Etymology — The origins of English words

Named after a Spanish town of the same name, itself honouring the Duke of Alburquerque; ultimately from Latin albus ("white") + quercus ("oak").

From an Old French word for preserved ginger; the ending later shifted to match the English word "bread" purely by coincidence of sound.

Metathesized from Middle English Roweshill, from a contraction of either the Old English personal name Hrōþwulf or its Norman cognate Rolf, Rouf, Rou (in the genitive case, adding -es) + Old English hyll (“hill”).

From Old English here ("army") plus ford, describing a river crossing used by an army.

Usually a clipped or hypocoristic form of Jennifer, although also used for Jean, Jeanette, Jeannette, etc. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna in these secondary derivations.

From Middle English unpakken, from un- + pack.

A less common spelling of Graham, from Old English.

From a number of sources, including: # For the places in Cheshire, County Durham, and Derbyshire, England: from Old English ēl (“eel”) + tūn (“farm, village”) since the village is situated above a small stream. Less likely, from Old English personal name Ella + tūn. # For the place in Cambridgeshire, England: from Middle English Adelintune, from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Gloucestershire, England: from Middle English Elwinton, from Old English personal name Ælfwine + tūn (“estate”). # For the place in Herefordshire, England: from Middle English Elintona, from Old English *æling (“eel fishery”) + tūn (“estate”), in reference to nearby Wigmore Lake. # For the place in Nottinghamshire, England, see Elton on the Hill.

A compound of "top" and "side".

From Arabic أَحْمَد (ahmad), a superlative form of حَمِيد (hamid, "praiseworthy"); also used in Persian.

From rat plus the adjective suffix -y ("having the quality of").

A compound of "press" (printing press) and "man."

From Latin Galilaea, ultimately from a Hebrew name for the region; the architectural sense may allude to Galilee as an outlying "porch" area of biblical Palestine.

From nuance + -ed.

The past participle of temper.

From Anglo-Norman pursuant, the present participle of pursure ("to pursue"). A doublet of pursuivant.

The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

From Old English arcediacon, from Late Latin archidiaconus, ultimately from Greek arkhi-, "chief", plus diakonos, "deacon".

Borrowed from a Cariban language of South America, where similar words referred to poisonous vines used to tip arrows.

From Latin virginalis, "of a virgin." The keyboard instrument likely got its name because it was traditionally played by young unmarried women.

From harsh plus the noun-forming suffix -ness.

From Middle Dutch rôver ("pillager, robber"), ultimately from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to plunder."

Coined from "street" and "car," distinguishing these rail cars — which ran on tracks laid right into the street — from cars on separate dedicated railroads.

Built from rotate plus the agent suffix -or.