Etymology — The Origins of English Words

From the verb "dote" plus "-ing."

An imitative word, mimicking the sound of spitting something out in disgust.

From familiar + the verb-forming suffix -ize.

From French promiscuité, itself built on the same Latin root as promiscuous.

From Arabic رَحِيم (raḥīm), "kind" or "compassionate."

From supervise + -ory.

From an Old English personal name Æþelhere + tūn ("settlement, town").

A compound of state (in the sense of grandeur) and room.

* As a German surname, Americanized from Gehrig, Gehring. * As a Welsh surname, variant of Carew. * As an English surname, from placenames derived from Proto-Brythonic *karɨd (“to love”). * As an Irish surname, from mac Fhiachra (“descendant of Fiachra”), from préachán (“crow”). * Also as an Irish surname, from the root of the name Kerry.

Formed from jack + hammer.

An extended, emphatic form of sir.

From the Romance given name Tito, ultimately from Latin Titus.

From Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, ultimately from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

From Old French "malheure," meaning "unlucky."

From night + cap — originally the literal sleeping cap, with the "bedtime drink" sense developing later by association.

From Greek eu- "good" + angelos "messenger."

From smash + -er.

Formed from "smart" plus the informal suffix "-y."

Formed from "smart" plus the verb-forming suffix "-en," meaning "to make smart."

Variant of Jane under apparent influence from Alice, Bernice, Eunice, etc., from French Jeanne, from Middle French Jehanne, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Latin Ioanna under influence from Latin Iōhannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. As a placeholder name, cf. similar use of John and Jack and earlier use of Joan in the same role. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena.

Short form of Germanic names beginning with "id" ("work"), later associated with Mount Ida of Greek mythology.

Variant of Hayley, from Old English. Literally, “hay field”

From Old English words meaning "hay" and "clearing" — literally a meadow cleared for hay.

From Medieval Latin paraphernalia, "goods belonging to a wife beyond her dowry," from Greek para- ("beside") + pherne ("dowry"). The word broadened from a legal term for a wife's personal property into "assorted gear" generally.