Etymology — The origins of English words

From Judas + -ly

From Middle French islette. By surface analysis, is(le) + -let. Mostly displaced native Middle English eyt, eit and Middle English holm, holme (See eyot and holm for more).

From in- + consonance.

Learned borrowing from Latin interrēgnum, from inter- (prefix meaning ‘between’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér (“between”)) + rēgnum (“reign; royal power”) (nominalized from the neuter of *rēgnus, from rēx (“king; ruler”, oblique stem rēg-) + -nus (suffix forming adjectives), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to righten; to straighten”)). The plural form interregna is a learned borrowing from Latin interrēgna.

First attested in 1530; borrowed from Latin invocātus, perfect passive participle of invocō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of invoke.

Fanciful modern spelling of Camden.

First attested in the 1990s. Most likely an alteration of joint. Compare junt.

From irrigate + -or.

From intercession + -ory.

From inhabitant + -cy or inhabit + -ancy.

Latin improbatio.

From intelligence + -er.

Partly from both of the following: * An adjective use of kempt, the past participle of kemb (“(obsolete except UK, dialectal) to comb”), from Middle English kemben (“to comb (oneself or someone, or something); to card (wool, etc.); to make (something) elegant or smooth; (figurative) to make (something) gentle”) (compare the past participle forms kempde, kempte), from Old English cemban (“to comb”) from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan (“to comb, kemb”), from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (“to comb, kemb”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth; row of teeth”), from *ǵembʰ- (“to bite, chomp; to crunch”). * A back-formation from unkempt.

From Middle English iambeau(s) (compare jamber), from an Anglo-Norman [Term?] derivative of Old French jambe (“leg”): compare Old French jambiere. See jamb (noun). Compare lamboy(s).

17th century, from Latin ischium, from Ancient Greek ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip joint”).

Borrowed from Irish Ó Ceithearnaigh.

From Anglo-Norman endenture, from Old French endenteure, from endenter (“to dent”). The name of the contract derives from the irregular dent-shaped cut (indentation) used to prove the authenticity of the two parts, similar to a chirograph.

Borrowing from Hebrew יצחק.

Variant of Keegan.

From Middle English insipient, incipient, from Old French insipient, ultimately from Latin īnsipiēns.

A spelling variant of Carly.

Borrowed from Latin invigilātus, past participle of invigilō (“to stay awake, watch over”).

From inter- + faith.

From Joseph + -son.