Etymology — The Origins of English Words

dismayful

Origin

From dismay + -ful.

disilane

Origin

From di- + silane.

doey

Origin

From doe + -y.

dulaney

Origin

A variant of Delaney.

dickweasel

Origin

Shitgibbon compound of dick + weasel.

doof

Origin

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of an electronic bass drum.

doctrinaire

Origin

Borrowed from French doctrinaire, from doctrine + -aire.

dissensus

Origin

From Latin dissēnsus (“disagreement, quarrel; dissension, conflict”); or a blend of dissent + consensus.

downswing

Origin

From down- + swing.

domestique

Origin

Borrowed from French domestique (“domestic servant, maid”), from domestique (“domestic”, adjective), from Latin domesticus (“of the house, domestic; familiar; native”), from domus (“home, house; place of one's birth or residence, native country”). Doublet of domestic.

dromedary

Origin

From Middle English dromedari, dromedarie (“dromedary; any camel”) [and other forms], from Old French dromedaire, from Late Latin dromedārius (“kind of camel”), from Latin *dromadārius, from dromas, dromadis (“dromedary”) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting agents of use). Dromas and dromadis are derived from Ancient Greek δρομᾰ́ς (dromắs, “running; dromedary”), an ellipsis of δρομὰς κάμηλος (dromàs kámēlos, “running camel”), from δρόμος (drómos, “race, running; race course, track”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).

disadventure

Origin

From Old French desaventure. Equivalent to dis- + adventure.

dictator

Origin

From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”).

dimmet

Origin

Likely related to dim + -et.

divisio

Origin

From Latin dīvīsiō (“division”). Doublet of division.

draggy

Origin

From drag + -y.

drainer

Origin

From drain (verb) + -er.

dimenhydrinate

Origin

From dim(ethyl) + (b)en(z)hydr(yl) + (am)in(e) + -ate.

dobbinson

Origin

From Dobbin + -son.

dobbing

Origin

Variant of Dobbin.

downcomer

Origin

From down + comer.

distractible

Origin

From distract + -ible.

dorris

Origin

Variant of Doris.

distraint

Origin

From distrain, on the model of such pairs as constrain, constraint and restrain, restraint.