Etymology — The origins of English words

From schmaltz + -y.

An alteration, based on row, of earlier oarlock, from Old English ārlōc, equivalent to oar + lock.

From Latin sapōnāceus, from oblique stem of sāpō, sāpōnis + -āceus.

From Middle English savourles; equivalent to savor + -less.

From scape (“(archaic) escape”) + grace (“grace of god”).

From scampish + -ness.

Borrowed from Hindi सरपंच (sarpañc), from Hindi सर (sar, “head”) / Urdu سر (sar, “head; chief”) (from Persian سر (sar, “head; chief, leader”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head; top”)) + Hindi पंच (pañc, “five (number of people in a panchayat council)”) / Urdu پنچ (pañc); from Sanskrit पञ्च (pañca, “five”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”).

From sado- + masochism.

From Latin Sardiniānus.

From Middle English sacerdotale, from Old French sacerdotal, from Latin sacerdōtālis (“priestly”).

Borrowed from Late Latin satyriasis, from Ancient Greek σατυρίασις (saturíasis).

From scissor + -ing.

From salamander + -id.

From Iranian Persian صالح (sâleh) or directly from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ, literally “pious”).

Rare spelling variant of Scarlett.

From Russian Салют (Saljut), from салют (saljut, “salute; fireworks”). Doublet of salute.

From scatter + brained.

From Ottoman Turkish صرمه (sarma).

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सं॒धि (saṃdhí, literally “junction; union”). Partial piecewise doublet of synthesis and synth.

A blend of schlockey + stick.

From Ruthenia + -an.

From Middle Dutch ruter, rutter, variants of ruiter, from Middle French routier (“mercenary soldier”), corresponding to route + ier; see rout.

Uncertain. The forms rhum and rumbullion appear around the same time.

From the surname of former US Senator Rick Santorum (born 1958). After Santorum made statements comparing homosexuality to bestiality and opining that mutually consenting adults do not have a constitutional right to privacy with respect to sexual acts, US columnist Dan Savage gathered input from his readers and held a contest for definitions to "memorialize the scandal". Savage set up a website which defined the term, and helped to promote it. See Campaign for the neologism "santorum" for further information. Rick Santorum's surname, in turn, comes from Italian; see Santorum for more.