Etymology — The Origins of English Words

Via Portuguese from Malayalam അടയ്ക്ക (aṭaykka), itself from Proto-Dravidian *aṭ-ay-kkāy (“areca nut”).

Borrowed from Sanskrit अरविंद (araviṃda, “lotus”).

From Latin amāta (“loved, beloved”); feminine perfect passive participle of amāre (“love”). It can also be interpreted as the feminine form of the saint's name Amātus.

From air + flow.

From French apophthegme or Medieval Latin apothegma, from Ancient Greek ἀπόφθεγμα (apóphthegma), from ἀποφθέγγομαι (apophthéngomai, “speak out”).

From after- + word. Compare foreword.

From a- + historical or ahistoric + -al.

From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).

From Middle English agu, ague, borrowed from Middle French (fievre) aguë, “acute (fever)” (Modern French fièvre aiguë), from Late Latin (febris) acuta (“acute fever”), from Latin acūtus (“sharp, acute”) + febris (“fever”). Doublet of acute.

Transliteration of Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn).

From Ancient Greek ἀρετή (aretḗ).

From assoil + -ment.

From Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulō (“to walk, go about”). Doublet of amble.

From anti- + magnetic.

From Latin aestuōsus (“excessively hot, having a high body temperature, tumult, rage, passion”).

From anthropo- + -phagy.

Coined in 1803, probably based on Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). By surface analysis, derived from thecium, see there also for related terms.

From arc + minute.

From Hebrew אָמוֹרָא (āmorā), from Aramaic.

From French amourette.

From Middle English aungellike, aungillyk, equivalent to angel + -like. Compare angelly and angelic.

The adverb is derived from Middle English aslant, aslante (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side; (figurative) deviously”), from on slant (“at an angle, obliquely”), from on (“above and touching (something), on; at (a place or position); etc.”, preposition) (from Old English on, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *an (“on, upon; on to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“on, on to”)) + slant, slante (“incline, slant”, noun) (probably from Old Norse slent, from Proto-Germanic *slintaną (“to slide; to slip”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slide; to slip; to be slick or slippery”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) + slant. The adjective and preposition are derived from the adverb.

From age + -ful.

From algo (“algorithm”) + -speak.