Etymology — The Origins of English Words

effloresce

Origin

From Latin efflōrēscere, present active infinitive of efflōrēscō (“to bloom, blossom; to flourish”) + -ere (suffix forming infinitives). Efflōrēscō is derived from ef- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + flōrēscō (“to blossom, flower; to begin to flourish or prosper”) (from flōreō (“to bloom, blossom, flower; to flourish, prosper”) (from flōs (“blossom, flower”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“bloom, flower”)) + -scō (suffix forming verbs having the sense of beginning something)). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin flor- + -esce.

elrick

Origin

Variant of Aldrich.

eulogise

Origin

From eulogy + -ise.

egression

Origin

From Latin ēgressiō.

equilibrate

Origin

From the participle stem of Late Latin *aequilībrō.

duppy

Origin

Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) (compare Akan adɔpe).

dustpanful

Origin

From dustpan + -ful.

ebionite

Origin

From Ancient Greek Ἐβιωναῖοι (Ebiōnaîoi), from Hebrew אביונים (Ebyonim, “the Poor Ones”), plural of Hebrew אֶבְיוֹן (ʾeḇyōn, “needy, poor”), itself likely a borrowing from Coptic ⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ (ebiēn, “poor”).

embarkation

Origin

From French embarcation. By surface analysis, embark + -ation.

encephalon

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

everchanging

Origin

From ever + changing.

enrage

Origin

From Old French enrager, enragier, from rage. Equivalent to en- + rage.

eventuate

Origin

American English, from Latin ēventu(s) (“an event, happening”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), perhaps modeled after actuate.

farthingless

Origin

From farthing + -less.

excision

Origin

From Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).

dumbling

Origin

From dumb + -ling.

enamorado

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish enamorado.

excretion

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.

farthole

Origin

From fart + hole.

exestuate

Origin

Borrowed from Latin exaestuātus, passive participle of exaestuō (“to boil up”). See estuate.

exemplum

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin exemplum. Doublet of example and sample.

fatheaded

Origin

From fat + headed.

dunker

Origin

From dunk + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (patient suffix).

evaporator

Origin

From evaporate + -or.