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ch'ih

From Mandarin 尺 (chǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: chʻih³.

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ch-

Reduction of ich.

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From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases

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chaas

Borrowed from Gujarati છાશ (chāś).

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chaat

Borrowed from Hindustani चाट / چاٹ (cāṭ).

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chack

From Michael Chack, an American figure skater whose bronze-medal-winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on television because the producers did not think he would win a medal.

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chad

Uncertain; possibly from the English slang term chat (“louse”). The word predates the chadless punch, which therefore cannot be its origin, and a derivation from Scots chad (“river gravel”) stated in some dictionaries is

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chado

From Japanese 茶道 (chadō).

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chafe

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *kalēō Latin caleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

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chaff

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf. Cognate with Scots caff, Saterland Frisian Sääf, West Frisian tsjêf, Dutch kaf, German Low German Kaff, regional German Kaff.

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chaft

Inherited from Northern Middle English chaft, from Old Norse kjaptr, kjǫptr.

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chag

From Middle English *chagge, from Old English ċeacga, ċeagga (“broom (plant), furze, or gorse”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kagō (“brushwood, bush”), from Proto-Germanic *kagô (“bush”). Cognate with Bavarian Kag

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chaga

Etymology tree Proto-Permic *čak Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak)bor. Russian ча́га (čága)bor. English chaga Borrowed from Russian ча́га (čága), Komi-Zyrian тшак (čak, “mushroom, growth”).

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chai

Borrowed from Romani ćhaj (“Romani girl, daughter”).

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chain

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Old French chaeinebor. Middle English cheyne English chain From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaeine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), fro

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chair

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κατά (katá) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂ Proto-Hellenic

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chaja

Native Brazilian name chajá, imitative of its cry.

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chal

Etymology tree Angloromani Romani Romani ćalado Angloromani chal Angloromani Romanichalbor. English Romanichalclip. English chal Clipping of Romanichal.

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chalk

Etymology tree Latin calxbor. Proto-West Germanic *kalk Old English ċealc Middle English chalk English chalk Inherited from Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed f

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cham

From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).

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chama

Borrowed from Swahili chama (“organisation, society”).

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champ

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ém-po-s Proto-Italic *kampos Latin campusbor. Proto-West Germanic *kamp Proto-West Germanic *-jan Proto-West Germanic *kampijan Proto-Indo-European *

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chan

Clipping of channel.

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chana

Borrowed from Hindi चना (canā).

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chang

From Persian چنگ (čang).

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chank

From Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

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chant

From Middle English chaunten, from Old French chanter, from Latin cantāre (“sing”). Doublet of cant.

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chao-

Combining form from chaos. Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “chasm, void, empty space”).

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chaos

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂-der. Ancient Greek χαῦνος (khaûnos) Ancient Greek χάος (kháos)lbor. English chaos Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). Doublet of gas, which was

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chap

Clipping of chapman (“dealer, customer”) in 16th-century English.

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chape

From Middle English chape, from Old French chape (“a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape”), from Latin cappa, itself derived from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cap, cape, and cope.

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chaps

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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chapt

From chap + -t.

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chaqu

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 岔曲 (chàqǔ).

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char

Back-formation from charcoal.

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chara

From translingual/New Latin Chara.

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chard

From earlier card (remodelled after chardoon, obsolete form of cardoon), from Middle French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”). Doublet of cardoon.

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chare

From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ċierr, ċerr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn, swee

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chark

A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal).

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charm

From Middle English charme, from Old French charme (“chant, magic spell”), from Latin carmen (“song, incantation”). Displaced native Old English lybb (“drug, poison, charm”).

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chart

Borrowed from Middle French charte (“card, map”), from Late Latin charta (“paper, card, map”), Latin charta (“papyrus, writing”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, thin sheet”). Doublet of card and carte; rel

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chary

From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary;

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chase

From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captāre, frequentative of capere. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”

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chasm

From Latin chasma, from Ancient Greek χάσμα (khásma, “abyss, cleft”). Doublet of chasma. Compare schism. Displaced native Old English swelh and Old English elh.

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chat

Etymology tree Middle English cheteren, chiteren (Imitative)der. Middle English chateren English chatterclip. English chat Clipping of chatter. The bird sense refers to the sound of its call.

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chati

Compare French chat (“cat”).

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chaus

From New Latin chaus, from a native, probably Turkic, name; compare Nogai кавыс (kavıs).

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chav

Origin uncertain; probably of Angloromani origin. Compare Romani chavi (“male child”) or ćhavo, shavo (“female child”), chal (“boy”), chavvy (“mate, friend”), compare Swedish tjej; possibly cognate with Portuguese chaval

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chave

From Middle English ichave, equivalent to ch- + have, from ich + have.

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chaw

An unexplained variation of chewen (“to chew”). First attested in the sixteenth century. See chew for more. Cognate with Middle Dutch cauwen ("to chew"; whence Dutch kauwen), obsolete Dutch kauw (“the act of chewing, tha

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chawl

Borrowed from Marathi चाळ (cāḷ), from Sanskrit. Doublet of cell.

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chawn

Uncertain. Probably from Middle English *chane, *chone, from Old English *ċān (“gap, crack, fissure”), related to Old English ċīnan (“to gape, break into chunks”). More at chine.

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chay

From Pitman jay, which it is related to graphically, and the sound it represents.

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chaya

From Japanese 茶屋 (chaya).

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chbG

Initialism of chitobiose + G

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che

Borrowed from Russian че (če).

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cheap

As a noun, from Middle English chep, from Old English cēap (“trade, market, value”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup. As a verb, from Middle English chepen, from Old English ċēapian (“to buy, bargain, trade”), from Proto-

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cheat

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Ita

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cheb

Possibly a blend of chest + bollock (“testicle”).

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check

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tek- Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáyati Proto-Iranian *xšáyati Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ) Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (mlkʾ /⁠šāh⁠/) Classical Persian شاه (šāh)bor. Medieval Latin scaccusder. Old French

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chedi

From Thai เจดีย์ (jee-dii), from Pali cetiya (Devanagari spelling: चेतिय (cetiya)), from Sanskrit चैत्य (caitya, “hall, temple, or place of worship”).

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chee

Clipping of cheetah.

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cheek

From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), per

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cheel

See obsolete sense of child, meaning "girl".

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cheem

Borrowed from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim¹, “deep”).

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cheep

Onomatopoeic.

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cheer

From Middle English chere, from Anglo-Norman chere, from Old French chiere (“head, face; appearance; reception, hospitality; meal, dinner, food”) (Modern French chère), from Late Latin cara (“head”).

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chef

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Old French chief Middle French chief French chefubor. Engli

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chek

From the Yale romanization of the Cantonese 尺 (cek³). Doublet of chi.

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cheki

From Ottoman Turkish چكی (cheki).

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chela

From Latin chele, from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ).

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chell

From ch- + shall, from ich or che + shall.

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chelp

Probably of imitative origin; perhaps from ch(irp) + (y)elp.

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chem

Clippings.

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chem-

See chemo- § Etymology.

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chemy

From the post-Classical Latin chemia, chymia, chimia. Doublet of Kimiya.

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chert

Unknown.

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chess

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chest

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kíst

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chete

Clipping of machete.

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cheug

Back-formation from cheugy.

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cheve

From Middle English cheven, from Old French chevir. See chievance.

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chevy

The noun is probably derived from the title of The Ballad of Chevy Chase, first published in The Complaynt of Scotland (1549); the ballad is about a hunt taking place on a chase (“large country estate where game may be h

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chew

From Middle English chewen, from Old English ċēowan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-. Cognate with West Frisian kôgje, Low German käwwen, Dutch kauwen, Ge

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chewy

Etymology tree English chew Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English chewy From chew + -y.

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chey

From Cantonese 唓 /𪠳 (ce²) or Singaporean Hokkien 唓 /𪠳 (chhê, expression of dismissal).

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chez

Borrowed from French chez. Doublet of casa.

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chi

From Latin chī, from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

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chia

Borrowed from Spanish chía, from Classical Nahuatl chiyan (“seed of the chia plant”).

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chibi

Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”)

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chic

Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old E

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chica

Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).

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chich

From French chiche, pois chiche (“a dwarf pea”), from Latin cicer (“the chickpea”).

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chick

From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chi

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chico

Etymology tree Latin cīccumder. Spanish chicobor. English chico Borrowed from Spanish chico.

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chide

From Middle English chiden (“to chide, rebuke, disapprove, criticize; complain, grumble, dispute; argue, debate, dispute, quarrel”), from Old English ċīdan (“to chide, reprove, rebuke; blame, contend, strive, quarrel, co

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chief

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chiff

Onomatopoeic.

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chigi

Borrowed from Japanese 千木 (chigi).

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chih

From an irregular romanization of Mandarin 尺 (chǐ).

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chii

From Japanese 吃 (chī)

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child

From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to

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chile

From Spanish chile. A variant of chili, chilli; see that entry for more information.

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chili

Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.

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chill

From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely related with Dutch kil

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chimb

From Middle English chymbe, from Old English *ċimb (“a joining, joint”), possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kimbu (“a pressing together, conjunction”), derived from or related to Proto-West Germanic *kimban (“to press or

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chime

From Middle English chymbe, chyme, probably from Old Northern French chimbe (“cymbal”), a back-formation from chimble, cimble, from Latin cymbalum; perhaps reinforced by a misinterpretation of a Middle English *chymbele

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chimo

From Inuktitut ᓴᐃᒧ (saimo, “goodbye; peace be with you”).

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chimp

Clipping of chimpanzee.

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chin

From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/G

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china

From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چینی (čīnī /čini) in Persia and India,

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chine

From Middle English chyne, from Old French eschine, from Frankish *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Doublet of shin.

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ching

Borrowed from Thai ฉิ่ง (chìng).

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chink

Of uncertain origin, but apparently an extension, with diminutive -k (see more at -ock), of Middle English chine (or, if already suffixed in Middle English, *chinek), from Old English ċine (“a crack, chine, chink”), equi

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chino

A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China. The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literal

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chiné

From French chiné.

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chio

From Hokkien 𪁎 /𲍸 (chhio, “(of a male animal) sexually excited; to be in heat; to be receptive to mating”).

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chip

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kippōną Proto-West Germanic *kippōn Old English *ċippiander. Old English ċipp Middle English chippe English chip Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small p

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chipa

From Paraguayan Guarani chipa.

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chirk

From Middle English chirken, cherken, charken, from Old English ċearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to make a sound, crack”). Doublet of chark. Related also to crake, crack.

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chirl

Imitative; compare chirr.

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chirm

From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto-West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of

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chiro

Shortening of chiropractor, chiropractic.

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chirp

From Middle English *chirpen (attested only in the derivative Middle English chirpinge, cyrpynge, chyrypynge (“chirping”). Compare Middle English chirken and chirmen. More at chirk, chirm. Compare also Middle English chi

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chirr

Imitative, ca. 1600. More at churr.

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chism

Uncertain. Possibly from *chissen, a plural of Middle English chis, chys (“sprout”), variant of Middle English chithe, from Old English ċīþ, from Proto-West Germanic *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþą.

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chit

From Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-West Germanic *kittīn, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit

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chiva

Borrowed from Spanish chiva.

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chive

From Middle English chive~cyve, from Old French chive~cive, from Latin cēpa (“onion”).

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chivy

A variant of chevy.

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chleb

Borrowed from Polish chleb. Doublet of khleb and loaf.

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chmod

From the name of the program for this purpose, short for "change mode".

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cho

From a non-rhotic pronunciation of your. Compare yo and cha.

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choad

Apocopic form of choda. Doublet of choda and chudai.

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chock

From Middle English *chokke (possibly attested in Middle English chokkefull), from Anglo-Norman choque (compare modern Norman chouque), from an Old Northern French variant of Old French çouche, çouche (“block, log”), of

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chod

Short for chodder.

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choda

Borrowed from Hindi चोदा (codā, abusive term for “son”), from चोदना (codnā, “to copulate”), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑁄𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀢𑀺 (*coddati), from Sanskrit चोदति (codati). Doublet of choad and chudai.

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chode

Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs.

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choga

Borrowed from Persian چوقه (čôqa), possibly from Ottoman Turkish چوقه (çoka or çuka). Cognate with English chokha and Hindi चोग़ा (coġā).

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choil

Unknown; originally a dialectal term from Sheffield.

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choir

From Middle English quer, quere, from Old French quer, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós, “company of dancers or singers”). Modern spelling influenced by chorus and French chœur. Doublet of quire, choru

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chok

Borrowed from Hebrew חֹק (khók).

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choka

Borrowed from Japanese 長歌, literally "long poem".

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choke

From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), kok

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choko

From Japanese 猪口 (choko).

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choky

From choke + -y.

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chola

Borrowed from Spanish chola.

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chole

From Hindi छोले (chole, “chickpeas”).

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choli

from Hindi चोली (colī, “bodice, blouse”)

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cholo

Borrowed from Spanish cholo, of uncertain origin.

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choly

Clippings. Formed with -y.

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choma

Etymology tree Ancient Greek χώννῡμι (khṓnnūmi) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μα (-ma) Ancient Greek χῶμα (khôma) English choma From Ancient Greek χῶμα (khôma, “bank, mound”).

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chomo

From a blend of chi(ld) + mo(lester). Possibly blended with homo (“(derogatory) homosexual, gay man”).

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chomp

U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.

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chone

From Ancient Greek χώνη (khṓnē, “a funnel”), contracted form of Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē).

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chonk

Pronunciation spelling of chunk(y).

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choof

Possibly related to chuff (“to make noisy puffing sounds”).

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chook

From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.

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choom

Dialectal pronunciation of chum.

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choon

Phonetic rendering of tune.

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chop

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic (cf. Swedish tjoff), or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”). Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Fr

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chope

From Malay chup (“a cry in a game requesting a halt or the retraction of a stroke”), possibly from Hindi चुप (cup, “silence!”).

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chops

From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.

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chopt

From chop + -t.

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chor

See chore (“steal”).

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chord

Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). No relation to French accord (“chord”) and its derivations. Dou

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chore

From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Prot

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chori

From Latin chorī, from Ancient Greek χοροί (khoroí).

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chork

Blend of chopstick + fork.

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choro

Borrowed from Portuguese choro (“lament”).

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chose

From Middle French chose, from Latin causa (“cause, reason”). Doublet of cause.

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choss

A colloquial form of chaos.

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chota

From Hindi छोटा (choṭā, “small”).

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chott

Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.

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chou

From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.

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chous

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χοῦς (khoûs).

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chout

Borrowed from Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”).

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chow

Shortened from chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow. Compare Macanese chau-cháu. See also English chow fun, chow mein, etc.

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chowk

From Hindi चौक (cauk, “plaza, square, courtyard”), from Sanskrit चतुष्क (catuṣka, “quadrangular courtyard, crossway”).

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chown

From the name of the program for this purpose, short for "change owner".

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chowt

Borrowed from Marathi चौथ (cauth, “one quarter”).

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chron

Apparently from chrono-, perhaps for resonance with eon.

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chs.

From ch. (“chapter”).

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chu

From the Japanese ちゅっ (chu', onomatopoeia).

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chub

From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a

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chuba

Borrowed from Tibetan ཕྱུ་པ (phyu pa), from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). Doublet of jupe and jubbah.

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chuck

Variant of chock.

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chud

Compare chew, cud.

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chuet

From chew (verb).

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chufa

Borrowed from Spanish chufa, possibly from Latin cȳphi (“gallingale perfume”), from Ancient Greek κῦφι (kûphi, “a kind of Egyptian incense”), from Egyptian kꜣpt (“incense”), a nominal derivative of kꜣp (“to cense”).

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chuff

15th century, dialectal, from Middle English chuffe (“a rustic, boor”), in noun sense “stupid fellow”. Adjective sense “surly, displeased” from 1832.

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chug

Onomatopoeic, in imitation of a working steam engine. The racial slur sense derives from the stereotype of Native Americans chugging alcohol.

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chula

From Hindi चूल्हा (cūlhā), Bengali চুলা (cula).

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chum

1675–85; of uncertain origin, possibly from cham, shortening of chambermate, or from comrade. Less likely from Welsh cymrawd (“fellow”), compare brawd (“brother”).

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chump

Origin uncertain; probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump, or perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kubbur (“block of wood, chip (computing)”), Old Norse kumbr for

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chunk

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.

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chup

Onomatopoeic.

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chupa

From Philippine Spanish chupa, probably from Malay cupak.

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chupe

Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua chupi.

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chur

Modified from cheers.

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