Etymology — The origins of English words

From Latin iūdicātōrius.

Shortening.

Syllabic abbreviation of Johannesburg.

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish juramentado.

Inherited from Middle English engreynen, from the French phrase en grain; reinforced by the phrase (dyed) in grain. See grain.

From irritate + -ive.

From in- + culpability.

Borrowed from Zulu Jozi.

From French inéligibilité, from Middle French.

See indigo.

Imitative of the sound made by an old-fashioned cash register when an amount is rung up.

From inheritor + -ess.

From Middle English inlighted, from Old English inlīhted, past participle of inlīhtan (“to illuminate, enlighten”), equivalent to inlight + -ed. More at inlight.

From Middle English Jacobin, from Old French jacobin, from Latin Jācōbīnus, from Latin Jācōbus (“James, Jacob, etc.”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Ya'akóv), q.v. In reference to the Dominican Order, from the proximity of their 1218 chapel and chapter house in Paris to the city's Porte Saint-Jacques, whose road formed an extension of the Way of St. James running to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In reference to the Jacobin Club, from its 1789 founding at the former Dominican convent. In reference to the Syrian church, from Jacob bar Addai, bishop of Edessa during the mid-6th century.

From Latin incīdere; prefix in- (“in”) + caedere (“to cut”). See concise, and compare incise.

From Latin incorporeus + -al. By surface analysis, in- + corporeal.

1913 (earlier as jodhpur breeches, 1899), from Jodhpur, former state in northwestern India. The city at the heart of the state was founded 1459 by Rao Jodha, a local ruler, and is named for him.

From Middle English interposicion, from Old French interposicion, from Latin interpositio.

Borrowed from Latin involutus.

From Middle English infolden, equivalent to in- + fold.

From jet + -er.

From Japanese 稽古着.

Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).

From Middle French, from Latin indēfatīgābilis (“untiring”), from in- (“not”) + dēfatīgō (“to tire out”).