Etymology — The Origins of English Words

From Old French celebrite, from Latin celebritas, related to celeber, "crowded" or "renowned."

From Old French assembler, from Medieval Latin assimulare ("to bring together"), from ad- plus similis ("alike") — a doublet of "assimilate".

From Old French arester ("to stay, stop"), from Latin ad- ("to") plus restare ("to remain, stay behind").

From use + -ed.

From obsolete Middle English devoiden, "to empty out," from Old French desvuidier, "to empty."

From Middle Dutch moddelen ("to make muddy"), related to the word mud.

From Old English strengthu, built from "strong" plus a suffix that turns adjectives into abstract nouns.

From Old French vigoros, from Latin vigor ("liveliness, strength").

From Latin exserere, "to thrust forth, stretch out" — ex- plus serere ("to bind, join").

From Old French esfort, related to esforcier ("to exert oneself"), ultimately from Latin fortis, "strong" — the same root that gives us "force" and "fortify."

From Old French superiorite, ultimately from Latin superior, "higher" — superior + the noun-forming suffix -ity.

From Old French controversie, from Latin controversia ("debate, contention"), from controversus ("turned in an opposing direction").

From Old French victorie, from Latin victoria, built on victor ("conqueror" or "winner").

Borrowed in the 16th century from Middle French combat, from Old French combatre, ultimately from Latin com- ("together") + battuere ("to beat, strike").

From French contester, from Latin contestor, "to call to witness" (used originally in launching a lawsuit).

From Old French contencion, from Latin contentio, built from contendere ("to contend") + -tion.

From Old French difficulté, from Latin difficultas, based on difficilis, "hard to do."

From Middle English struglen, of uncertain origin, possibly related to Middle Dutch words meaning "to stumble" or "to trip."

From Latin servilis, "of a slave," from servus ("slave").

From Middle English "toilen," blending an Anglo-Norman word meaning "to agitate or entangle" with an Old English word meaning "to labour or strive."

From Old French "estreit," from Latin "strictus" ("drawn tight") — the same root as "strict."

From Middle English embrouderen, frequentative of embrouden (“to decorate, embroider”), equivalent to embroid + -er. Middle English embrouden itself comes from Anglo-Norman embrouder, from Old French embrosder (“to embroider”), ultimately of Germanic origin, though the exact pathway is uncertain. Possibly an intensive of Old French brosder, brouder (compare Norman broudaïr), from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn), related to English bristle and brad. Alternatively, perhaps from Frankish *anbroʀdōn (“to embroider, stitch”), related to Old High German anabrortōn (“to embroider”), Old English onbryrdan (“to prick, incite”).

From bribe plus the suffix -ery, going back through Old French to a root meaning "to beg" or "to steal".

From Old French provoquer, from Latin provocare, "to call forth" — from pro- ("forth") plus vocare ("to call").