Etymology — The origins of English words

From Old English strǽt (“road”) + ford (“ford”). Doublet of Stratford.

From Middle English sufferaunce, from Anglo-Norman suffraunce, from Late Latin sufferentia. By surface analysis, suffer + -ance.

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.

From the initial letters of selling under the guise of research, especially in the market industry.

From Russian Сталинабад (Stalinabad). Named after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Equivalent to Stalin + -abad.

Phonetic spelling of a Broad Australian pronunciation of Australia.

Borrowed from Latin stria (“furrow”).

From spange + -er (“person who does”), root blend of spare + change, from stereotyped phrase “spare change?”, “spare any change?”.

From sunshine + -y. By surface analysis, sun + shine + y.

A form of Suzette.

From stony + hearted.

From sun + bloom. Compare Saterland Frisian Sunnebloume, West Frisian sinneblom, Dutch zonnebloem, German Low German Sünnbloom, Sünnblööm, German Sonnenblume.

From Middle English stelere, equivalent to steal + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Steler (“thief”), West Frisian steller, stelder (“stealer”), Dutch steler (“stealer, thief”), Danish stjæler (“stealer”).

From spell + binding.

From Middle English strengthful, strenkyþfull, equivalent to strength + -ful.

From Latin succuba, from succubō (“to lie under”).

From spell + binder.

Minced form of God's truth. Compare zounds, blimey.

From suck + -worthy.

From Middle English spalle (“a chip”) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split”) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split”).

Onomatopoeic; compare splish, splash, and splosh for typically small, medium, and large objects respectively.

The noun is probably derived from one of the following: * A variant of spitchcock (“eel split lengthwise and broiled”). from Middle English spiche-coke, The further etymology is uncertain; the following possibilities have been suggested: ** From Middle English *speche, *spiche (“to split”) + cock, coken (“to allow (something) to cook; to cook”). ** From spik (“animal fat, especially lard”), spik, spike (“large nail; pointed stud”), or spit, spite (“rod for cooking meat, spit; pointed object”); + cok (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”). * From Irish spot (“spot”) or spochta (the past participle of spoch (“to cut, clip”)) + coc (“male of the common domestic fowl, cock, rooster”). A derivation from (di)spatch (“to dispose of speedily; to make a speedy end of”) + cock is now thought to be unlikely. In a few texts from the 1400s–1700s the form smatchcock is found, possibly an error or an alteration under the influence of smatch (“a taste, a flavor”). The verb is derived from the noun.

From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.

From sterile + -ness.