Etymology — The origins of English words

From New Latin hyperbola, from Ancient Greek ὑπερβολή (huperbolḗ). Doublet of hyperbole.

Borrowed from French hautbois. Doublet of oboe and hautboy.

Rare variant of Hadley.

From heart + -ling.

From Latin hippotaurus, from Ancient Greek ἱππόταυρος (hippótauros), from ἵππος (híppos, “horse”, English hippo-) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).

From heart + -ful.

From Late Middle English hogshead, hagyshed, hogeyshed, hoggesyde, hokkeshed, Middle English hoggeshed, hogges-hed, hogeshed, hoggeshede, hoggesheed, hoggesheudes, hoggesheved, hoggishede, hoggisheed, hoggyssehed, hogyshed, hoogeshed (“measure of liquid capacity equivalent to about 63 gallons; large barrel or cask”, literally “hog’s head”), from hog, hogge (“swine, especially a castrated male swine”) + hed (“animal or human head”), equivalent to hog + -s- + head. The connection between the cask and the head of a hog is uncertain, but may refer to the shape of the cask. The word has often been borrowed into other languages as “ox-head”.

From French arlequinade.

From homicide + -er.

From a Middle English diminutive of the given names Isabel and Hilbert.

From grit + stone.

From Latin imperator (“emperor”).

From heavy + set.

From ignite + -er.

From Middle English horsly, equivalent to horse + -ly.

From goose + fish.

From Latin hinnus, from Ancient Greek ἴννος (ínnos), γίννος (gínnos). Possibly cognate with hinnire (“to whinny”).

From Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō, “write”) + -eme. Doublet of -gram.

From golden + eye.

Various origins: * Occupational surname for a servant, from Middle English hold (“loyal, faithful”) + man (“man”). * Variant of the English surname Oldman. * Variant of German Holdmann.

From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.

Learned borrowing from Latin gula (“throat, gullet”).

Attested since 1882. From Medieval Latin graduandus, gerundive of graduō (“to graduate”).

Modern fanciful spelling of Hayden.