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English place names such as Winchester, Gloucester, Tadcaster share different forms of a suffix that originated as the Latin castrum ' fort '. Reflex is the name given to a descendant word in a daughter language, descended from an earlier language. For example, Modern English heat is the reflex of the Old English hǣtu. Rarely, this word is ...
English etymology is the study of where English words came from. It may refer to: History of the English language; English words of Greek origin; List of Greek morphemes used in English; List of Greek and Latin roots in English; Latin influence in English; List of Latin words with English derivatives; Lists of English words by country or ...
List of country-name etymologies. British — UK counties — German — India — Irish — Romanian counties — Bulgarian provinces — Brazilian states — U.S. states — Filipino provinces; List of etymologies of administrative divisions; List of national capital city name etymologies; List of river name etymologies
First attested in Old English as Denamearc in Alfred's translation of Paulus Orosius's Seven Books of History against the Pagans. [188] The etymology of " Danes " is uncertain, but has been derived from the proposed Proto-Indo-European root *dhen ("low, flat"); -mark from the proposed Proto-Indo-European root *mereg- ("edge, boundary") via Old ...
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. [1]
This category is for articles that focus on the detailed discussion of the etymology, including the history and origin, of a term. For articles dedicated to reviewing the possible definitions and usage of a particular term, see Category:Definitions
This is a list of English words inherited and derived directly from the Old English stage of the language. This list also includes neologisms formed from Old English roots and/or particles in later forms of English, and words borrowed into other languages (e.g. French, Anglo-French, etc.) then borrowed back into English (e.g. bateau, chiffon, gourmet, nordic, etc.).
Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. [ 1 ] Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics .