Etymology — The Origins of English Words

epigrammatic

Origin

From Late Latin epigrammaticus.

edom

Origin

From Late Latin Edōm from Koine Greek Ἐδώμ (Edṓm) from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm). The medieval Jewish use of Edom to refer to Christians referred to their view of Christianity as a heresy that originated from Judaism, comparing Christians to Esau as a relative who was hostile to Jacob (who represented the Jewish people). It originated from Jewish writings that compared the Roman authorities to Edom for their persecution of Jewish people, which was later applied to Christianity when the latter became the state religion of the Roman Empire.

efferent

Origin

From Latin efferēns, present active participle of efferō (“bring or carry out”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”). By surface analysis, ef- + -fer + -ent.

ethnical

Origin

From Middle English ethnicalle, from Late Latin ethnicālis.

etherealness

Origin

From ethereal + -ness.

ethnology

Origin

From ethno- + -logy.

fapworthy

Origin

From fap + -worthy.

dustcloth

Origin

From dust + cloth.

entente

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from French entente (“understanding”). Doublet of intent.

enclosable

Origin

From enclose + -able.

expugnable

Origin

Latin expugnabilis.

eftsoons

Origin

From eft (“again, after”) + soon + -s (“adverb suffix”) – both senses (“soon after”, “again”) derive from senses of eft, which is related to after. Compare modern English soon after.

favoursome

Origin

From favour + -some.

epenthetic

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós, “inserted”).

emancipatrix

Origin

From Latin ēmancipātrīx. By surface analysis, emancipate + -trix.

exfoliation

Origin

From Latin exfoliare (to remove leaves).

exorciser

Origin

From exorcise + -er.

factotum

Origin

Ellipsis of domine fac totum, dominus fac totum /dominus factotum (“absolute ruler; head servant”), from Medieval Latin domine fac tōtum (“O Lord, do everything”), also with substition of nominative dominus for vocative domine.

eaved

Origin

From eave + -ed.

eland

Origin

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, see German Elen for more. Doublet of elk.

etan

Origin

Rendering of the modern (Israeli) Hebrew אֵיתָן (Etán), equivalent to the English Ethan.

dumble

Origin

Probable variant of dimble.

effectualness

Origin

From effectual + -ness.

fakeness

Origin

From fake + -ness.