Rumā
Borrowed from Sanskrit रुमा (rumā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordThe English source dictionary · partial corpus coverage
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Borrowed from Sanskrit रुमा (rumā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 汝南 (Rǔnán).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Italian Runco.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Romanian Runcu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the German surname, variant of Runte.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Russian Руне́т (Runɛ́t). By surface analysis, blend of Russian + Internet.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom rune + -ic, because such languages were written using runes.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from German Runk.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the German surname, from a name based on the obsolete noun runn (“mud”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit रूपा (rūpā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Slovene Rupar.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEarlier form Russ from German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). More recent use influenced by Russian Русь (Rusʹ), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Use with macron was probably influenced by the transliterat
1 source section · 12 relationship mentions* As a German surname, from Middle Low German rusch (“rushes, reeds”), from Old Saxon rusk, from Proto-West Germanic *ruskijā. Compare Ruesch. * Also as a German surname Rüsch, shortened from names derived from Old High
1 source section · 7 relationship mentionsEtymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰ-tós Proto-Italic *russos Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Bulgarian Русев (Rusev).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “d
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from French Rusio, itself from Corsican Rusiu.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsDiminutive of Russell.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian Russi.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom the Sicilian surname Russu, from russu (“redhead”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record* As an Alemannic German surname, from Rust * As a German surname, from Middle Low German ruste, from Old Saxon rasta, from Proto-West Germanic *rastu, from Proto-Germanic *rastō (“rest, pause”). * As an English and Scot
2 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsShortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Romanian Rusu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Carpathian Rusyn руси́н (rusýn), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”). Compare Ruthenia.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian Ruta.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from German Rüter.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Ruth the Moabite, Hebrew רות, of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "companion". Also associated with the English noun ruth (“compassion”) by Puritans.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Ruth + -y.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Kalenjin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Tibetan རུ་ཐོག (ru thog).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Dutch Ruud.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordEtymology tree Proto-Slavic *rỳba Old Czech ryba Czech ryba Czech Rybabor. Proto-Slavic *rỳba Old Polish ryba Polish ryba Polish Rybabor. Proto-Slavic *rỳba Old Slovak ryba Slovak ryba Slovak Rybabor. English Ryba Borrow
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Polish Rybak, Czech Rybák, Ukrainian Рибак (Rybak), Belarusian and Russian Рыбак (Rybak).
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Slovak Rybár or Czech rybář.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Polish, Czech Rybka, Ukrainian Рибка (Rybka), Russian Рыбка (Rybka); from rybka, рибка (rybka), and рыбка (rybka, “little fish”).
1 source section · 3 relationship mentions* As an English surname, variant of Rea. * Also as an English surname, from the noun rye. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsPossibly a variant of Ryland, meaning "rye field" and from Old English.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordRare variant of Rylan.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVariant of Riley.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordModern spelling of Riley, Reilly.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic رِيم (rīm).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAmericanized spelling of German Reiner.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordGenerally from Old English ryge + tūn (“farm where rye is grown”), except in North Yorkshire: from the River Rye + Old English tūn.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsRomanization * From Japanese 竜(りゅう) (Ryū). Doublet of Long and Yong. * From Korean 류 (ryu), derived from 柳 or 劉. Congate with Yoo. Doublet of Liu.
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsNamed for Ryūgū-jō, the castle of a Dragon in Japanese folklore.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Russian Рже́в (Ržév).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Romanian Râciu.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Romanian Râmeț.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Romanian Râșca.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordTransliteration of Sanskrit राहु (rāhu).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Polish rębów.
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2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from S'gaw Karen စှီၤ (shgaw̄)
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordShort for substitution box.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom French S.I..
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom S/F ratio. Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (perĭ-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō A
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSuper Audio + CD
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for SARS; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of Sound Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom serial + ATA.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for SATP; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Persian ساواک (sâvâk).
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Arabic
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2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSource etymology material for SBK; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordShort for sarcoma, breast, leukemia, adrenal gland, the types of cancers it may cause.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of standing (“erect”) but not operating.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Ukrainian СБУ (SBU), initialism of Слу́жба безпе́ки Украї́ни (Slúžba bezpéky Ukrajíny, literally “Security Service of Ukraine”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom Latin Societas Cooperativa Europaea.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAn initialism of special containment procedures. Not an initialism of the SCP Foundation’s motto, secure, contain, protect, which is a backronym from SCP.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsSee scram; the use of uppercase letters may be because the word is thought to be an acronym of phrases like “safety control rod actuator mechanism”, “safety control rod axe man”, and “safety control rods activation mecha
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsAcronym of self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom SDA + -er.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom French SECAM.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from German SED (“Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom SEO + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism from sarcoplasmic reticulum / endoplasmic reticulum / calcium ATPase
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for SF; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of science fiction and fantasy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of school form 10.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record* Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (shortened to SFRY)
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom the initial letter of special or sound, and the pronunciation of effects.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom SF (“science fiction”) + -al.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom SH (“self-harm”) + ED (“eating disorder”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from French SI (“Système international d'unités”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSource etymology material for SIM; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordCoined by American computer scientist Michael J. Flynn in 1966. See Flynn's taxonomy.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAs defined by the World Bank in 2004.
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 SI + -er.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordReduplication of SK (literally “stop keying”).
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom SMH with modifier damn.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Secret Master Of Fandom. Coined by American science fiction author Jack Chalker.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of Space Marine (name of a 2011 video game) + orc. Popularized by the 2015 YouTube video "SMOrc SONG - Face Never Trade" by DJ KARL THE DOG.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsInitialisms.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAbbreviation of short message service.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom SMS + -er.
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordThe term was born during the Second World War as an acronym of the initials of the words situation normal, all fucked up, which summed up the chaos and confusion of the war from an individual soldier’s point of view.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsShort for SNAP receptor.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of sound navigation and ranging. Coined by American scientist Frederick Vinton Hunt in the 1940s, roughly contemporaneously with radar. The lowercase form (sonar) is by anacronymic evolution.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters. It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsAcronym of sound on tape.
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2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordTransliteration of Russian СПФС (SPFS), acronym of Систе́ма переда́чи фина́нсовых сообще́ний (Sistéma peredáči finánsovyx soobščénij).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsAn acronym, variously explained as "stamps perforated for individuals or firms" or "stamps perforated with initials of firms or societies".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsAcronym of structure parameter inference approach.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordDeliberate misspelling of spank.
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2 source sections · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom French SPVM. initialism of Service de police de la ville de Montréal
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSource etymology material for SQL; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
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2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordThe two games, collectively, are the fourth iteration in the Super Smash Bros. series.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordModification of BBM (“big beautiful man”). See more at BBW (“big beautiful woman”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordModification of BBW (“big beautiful woman”).
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordUnadapted borrowing from Russian СССР (SSSR). From Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskix Socialističeskix Respublik, “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”)
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsBy initialism.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for ST; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordAcronym of same-type attack bonus.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSTC + 1
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordSTC + 2
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief record(2016) Back-formation from Steve (nickname) given to this aurora-like light. Acronym of strong thermal emission velocity enhancement. The nickname "Steve" resulted from a meeting between citizen scientists and researcher
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsModified acronym of "straight-identified faggot". Punning on the slang sense of stiff, "a conventionalist person".
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialisms.
2 source sections · 1 relationship mention · brief recordSource etymology material for SUP; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSource etymology material for SUV; no narrative etymology was supplied in this snapshot.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism.
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Russian СВР (SVR), initialism of Слу́жба Вне́шней Разве́дки (Slúžba Vnéšnej Razvédki, “Foreign Intelligence Service”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionThe SW1 postcode district (from initialism of south-western) covers an area of central London that includes Downing Street, the Palace of Westminster, many government ministries, and Buckingham Palace.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsLondon postcode of the Wimbledon area (with SW standing for southwest London).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordSW1A begins the postcode of many government addresses, most famously the House of Commons (SW1A 0AA), Buckingham Palace (SW1A 1AA) and Downing Street (SW1A 2AA). See SW1.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom SW6 + -er.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordAcronym of various terms.
2 source sections · 0 relationship mentionsEtymology tree Middle English especial English special Proto-Germanic *wēpną Proto-West Germanic *wāpn Old English wēpn Middle English wepen English weapons Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsAcronym of sex worker-exclusionary radical feminist, on the model of TERF.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief record(file format): SWF originated as an abbreviation for Shockwave Flash. This usage was changed to the backronym Small Web Format to eliminate confusion with a different technology, Shockwave, from which SWF derived. There
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1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordOriginated in the novel She: A History of Adventure by H. Rider Haggard, where it refers to the imperious queen of a lost kingdom in Africa. Later used by John Mortimer in his Rumpole of the Bailey series of books.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsAbbreviation of Sara without the H, referring to "Sara" being a variant of Sarah but without the letter H. The "H" allegedly refers to honesty.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsFrom Arabic سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى (subḥānahu wataʕālā, “glorious and exalted is He”), honorific placed after the name of God (Allah) in Islamic texts.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionFrom S (“south”) + X (“by”) + SW (“southwest”).
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordClipping of symbolic link.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordInitialism of Swedish Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (“Swedish Aeroplane Company”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Arabic ص (ṣ).
2 source sections · 3 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from German Saam.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordClipping of Sabrina.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordPossibly derived from a shortening or misreading of Spanish San Cristóbal, the original name of the island.
3 source sections · 6 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Malay Sabah.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFrom Saba + -an.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordVarious origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Sàbat, a surname given to someone born on a Saturday. * Borrowed from Polish Sabat. * Borrowed from French Sabat, a nickname for a noisy or rowdy person, from Middle French sabat
1 source section · 4 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Ojibwe.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Persian ثابت (sâbet).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordProbably a shortened form of Sabin.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic سَبْهَا (sabhā).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief record* As an English and French surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Sabinus. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Sabháin (“descendant of Sabhán”), from sabh (“cub”). Also found as Savage.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionBorrowed from Sabir sabir (“know”), in Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme, probably from Spanish saber, ultimately from Latin sapere.
4 source sections · 7 relationship mentionsFrom Turkish Sabit.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom a Slovak or Czech variant of Sobol.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordBorrowed from Hebrew צַבָּר (tsabár, “prickly pear cactus”), from Arabic صَبَّار (ṣabbār, “cactus”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsClipping of Sacramento.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordFirst attested in the 17th century as a back-formation from Sacae, from Latin Sacae, an adapted form of Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a /Sakā/, “Scythian”), from 𐎿𐎣 (s-k /Saka/, “Scythia”), from Scythian. Now mostly disp
1 source section · 5 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Italian Sacca or Saccà.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from French Sacha.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Germanic *sahsą Proto-West Germanic *sahs Proto-West Germanic *Sahsō Old High German Sahso Middle High German Sahse German Sachse German Sachsder. English Sachs From the
1 source section · 0 relationship mentionsBorrowed from Brazilian Portuguese saci, from Old Tupi sa'si.
2 source sections · 2 relationship mentionsShortening.
1 source section · 0 relationship mentions · brief recordUltimately from Arabic سَادَات (sādāt), plural of سَيِّد (sayyid, “master; Sayyid”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Middle English sad (“considered, thoughtful, serious”), a nickname for a serious or solemn person.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Persian سده (“hundred”). The name refers to the remaining one hundred days and nights before the beginning of spring.
1 source section · 1 relationship mentionTwo main origins: * English surname of unknown origin. * Borrowed from Arabic صادر, a personal name based on صَدْر (ṣadr, “chest, breast, bosom”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Hindi साध (sādh, “member of the Sadh sect; Sadh”), from Sanskrit साधु (sādhu).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsFrom Sanskrit साधु (sādhú, “good; good man, holy man”).
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordBorrowed from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq, “friend”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentionsShortened form of Polish Sadowski.
1 source section · 1 relationship mention · brief recordFrom Arabic صَدْر (ṣadr, “bust”).
1 source section · 2 relationship mentions · brief recordThese source reports extend Wiktionary’s work through Kaikki / Wiktextract, with attribution and visible extraction limits. A relationship mentioned in a source is not automatically the immediate parent of a word. Newly written research analyses cite their own references. The reviewed graph has a separate evidence contract and counter.
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