Etymology — The origins of English words

inconsideration

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French inconsideration and its source, Latin incōnsiderātiōnem.

judaslike

Origin

From Judas + -like.

irremediable

Origin

Ultimately from Latin irremediābilis. By surface analysis, ir- + remediable.

kassandra

Origin

From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra).

juger

Origin

Borrowed from Latin iūger, variant of iūgerum.

injudiciousness

Origin

From injudicious + -ness.

kampuchean

Origin

From Kampuchea + -an.

kinkade

Origin

Variant of Kincaid.

jolliness

Origin

From Middle English jolinesse, equivalent to jolly + -ness.

involution

Origin

From Latin involūtiō, from involvō.

kinnon

Origin

Anglicization of MacKinnon (“McKinnon”). From Scottish Gaelic MhicFhionghain, from Fhionghain (“Fingon”).

inutility

Origin

From in- + utility, from Latin inutilitas.

ingurgitate

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).

italish

Origin

From Italy + -ish. Compare Italic.

jealousness

Origin

From Middle English jelousnesse; equivalent to jealous + -ness.

itinerarium

Origin

From Latin itinerārium, from itiner- + -ārium.

incurious

Origin

From Latin incūriōsus (“careless”), from in- (“un-”) and cūriōsus (“careful”). Attested since the 1560s, originally meaning ‘heedless and negligent.’ The sense of ‘uninquisitive’ dates from the 1610s, and the sense of ‘unworthy of attention’ from 1747.

indium

Origin

Coined as a New Latin term from German Indigo (“indigo”), based on the color of its spectral lines.

intraracial

Origin

From intra- + racial.

kharun

Origin

From French Kharun, from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn). Doublet of Aaron.

jurat

Origin

From Medieval Latin iūrātus (“sworn [man]”) or iūrātum (“[that which is] sworn”), from Latin iūrō (“to swear an oath”). As a medieval office, via French jurat, via Occitan juré.

intort

Origin

Latin intortus, past participle of intoquere (“to twist”) equivalent to in- (“in-”) + torquereto (“twist”).

inflood

Origin

PIE word *h₁én From in- (prefix meaning ‘in, into; towards’) + flood (“overflow of water from a lake or other body of water; flowing in of the tide; to overflow; to cover or partly fill as if by a flood”). Compare Saterland Frisian Íenfloud (“influence”), West Frisian ynfloed (“influence”), Dutch invloed (“influence”), Middle Low German invlôt (“influence”), German Einfluss (“influence”), Danish indflydelse (“influence”), Swedish inflytande (“influence”), Norwegian innflytelse (“influence”).

inelegance

Origin

From Middle French inélégance, from Late Latin inelegantia.