Etymology — The origins of English words

Borrowed from Palauan Belau (“Palau”), traditionally derived from aidebelau (“indirect replies”) in reference to the island's creation story, or from beluu (“village”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua (“inhabited land, territory”).

From philo- + -gyny.

From Parkin + the patronymic suffix -s.

From paralytic + -al.

From pot + holder.

From papyro- + -centric.

From pan- + theism, in which pan derives from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân), meaning “all”, and theism from Ancient Greek θεός (theós), meaning “god”. The first known use is from 1702, in an English translation of Joseph Raphson’s 1697 book De Spatio Reali seu Ente Infinito, written in Latin, which coined the Latin term pantheismus.

From paper + folding.

From Classical Persian پَشْمِینَه (pašmīna). Compare پشمین (pašmīn /pašmin).

From persuade + -er.

From the post-Classical Latin pneumonicus and its etymon, the Ancient Greek πνευμονικός (pneumonikós).

From Latin pathicus, from Ancient Greek παθικός (pathikós), from πάθος (páthos, “suffering, feeling”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to feel, to suffer”).

Shortened from the name of Paul Lipschutz, French inventor.

From pin + headed; compare pinhead.

A clipping of plebeian and plebe, sometimes also understood as a back-formation from plebs.

From pharmaceutic + -s; see -ics.

From pen + -man.

From pageant + -ry.

The noun is derived partly: * from Middle English fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms], from Middle French fiole, phiole [and other forms], and Old French fiole (modern French fiole), from Late Latin fiola, phiola, from Latin phiala (“broad, flat, shallow bowl or cup”), from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “round and shallow bowl, pan, or saucer”), probably from Pre-Greek; and * directly from Latin phiala (see above). The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of vial. Cognates * Catalan fiola * French fiole * Italian fiala * Old Occitan fiola (Occitan fiòla)

Apparently an alteration (after penny) of Anglo-Norman puliol royal, from Latin pūlegium.

From French précocité.

Corruption of Ancient Greek ὠκυτόκος (ōkutókos), based on ὀξύς (oxús, “pointed”) instead of ὠκύς (ōkús, “swift”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”).

Borrowed from Swahili panga (“machete”).

From pardner (“partner”), by shortening.