Etymology — The origins of English words

From Old English singan, from a very old Germanic root meaning "to sing" or "to recite."

From Old English sang, going back to a very old Germanic root meaning "to sing." Related to the German word Sang and the Dutch zang.

From Old French remembrer, from Late Latin rememorari — re- + memor ("mindful").

From Old English brǣþ, originally referring to a vapor or scent, related to a Germanic word for exhaled vapor.

From Middle English talken, related to "tale" and "tell," and ultimately traced back to a root meaning "to count or recount."

From Old English þenċan, a very old Germanic verb meaning "to think" or "to conceive of".

From Middle English smilen, from Old Germanic roots, related to an ancient word meaning "to laugh or wonder."

From Old English bītan, from a very old Germanic root meaning "to split" — the same root that eventually gave us the word "bit".

From Old French tochier ("to touch"), traced back through Vulgar Latin and Frankish roots meaning "to strike" or "to grasp" — the same deep root that gave English the word "tuck."

From Old English hlysnan ("to listen"), from a Proto-Germanic root related to hearing — distantly connected to the modern word loud.

From Old English hīeran, an ancient Germanic word ultimately built from roots meaning "sharp" and "ear" — literally "to be sharp-eared."

From Latin sanctio, related to sanctus ("holy" or "binding") — originally a solemn decree.

Origin uncertain — possibly imitating a young child's pronunciation of "thanks."

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).

Borrowed from French, from the International System of Units abbreviation "SI."

Borrowed from German JA (“Junge Alternative für Deutschland”).

From Old English cymlic, meaning "beautiful" or "splendid," combined with the suffix -lic ("-like").

From Old English bedd, "resting place, plot of ground," from an ancient Germanic root possibly connected to a much older word meaning "to dig" — which would also explain the "garden plot" sense.

From Old English bēatan, meaning "to strike or pound," an ancient Germanic verb related to words for "pushing" or "striking" in several other languages.

The flying-mammal sense comes from a dialect word related to Middle English "bakke"; the sporting-equipment sense is unrelated, from Old French "batte," meaning a club or beater.

From Old French bacin, from Vulgar Latin baccinum, "wide bowl."

Originally Scottish English; the word's ultimate origin is unknown.

From Old English bannan, "to summon or proclaim," and Old Norse banna, "to curse or forbid" — both from a Germanic root meaning to proclaim or curse.

An onomatopoeic word imitating a sudden, sharp sound.