Owain
Borrowed from Welsh Owain. Doublet of Owen.
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Borrowed from Welsh Owain. Doublet of Owen.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Japanese 尾鷲 (Owase).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom various origins. See below
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Owen + -s (patronymic suffix).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordNamed from the Owlerton stadium where they used to play.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record(constellation): Semantic loan from Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù). : (surname): From ox, the animal. : (Oxford): Clipping
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShortened form of Oxford taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSyllabic abbreviation of Oxford Committee for Famine Relief: originally the telegraphic address of the organisation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Middle English Oxehey, from Old English Oxanġehæġ, from Old English oxa (“ox”) + ġehæġ (“an enclosed piece of land, meadow, a hay”), equivalent to ox + hay.
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsFrom Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAmericanized spelling of German Ochsner.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Latin Oxonia (“Oxfordshire”).
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsAppears in the Domesday Book as Acstede, "place where oaks grew"
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). Doublet of Vakhsh.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsRespelled shortening of the name.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Japanese 小山 (Oyama), 尾山 (Oyama) or 大山 (Ōyama).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Oyda Oyda, it is an endonym of the people and language while also an ethnonym and toponym. According to oral tradition, the name is a cognate of the Oyda noun oyda (“seat; chair”), used metaphorically to represent t
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Russian Оюб (Ojub).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAfter the fictional land in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
5 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Japanese 尾崎 (Ozaki).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom French aux arcs (literally “at the arches”), in reference to natural bridge formations in the area, or aux Arcs, a clipping of aux Arcansas (“among the Arkansas”), i.e. the Quapaw people.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Japanese 小沢 (Ozawa).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Osborne.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordTwo main origins: * Borrowed from Turkish Özer, a personal name composed of the elements öz (“core, essence”) and er (“soldier”). * Borrowed from Hebrew עוזר (ozér, “assistant, helper”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Polish Ozga.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Oz + -ian.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from French Ozier.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Oz + -ite.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordNamed in 1897, from ozone.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Igbo [Term?].
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Turkish Özsu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Romanian Ozun.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish Ozuna, variant of Osuna.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordDiminutive forms, + -ie.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordClippings + -y
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish Oña.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordUnadapted borrowing from Polish Oława.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAbbreviations.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordOriginally single-syllable (variably pue, peuh, peugh, pyoo, pew). Compare pooh and ew. Perhaps influenced by Spanish fu, an interjection indicating disgust, or French puer (“to stink”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Mandarin 彭 (Péng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻêng².
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese 郫 (pí)縣 /县 (Píxiàn).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom P (“Pinoy”) + pop, by analogy with J-pop.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Initialism of oil-Proof with 100% filtration efficiency in NIOSH air filtration ratings.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordThe form number designated by Britain's HM Revenue and Customs department.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Initialism of oil-Proof with 95% filtration efficiency in NIOSH air filtration ratings.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Initialism of oil-Proof with 99% filtration efficiency in NIOSH air filtration ratings.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for PADS; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBackformation from pain (“pain in the ass”)
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Greek ΠΑΣΟΚ (PASOK), from πανελλήνιο (panellínio, “panhellenic”) + σοσιαλιστικό (sosialistikó, “socialist”) + κίνημα (kínima, “movement”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionInitialism of partially breastfed or partial breastfeeding; by analogy with EBF.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PBM + -er.
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2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsSource etymology material for PC; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShort for “personal computer exchange”, introduced in PC Paintbrush software in the 1980s.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PC + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PC + -ism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for PDF; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
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2 source sections · 1 relationship mentionFrom President + Duterte respelled as DU30 with homophonous 30 (“thirty”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Portland International Airport’s IATA airport code PDX, by extension.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PEG + -yl.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordThe name of the computer (noun sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordOriginates from the content rating for media entertainment in which "PG" stands for "parental guidance". There are several countries with a rating called "PG-13". The rating generally requires restrictions on profanity a
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShort for ponto-geniculo-occipital wave.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom the fictional Star Trek weapon technology, the phaser.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAfter the character in Scott Adams' Dilbert comic strip.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordOriginally an initialism of personal home page, used to describe a set of tools written by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995. With the advent of PHP 3 which was no longer a limited language it was renamed to a recursive backronym:
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom PHP + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of place in Blacks' back yard, modeled after NIMBY. Coined by Robert Bullard.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShort for pilot report.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Project Sekai, the name under which the game was originally released in Japan. "Sekai" is a fictional dimension that serves as the main setting for the game, from Japanese 世界 (“world”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from a Kurdish language.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PK (“player kill”) + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Malay Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (“North-South Highway Project Company”), PLUS Expressway's original name in Malay.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom PMA + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PMS + -er.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of President Noynoy, with Noynoy being a nickname of Benigno Aquino III. Additionally, also a pun on Pinoy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsEuphemistic and abbreviated form of pissed off.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for POG; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBlend of police + accident.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for POS; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for POSIX; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordPhillips Code abbreviation, 1895. In more common usage since the 1990s.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish or Catalan POUM.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record(PowerPoint): Originally used as its document filename extension.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for PR; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of point refuted a thousand times.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish PRM (“Partido Revolucionario Moderno”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the letters marked on the gearstick, standing for park, reverse, neutral, drive, low, the gears on a standard automatic transmission.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsInitialism.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordIn all senses, by acronymy.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Puerto Rico Virgin Islands.
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2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEnglish initialisms.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAbbreviation.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish PSOE.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom PSP (“PaintShop Pro”) + -er.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish PSUV (“Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSony product codename.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation. * Sense "promotional video" is a borrowing from Japanese PV (PV, “promotional video”), from English promotional + video.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom polyvinyl (“PV”) and the hydroxyl group -OH found in alcohol.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Dutch PVV (“Partij Voor de Vrijheid”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom PWC (“personal water craft”) + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of pulsar wind nebula.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom PXE + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Burmese ပအိုဝ်း (pa.uiw:).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* As a German surname, from Middle Low German pār (“house of a priest”), from Latin parochia (“parish”). * Also as a German surname, from the noun Paar (“pair, married couple”). This is also found in several Slavic count
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Spanish Pablo from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Paul.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom French Pabon or Spanish Pabón.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordVarious origins: * Borrowed from Polish Pac, a hypocoristic short form of several personal names, such as Paweł or Pakosław. * Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Pač, Páč, from a short form of the personal name Pačeslav. * B
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Spanish Pacas. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Polish Pach, Czech Pach, or German Pach.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsVariant of Pack.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish Paco, diminutive of Spanish Francisco. See also Spanish Pancho.
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Latin Padānus, from Padus + -ānus. By surface analysis, Padus + -an.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEtymology tree Irish Pád(raig) Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Paddy From Irish Pád(raig) (“Patrick”) + English -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom Romanian Padeș.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish Padía.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Galician Padín, a surname of toponymical origin, ultimately from Latin Palatinus.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”), which the river was named for. Doublet of Pema.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Medieval Latin Padua, from Venetan Padoa, from Latin Patavium.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsLearned borrowing from Latin Padus.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Korean 백 (baek).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAnglicization of Spanish Páez, of Galician origin, patronymic form of Paio (“Pelagio”), from Latin Pelagius
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Latin pāgānus (“rustic, rural”).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentionsFrom page.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Finnish paha, consort of lempo.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Hindi पहल (pahal).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Hawaiian Pāʻia.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEtymology tree Proto-Norse [Term?]bor.? Proto-Germanic *spēda-bor.? Proto-Finnic *paaci Estonian paas? Estonian Paidebor. English Paide Borrowed from Estonian Paide.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsVariant of Page, from page, from Old French page, possibly via Old Italian paggio, from Late Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources co
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsVariant of Baek.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBlend of Paige + Emily.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordVarious origins: * A variant of Paine. * Borrowed from Spanish Paín.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Paino.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the German surname, probably a variant of Baer, from the noun Bär (“bear”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Galician and Portuguese Pais.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Pask.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Polish Pająk (“spider”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Korean 파주(坡州) (Paju).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEither a clipping of Pakistani and Pakistan or a back-formation from Pakistan. Doublet of Paki.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEither a clipping of Pakistani or a back-formation from Pakistan. Doublet of Pak.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVarious origins: * Borrowed from Italian Pala, a topographic surname for someone who lived near an upland meadow. * Borrowed from Catalan Palà, a habitational surname from a town near Barcelona; also from pala (“shovel”)
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsTransliteration of Hindustani پَالَم / पालम (pālam).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited lan
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Latin Palēs, from Etruscan.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordA learned borrowing from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).
4 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAnglicization of Welsh ap Heilyn (“son of Heilyn”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from French Palix.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVarious origins: * Borrowed from Hungarian Páll, a variant of Pál. * Borrowed from Telugu పాల్ (pāl), a rendition of the personal name Paul.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions* As an Italian surname, borrowed from Italian Palla. * As a Catalan and Galician surname, from palla (“straw”). * As a Hungarian surname, variant of Pál. * As a Telugu surname, borrowed from Telugu పల్ల (palla) or Telug
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Hungarian Palló, but also from Spanish Pallo. This surname is mostly found in Ecuador.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsTamil பள்ளு (paḷḷu)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShortened form with diminutive suffix -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Middle High German palme, balme, related to palm (“palm tree”).
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish Palma. Doublet of palm.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Middle High German palme, balme.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordVariant of Dutch Palm.
3 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordThe name was approved in 2000, and refers to Palos de la Frontera, a town in Spain.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Spanish (from Catalan) or French (from Occitan Palon).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordClipping of Palpatine + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordClipping.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Pama + -an.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordEtymology tree English Pam Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Pammy From Pam + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Middle English Pan, from Latin Pān, from Ancient Greek Πάν (Pán).
3 source sections · 5 relationship mentionsVarious origins: * Borrowed from Greek Πανάς (Panás), a reduced form of the personal name Panagiotis, or an occupational surname for a merchant of cloths, from πανί (paní, “cloth, fabric”). * Borrowed from Polish Panas a
1 source section · 3 relationship mentionsFrom Spanish Panay, from Ati Aninipay.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Hindi and Nepali पाण्डे (pāṇḍe).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ptnéh₂ti Proto-Italic *pandō Latin pandōbor. English Pando Borrowed from Latin pandō (“I spread”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionTransliteration of Sanskrit पाण्डु (pāṇḍu).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Polish Panek and Czech Pánek.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom: * various Chinese surnames, including Mandarin 龐 /庞 (páng), Cantonese 彭 (paang⁴) and Hokkien 馮 /冯 (pâng) * Khmer បាង (baang).
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 盤古/盘古 (Pángǔ).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Pan + -ic.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Javanese Panji.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom pansy (“type of flower”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAs a place name, usually from Proto-Brythonic *panto (“hollow”), or its descendant forms Cumbric pant and Welsh pant.
2 source sections · 4 relationship mentionsFrom Mandarin 番禺 (Pānyú).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Panza.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Ilocano Paoay. See that for more details.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian Paola.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Paolo. Doublet of Paul.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian Paone.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShortened from Papist.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordOf Slavic origin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from French Papin.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordThere are three theories: * From Malay pepuah (“curly (of hair)”) for the natives of the island of New Guinea. * From Ternate/Tidore papo ua (“not united; not coalesced”), referring to the territory that geographically w
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