Etymology — The origins of English words

From Late Latin Pharisaicus + -al.

From penta- + -plex.

From patent + -cy.

From pellucid + -ity, from Latin pelluciditas.

From French polythéisme, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) and θεός (theós, “god”), corresponding to poly- + theism.

From poorly + -ness.

From Perovski + -ite. Named for Russian mineralogist L. A. Perovski (1792-1856) in 1839.

From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus.

From principal + -ship.

A less common spelling of Phyllis.

The adjective is derived from Late Middle English potable (“drinkable, potable”), from Middle French, Old French potable (modern French potable (“drinkable, potable”)), and from its etymon Late Latin pōtābilis (“drinkable, potable”), from Latin pōtāre (“to drink”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). Pōtāre is the present active infinitive of pōtō (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”). The English word is cognate with Catalan potable, Italian potabile, Spanish potable. The noun is derived from the adjective.

Perhaps borrowed from French positiviste. Equivalent to positive + -ist, after positivism.

Inherited from Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper + corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”).

From Latin Platonista, from Plato + -ista, equivalent to Plato + -ist.

From Latin pardalis, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλις (párdalis), from an unattested Old Iranian word; compare Persian پلنگ (palang), Pashto پړانګ (pṙâng).

From postpone + -ence.

Latin praecessor.

From Middle English plowelond, plouȝ-lond, plow-land, equivalent to plough + land. Compare German Pflugland, Old Norse plógsland (“ploughland”).

From perjure + -er.

From pipe + laying.

Sanskrit [Term?]

From perona or peroneus + -al.

Either from physio- + -logic or Latin physiologicus.

From penwoman + -ship.