Etymology — The origins of English words

From dip + stick.

From Latin praestigiosus, "full of tricks" — the word originally meant deceptive or illusory before it softened into "impressively reputable."

From Anglo-Norman successour, from Latin successor.

From French début, from débuter, "to begin" — originally connected to "but," meaning a target or goal in a game.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From a Middle English variant of Dennis + -son.

From brief plus the adverb-forming suffix -ly.

From Medieval Latin influentialis, built on influentia — see influence.

From successful plus -ly.

Variant of William with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

From Old French letanie, from Latin litania, ultimately from Greek litē, meaning "prayer" or "entreaty."

The biology sense comes from Swedish lek, "child's play" (from leka, "to play"); the currency name is unrelated, drawn from Albanian usage.

From Middle English bustlen, possibly linked to Old Norse búask ("to prepare oneself"), with echoes of an older word meaning "to beat or pummel."

A compound of whirl and pool, describing water that spins around itself instead of flowing straight.

From Middle English whirlen, related to Old English hweorfan, "to turn" — the same root that eventually gave English the word "wharf".

A compound of whip and lash, describing an injury that mimics the snapping motion of a whip.

From Middle English whinien, related to whine — both describe a drawn-out vocal sound.

From an old dialect word whimp, meaning "to whine", with the frequentative ending -er added to suggest a repeated, ongoing sound.

Formed from the verb "reckon" plus "-ing."

The noun is possibly: * partly a variant of Middle English wef, weffe (“bad smell, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)”) [and other forms], possibly a variant of either: ** waf, waif, waife (“odour, scent”), possibly from waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”); or ** wef (“a blow, stroke”), from weven (“to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old English wefan (“to weave”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”)), or from wǣfan (see bewǣfan, ymbwǣfan); and * partly onomatopoeic. Noun sense 6 (“name of a number of flatfish”) is possibly derived from sense 1 (“brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air”), sense 4 (“small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.”), and other such senses. The verb and adject

From "where-" plus "withal" (meaning "with that"); originally used only as an adverb, it came to be used as a noun for "means" around 1800.

From Middle English wherupon, built from "where-" plus "upon."

From Middle English wherof, formed from "where" plus "of."

From French drôle ("comical"), which traces back through Middle Dutch to an old word for a stout, funny-looking little man or goblin.