Etymology is the study of the roots and history of words; and how their form and meaning have changed over time.In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change from culture to culture over time.... lists.
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Etymology is the study of the roots and history of words; and how their form and meaning have changed over time.In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change from culture to culture over time.... lists.
This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms or terms used in the computing world . It relates to both computer hardware and computer software....
List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin
These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as kangaroo and boomerang.... — African
List of English words of African origin
This is a list of English language words that come from any of the Sub-Saharan Africa African languages. It excludes placenames except where they have become common words.... — Afrikaans
List of English words of Afrikaans origin
Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages.British English has absorbed Afrikaans words primarily via United Kingdom soldiers who served in the Boer Wars.... — Algonquian — Arabic
List of English words of Arabic origin
There are numerous Influence of Arabic on other languages in English, i.e., words of English acquired directly from Arabic or indirectly, by passing from Arabic into a third language and then into English.... — Bengali — Chinese
List of English words of Chinese origin
Words of Chinese origin have entered the English language and many European languages. Most of these were loanwords from Chinese itself, a term covering those members of the Chinese spoken languages of the Sino-Tibetan language family.... — Czech
List of English words of Czech origin
This is a list of English language words of Czech language origin or passed into English via Czech language:*Absurdistan - word created by Eastern Bloc dissidents, passed into English mainly through works of V?clav Havel.... — Dutch
List of English words of Dutch origin
This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well.... — Etruscan
List of English words of Etruscan origin
This is a list of English language words that may be of Etruscan language origin, and were borrowed through Latin, often via French language. The Etruscan origin of many of these words is disputed, and some may be of Indo-European or other origin.... — French
List of English words of French origin
Great number of words of French language origin have entered the English language to the extent that around 30% of its vocabulary is of French language origin.... — German — Greek
English words of Greek origin
The Greek language has contributed to the English language vocabulary in three ways:#directly as an immediate donor,#indirectly through other intermediate language, as an original donor , and... — Hawaiian
List of English words of Hawaiian origin
The Hawaiian language has offered many words to the English language, and many Hawaiian words are known to non-Hawaiian speakers, and many have also been assimilated into the English language .... — Hebrew
List of English words of Hebrew origin
This is a list of English language words of Hebrew language origin. Transliterated pronunciations follow Sephardic/Modern Israeli pronunciations as opposed to Ashkenazi pronunciations, with the major difference being that the letter tav is transliterated as a "t" as opposed to an "s."... — Hindi
List of English words of Hindi origin
This is a list of English language words of Hindi language origin. Many of the Hindi equivalents have originated from Sanskrit; see List of English words of Sanskrit origin.... — Hungarian
List of English words of Hungarian origin
This is a partial list of Hungarian language loanwords in the English language:biro : From L?szl? B?r?, the Hungarian inventor of the ballpoint pen.... — Irish
List of English words of Irish origin
This is a list of English language words from the Celtic languages Irish language. For English words which originated in Ireland from other sources see Hiberno-English.... — Italian
List of English words of Italian origin
Many words of Italian origin have entered other languages. A large part of musical terminology is Italian, as are popular foods from Italian cuisine.... — Japanese
List of English words of Japanese origin
Words of Japanese origin have entered many languages. Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture, but some are actually words of Chinese language origin that were first exposed to English via Japan.... — Korean
List of English words of Korean origin
Words of Korean origin have entered other languages, including English.... — Latin — Malayalam — Maori
List of English words of Maori origin
Words of Maori origin have entered many languages. Many such words have entered New Zealand English and are considered native words. Some of those words have in turn been exported from New Zealand English to other branches of the English language and to other languages.... — Nahuatl — Norwegian
List of English words of Norwegian origin
Some words from the Norwegian language have entered into common English language usage. Many of the words relate to the climate and culture of Norway, or skiing.... — Old Norse
List of English words of Old Norse origin
Words of Old Norse origin that have entered the English language, primarily from the colonisation of eastern and northern England between 800-1000 CE.... — Persian
List of English words of Persian origin
As Indo-European languages, English language and Persian language have many words of common Proto-Indo-European language origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms.... — Polish
List of English words of Polish origin
This is a list English words of Polish origin, that is words used in the English language that were borrowed or derived, either directly or indirectly, from Polish language.... — Portuguese
List of English words of Portuguese origin
This is a list of English language words potentially borrowed or derived from Portuguese language . The list also includes words originally derived from other languages:... — Punjabi — Quechua — Russian
List of English words of Russian origin
This page transcribes Russian using the International Phonetic Alphabet. For a quick overview of Russian pronunciation, see WP:IPA for Russian.... — Sanskrit
List of English words of Sanskrit origin
This is a list of English language words of Sanskrit origin. Many of these words were not directly borrowed from Sanskrit. The meanings of some words have changed slightly after being borrowed.... — Scots
List of English words of Scots origin
List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots language origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Lowland Scots.... — Scottish Gaelic
List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
This is a list of English language words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic language. Some of these are common in Scottish English and Scots language but less so in other varieties of English.... — Spanish
List of English words of Spanish origin
This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as "Spanish loan words". Many of them are identical in other Romance languages , but their ultimate origin is from Spanish.... — Swedish
List of English words of Swedish origin
This is a list of English language words borrowed from the Swedish language. Some may be from other Scandinavian languages such as Danish language or Norwegian language, or may come from List of English words of Old Norse origin when it was a single language.... — Tamil
List of English words of Tamil origin
This is a list of English language words that are ultimately of Tamil language origin.... — Turkic
List of English words of Turkic origin
This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. Many of them came via traders and soldiers from and in the Ottoman Empire.... — Urdu
List of English words of Urdu origin
Words of Urdu origin have entered other languages. Many words have been incorporated into Indian English. Some have thence been exported to the English language in general and thence to other languages.... — Yiddish
List of English words of Yiddish origin
This is a list of English language words of Yiddish language origin, many of which have entered the language by way of American English. Spelling of some of these words may be variable ....
This is a list of Greek words with derivatives in English. The words are in Greek alphabetic order, with tables for the 24 Greek letters, listing thousands of related English words.... — Latin
List of Latin words with English derivatives
This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English .Note that ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v....
Medical terminology is a vocabulary for accurately describing the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and process in a science-based manner....
This is a list of Spanish language words of African languages origin. It is further divided into words that come from Bantu languages, Berber language West African, and words which are known to have come from African, but when the exact source is not known.... —
Americas
List of Spanish words of Indigenous American Indian origin
This is a list of Spanish language words that come from Indigenous languages of the Americas. It is further divided into words that come from Arawakan languages, Aymara language, Carib languages, Mayan languages, Nahuatl language, Quechua language, Tarahumara, Tupi languages, and uncertain .... —
Arabic —
Austronesian
List of Spanish words of Austronesian origin
This is a list of Spanish language words that come from Austronesian languages. It is further divided into words that come from Hawaiian language, Javanese language, and Malay language.... —
Basque/Iberian
List of Spanish words of Basque/Iberian origin
This is a list of Spanish language words which are supposed to be of Basque language, Iberian language origin, or coming from some other pre-roman language in the Iberian Peninsula.... —
Celtic
List of Spanish words of Celtic origin
This is a list of Spanish language words of Celtic languages origin. It is further divided into words that are known to have come from Gaulish language and those that have come from an undetermined Celtic languages source.... —
Chinese
List of Spanish words of Chinese origin
This is a list of Spanish language words of Chinese language origin. Some of these words have alternate etymology and may also appear on a list of Spanish language words from a different language.... —
Etruscan
List of Spanish words of Etruscan origin
This is a list of Spanish language words of Etruscan language origin. All of these words existed in Latin and most of them have alternate etymology.... —
French
List of Spanish words of French origin
This is a list of Spanish language words of French language origin. It is further divided into words that come from French language and Old French. In both cases, the words included did not exist in Latin.... —
Germanic
List of Spanish words of Germanic origin
This is an initial list of many Spanish language words that come from Germanic . It is further divided into words that come from Gothic language, Frankish, Lombards, Middle Dutch, Middle High German, Middle Low German, Old English language, Old High German, Old Norse language, Swedish language, English language, and finally, words which come from... —
Greek —
Indo-Aryan
List of Spanish words of Indo-Aryan origin
This is a list of Spanish language words that come from Indo-Aryan languages. It is further divided into words that come from Gujarati language and Sanskrit).... —
Iranian
List of Spanish words of Iranian origin
This is a list of Spanish language words that come from Iranian languages. It is further divided into words that come from Avestan language and Persian language.... —
Italic
List of Spanish words of Italic origin
This is a list of Spanish language words of origin. It is further divided into words that come from Oscan language and Italian language). Some of these words existed in Latin as loanwords from other languages.... —
Latin —
Semitic
List of Spanish words of Semitic origin
This is a list of Spanish language words that come from Semitic languages . It is further divided into words that come from Akkadian language, Aramaic language, Hebrew language, and finally, words that come from Semitic languages when the exact source language is unknown.... —
Turkic
List of Spanish words of Turkic origin
This is a list of Spanish language words that come from Turkic languages. It is further divided into words that come from Kazakh language, Kyrgyz language Tatar language, and Turkish language).... —
uncertain
List of Spanish words of uncertain origin
This is a list of Spanish language words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in Latin and/or Ancient Greek, but are thought by some scholars to ultimately come from some other source.... —
various
List of Spanish words of various origins
This is a list of Spanish language words of various origins. It includes words from Australian Aboriginal languages, Balti language, Berber languages, Cal? , Czech language, Dravidian languages, Egyptian language, Hungarian language, Ligurian language, Mongolian language, Slavic languages .... -
Toponymy is the scientific study of place-names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The first part of the word is derived from the Greek language t?pos , place; followed by ?noma , meaning name.... or placename etymology
This list covers English language country names with their etymologies. Some of these include notes on indigenous names and their etymologies. Countries in italics no longer exist as sovereign political entities....
The study of place names is called toponymy; for a more detailed examination of this subject in relation to British place names, please refer to British toponymy.... — UK counties
Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom
Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom is a list of the origins of the names of Counties of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom.... — German
German placename etymology
Placenames in the German language area can be classified by the language from which they originate, and by their age.... — India — Irish
Place names in Irish
Many place names in Ireland in the English language are either anglicisations of those in the Irish language, or completely different, such as the name for the capital of Republic of Ireland, which in English is Dublin, but in Irish is Baile ?tha Cliath.... — * Romanian counties
Etymological list of counties of Romania
This is a list of the origins of the names of county of Romania. Many of the etymologies are Romanian Language interpretations of Church Slavonic names , as the administration documents in the Middle Ages Romanian Principalities were written in this language....
This is a list of chemical elements named after places. For a list of other toponyms, i.e., names derived from a place or region, see List of words derived from toponyms....
The place names of the Maghreb come from a variety of origins, mostly Arabic language and Berber language, but including a few derived from Phoenician languages, Latin, and several other languages....
There are probably a few thousand astronomical objects named after people. These include the names of a few thousand asteroids and hundreds of comets....
This is a list of chemical elements named after people. The symbol and atomic number are given in brackets.* bohrium ? Niels Bohr* curium ? Pierre Curie and Maria Sklodowska-Curie...
An Eponym disease is one that has been named after the person who first described the condition. This usually involves publishing an article in a respected medical journal....
This list contains names of ideological systems, movements and trends named after persons. The stem may be either a person's real name or a nickname....
This is a list of physics and mathematics constants named after people.* Avogadro's number ? Amedeo Avogadro* Bohr magneton ? Niels Bohr* Bohr radius ? Niels Bohr...
This is a list of scientific units named after people. For other lists of eponyms see eponym.Note that by SI#SI writing style, the name of the unit is properly written in all-lowercase, but its abbreviation is capitalized....
List of colleges and universities named after people
Many colleges and universities are named after people. Namesakes include the founder of the institution, financial benefactors, revered religious leaders, notable historical figures, members of royal family, current political leaders, and respected teachers or other leaders associated with the institution....
