Etymology — The origins of English words

sudation

Origin

From Latin sūdātiō, from Latin sūdō (“to sweat”).

subdetectable

Origin

From sub- + detectable.

spiff

Origin

Unknown. See etymology discussion at spiffy.

sulkiness

Origin

From sulky + -ness. Compare Middle English solcenesse, asolkenesse, Old English āsolcennes.

suspender

Origin

From suspend + -er.

sunderance

Origin

From sunder + -ance.

stanmarch

Origin

From Middle English stanmarche, from Old English stānmerċe, compound of stān (“stone”) + merċe (“smallage”).

spruik

Origin

Unknown, likely Germanic. Compare Dutch spraak (“speech”), spreek (“speak”), spreuk (“saying”), sprook (“a story, fiction, tale, or false idea”). First recorded in the late 1890s and early 1900s, suggesting a possible derivation from Afrikaans (i.e. brought back by soldiers returning from the Boer War). With the exception of a few early uses of sprook, the word's spelling has been fixed since it first entered the language. The uncommon ⟨ui⟩ digraph provides further evidence for an Afrikaans or Dutch origin.

sugarpie

Origin

From sugar + pie.

subduable

Origin

From subdue + -able.

stog

Origin

Early 19th century, perhaps of expressive origin and influenced by stick and bog. Compare stodge.

stepfordian

Origin

From Stepford + -ian.

strongroom

Origin

strong + room

squit

Origin

Possibly related to squirt (“small child”); from 19th c.

spearpoint

Origin

From spear + point.

strathallan

Origin

From strath + Allan, the valley of the Allan Water.

subduction

Origin

From Latin subductiō, from subdūcere (“to draw from under or below”). Equivalent to subduct + -ion or subduce + -tion.

surry

Origin

A spelling variant of Surrey found in some place names.

sourhead

Origin

From sour + -head.

sunn

Origin

Hindi सुनई (sunaī)

spoonwise

Origin

From spoon + -wise.

stellate

Origin

Borrowed from Latin stēllātus (“starry”), from stēlla (“star”) + -ātus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to stell(a) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

stagnation

Origin

From stagnate + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process, or its result), Stagnate is derived from stagnāt-, the participial stem of Latin stagnāre, the present active infinitive of stāgnō (“of waters: to cover the land as a lake, to become a pool, to stagnate”), from stāgnum (“body of standing water (lake, swamp, etc.)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

stanch

Origin

From Middle English stanch, a variant of staunch, staunche (“(adjective) in good condition or repair; solidly made, firm; watertight; of a person or wound: not bleeding; certain; intact; (adverb) firmly, soundly”) [and other forms]; see further at staunch.