Etymology — The origins of English words

From Hebrew Yisra'el. In the Bible, the name is explained as meaning something like "he wrestles with God" or "God rules," given to Jacob after Genesis 32:28.

From Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, literally "land of the South Slavs," combining jug ("south") and Slavija ("Slavia").

From Latin Germania, the Roman name for the lands and peoples east of the Rhine, of uncertain deeper origin.

From Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Graikos — the Latin name, not the Greeks' own name for their country (Hellas).

From French viable, ultimately from Latin vita, "life," with the sense shaped by Latin viabilis, "passable" or "able to travel."

From Latin meticulosus ("fearful, timid"), from metus ("fear"). The modern sense of "careful about detail" developed later, likely influenced by the similar French word méticuleux.

A trademark blend of Euro- and vision, originally naming the European broadcasting network that created the contest.

Borrowed from Arabic العراق (al-ʿirāq).

From an Anglo-Norman word for a case that held a large cup or goblet, ultimately from a Frankish word for a bowl or cup — the "basket" and "obstruct" senses developed separately over time.

From Old French embellir, "to make beautiful", from bel ("beautiful") — the same root as "beauty" and "belle".

From Middle English lyftyme, formed from life + time.

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

From Latin coniunctio, "a joining", from coniungere ("to join together").

From Old French contree, ultimately from Latin contrā ("against, facing") — originally meaning "the land lying opposite" or surrounding a place.

From Old English and, ond, going back to a Proto-Germanic word meaning roughly "facing, in addition."

From Old French pais/paix, ultimately from Latin pax ("peace") — the same root that gives us "pact" and "pacify".

From Old Northern French werre ("guerre" in modern French), ultimately from a Frankish word meaning "confusion" or "strife" — war gradually replaced older English words for armed conflict during the Middle Ages.

From Old English mǣst, related to German meist and Dutch meest — all descending from a Proto-Germanic superlative form.

From Latin "sēcrētum" ("something hidden"), the past participle of "secernere" ("to separate, set apart").

From Old French musique, ultimately from Ancient Greek mousike, meaning "art of the Muses."

Borrowed from German Akronym, built from Greek akron ("tip, end") and onyma ("name"), on the model of "homonym" and "synonym." First used in the early 1900s in German and by 1940 in English.

From nether ("lower") + lands — a literal description of the country's low-lying geography, much of which sits at or below sea level.

From Middle Dutch dūtsch, originally meaning "of the (common) people" — the same root gave German "Deutsch." English narrowed the word to refer specifically to the Netherlands.

From Old French conceler, "to hide or disguise," ultimately from Latin concēlāre, "to carefully hide."