the Mazda MX-5 Miata. From the drivability and popularity of the spor
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBy analogy with MAGA (“Make America Great Again”).
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of mother I'd like to fuck, mom I'd like to fuck, mum I'd like to fuck (and similar variants). First attested in 1992 among college students in the East Bay of San Francisco, popularized via the sex comedy Americ
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsFrom MILF + -y.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordCoined by American computer scientist Michael J. Flynn in 1966.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAnalyzable as M- (“mega-, 10⁶x”) + IPS
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordCoined by American computer scientist Michael J. Flynn in 1966.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom motion + JPEG.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MLB + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MLM + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBlend of ML (“machine learning”) + DevOps.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordEtymology tree English MLS 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 Pr
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsReplaced the earlier MBtu (one thousand BTUs) as the 'M' could be misinterpreted as the SI prefix mega- (one million) or milli- (one thousandth)
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsInitialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBlend of mid-term + goal.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordDisputed, with many speculative suggestions; see Wikipedia.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record(roadworthiness test, aggregate grades): See Proper noun.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFirst coined by Alfred Kinsey of the Kinsey Institute, and later employed by Masters and Johnson and the 1970 U.S. Census forms.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFirst coined by Alfred Kinsey of the Kinsey Institute, and later employed by Masters and Johnson and the 1970 U.S. Census forms.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsInitialism of MPEG Audio Layer 3. First use appears c. 1994. See cite below.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Portuguese Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of Mara Salvatrucha. The 13 stands for the letter M for Mexican Mafia.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordApparently invented in the late 1990s as a substitute for MSA to avoid confusion with Modern Standard Arabic which bears the same abbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsBlend of MSNBC + DNC (“Democratic National Committee”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsInitialism of morphine sulfate extended release.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialisms.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian MSI (“Movimento Sociale Italiano”).
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBlend of MSN (“Microsoft Network”) + NBC (“National Broadcasting Company”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom the sci-fi comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, commonly known as MST3K, which features an audience of fictional characters (a man stranded in space and his robot companions) riffing real B movies.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom MST (“to mock a work by inserting commentary”) + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MST + -ie.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MS (“multiple sclerosis”) + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MTB + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordOriginally an initialism of Music Television, incorporating the earlier abbreviation TV for television.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom muck, as a play on mud (“a mucky substance”) and MUD (“multi-user dungeon”). Various backronyms have been invented but are not the true origin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MUD + -er.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordCalque of Spanish T-MEC (Tratado entre México y Estados Unidos y Canadá). Coined in analogy to USMCA and CUSMA.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordModelled on earlier MUD; usually explained as "multi-user shared hallucination" (or "hack", "habitat", etc.).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordUsing the asterisk * as a wildcard.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviations
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom MVP + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordA contraction of Mₙ₊₁Xₙ, the general formula for these compounds.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordTranscription of 馬/马 (mǎ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Egyptian mꜣꜥt, U2:mAa-a:t-H6-B1
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEtymology tree Arabic آفَة (ʔāfa)bor. Swahili afa Swahili maafabor. English Maafa From Swahili maafa (“disaster, catastrophe”). Coined in 1994 by Marimba Ani (in Let the Circle Be Unbroken: The Implications of African Sp
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from German Maahs, variant of Maas.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Dutch Maas or German Maas.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Egyptian mꜣꜥt, U2:mAa-a:t-H6-B1
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordClipping of Amabel, from Latin amābilis (“lovable”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordUncertain: it could be from a hypocoristic form of the Middle English female personal name Mabbe, or alternatively a variant of Mowbray.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsVariant of Mabel.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAfter Eddie Mabo (1936–1992), who began the case against the government. Compare Roe after the case of Roe v. Wade.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordCoined by Aidan A. Kelly around 1970 as a reference to Mabon ap Modron, a character from Welsh mythology.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of German Mebes.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSee macc for details.
3 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsFrom Irish and Scottish Gaelic mac (“son”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Portuguese Macau, from Hokkien. See Portuguese Macau for more info.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief record* As an English surname, from the personal name Masse, probably shortened from Matthew. Compare Massey, Massett. * As a French and Breton surname, from Macé, vernacular form of Mathieu. Compare Maze. * Also as a French s
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom Mac + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record* As an English surname, variant of Massey. * As a Slavic surname, Americanized from Slovak Macej, Carpathian Rusyn [script needed] (Mačej), Polish Maciej, all variants of Matthew.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsTwo possible origins: * Borrowed from Italian Machi or Machì, a surname of unexplained origin. * Borrowed from Japanese 真地 (Machi), an uncommon surname in Japan.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from German Macht.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of Macy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of Macy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Czech and Slovak Macík.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Catalan Macip.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record(In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsAn anglicized form of French Mâcon, from earlier Mascon and Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adj
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 馬村 /马村.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordNorman baronial surname from places named Massy in France, derived from a Gallo-Roman personal name Maccius.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Arabic معدان.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of the Hungarian surname Madai.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordClipping of Madeleine or Madison + -y.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Polish Madej.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Madden.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit मधु (madhu).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFanciful variant of Maddie.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Madia.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from German Madl.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Mandarin 麻豆 (Mádòu).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit माद्री (mādrī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordMultiple etymologies including Polish Mądry, from mądry (“wise”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Japanese 前田 (Maeda).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Latin Maedi, from Ancient Greek Μαῖδοι (Maîdoi).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Korean 맥 (maek).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from German März.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAnglicized form of the Irish Méabh, from Middle Irish Medb (literally “intoxicating”) and Meadhbh in Medieval irish. The name of a legendary queen of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian mafia, of uncertain origin. In the first instance, it is not clear whether the lemma in question is a Sicilian exonym or endonym, since written and oral sources on this term are scarce, the etymolog
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Portuguese Mafra.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordClipping of Magnificat.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Hebrew מַגָּע (maga, “contact”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief record* As a Spanish surname, from Magán, a village in Toledo. * As a German surname, from Old High German mugan (“to be able”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Nepali मगर (magar), from the name in Eastern Magar.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of McGee.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordGenericized from the name of the company and product, which was named after Swiss entrepreneur Julius Maggi.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordPerhaps related to Magadha.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Sanskrit माघ (māgha).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom magi (plural of magus (“magician; (derogatory) conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster; Zoroastrian priest”)), from Middle English mages, magi or Magi, magy or Magy (“men possessing occu
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsFrom Biblical Hebrew מָגוֹג (māḡôḡ).
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsFrom Welsh magwyr (“a wall”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from French Magot. Also from Sudan.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Magri.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the surname Magro, from the Italianization of Sicilian Màguru, a surname derived from màguru (“thin, meager”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Burmese မကွေး (ma.kwe:).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Magi magɨ.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Chinese 馬/马 (Cantonese: maa⁵, Hokkien: Má, Mandarin: Mǎ), or other sources.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAnglicized form of Irish Ó Macháin (“descendant of Machán”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Maher.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordEtymology tree Arabic هَدَى (hadā) Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy)bor. English Mahdi Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsReduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meachair (“descendant of Meachar”), a personal name meaning "fine", "majestic".
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Māori Māhia, from Te Māhia, from te+māhia (“indistinct sound”). * (peninsula): From Te Māhia-mai-tawhiti (“the sound heard from a distance”),
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionVariant of Mahoney.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Persian مهسا (mahsâ).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Spanish Mahón.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordChinese surname with several origins: * from Mandarin 麥 /麦 (“wheat”), * from Mandarin and Cantonese 買 /买 (maai⁵, “buy”) * Cantonese form of 米 (see Mi). * Romanized from 马 (mǎ) (see Ma) * Romanized from 梅 (méi) (see Mei)
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowing from Northeast Maidu maidüm (“man”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 麥積 /麦积 (Màijī).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Hawaiian Maile, from maile (“maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Latin Moenis.
4 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsThe origin of the state's name is uncertain. It has been suggested that it was named after the province of Maine in France, and "later interpreted as signifying its status as the main part of the New England region", but
5 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsBorrowed from German Mainz, from Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Chilean Spanish Maipo.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Chilean Spanish Maipú.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record* As a Scottish surname, variant of Marr. * Also as a Scottish surname, from Scottish Gaelic maor (“officer”). Compare Maver, Mayer. * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Meyer.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionAnglicisation of Irish Máire (“Mary”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordPatronymic from Mair.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record* As an English surname (Durham), variant of Mayes. * As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German meiz (“cleared land”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Punjabi ਮਾਝਾ (mājhā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Punjabi ਮਾਝੀ / ماجھی (mājhī). Equivalent to Majha + -i.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Mandarin 瑪家 (Mǎjiā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic مجيد (majīd, “majestic, magnificent”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the personal name Malgier, via Old French from the Germanic name *Madalgari. See Mauger. * As a Hungarian surname, shortened from majorosgazda (see Majoros), or borrowed fro
1 source section · 1 relationship mention* As a Chinese surname, borrowed from Cantonese 麥/麦 (mak6). * As a Polish surname, borrowed from Polish Mak, or shortened from Polish Makary. * As a Ukrainian surname, shortened from Ukrainian Макар (Makar). * As a Hunga
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Polish Mąka, and also from Tamil மகா (makā).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Klallam màq̓áʔa (“generous with food”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Makin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Uyghur مەكىت (mekit).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic مَكِّيّ (makkiyy, “Meccan”). This surname is mostly found in Sudan.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Hungarian Makó.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom India or Hindi, Maal-amm means "One who has knowledge of directions". It is believed to have started to be used after people from Rajasthan came to Veraval city of Gujarat for fishing around 200 years ago.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom the Mandarin 馬欄 /马栏 (Mǎlán).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* From Arabic ملص. * From Greek Μαλάς (Malás) or Μάλας (Málas). * From Polish Małas.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties as 木剌由, 麻里予兒, 巫來由 and 無來由.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Bengali মালদা (malda), মালদহ (maldoho).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* As a Welsh surname, from the personal name Mael, from Middle Welsh mael (“prince”). * As an English surname of Norman origin, contaminated from many Old French sources, such as mail (“hammer”), maille (“chainmail”), ma
1 source section · 6 relationship mentionsFrom Czech, Polish, and Slovak Malec.
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Czech Málek, Polish Małek, Slovene Malek, or a variant of the Muslim name Malik.
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