Etymology — The origins of English words

From Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, 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. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, Sheena, and Zhanna.

From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”).

Borrowed from Spanish sacramento, meaning "sacrament."

From French Élise or German Elise, both variants of Elisabeth.

From Scottish Gaelic buidhe ("blond, fair"), or from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.

From French Saint-Augustin, the name once used in French printing to label this particular type size.

From Lexington, one of several predecessory forms of Laxton, A village in Laxton and Moorhouse parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (see Laxton for further etymology). Lexington, Massachusetts was the original municipality of that name in the United States. The town in Massachusetts may have been named either (1) after the eponymous village in Nottinghamshire, England, once called by Lexington and sundry other forms thereof, and today truncated to Laxton, or (2) after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the place in Nottinghamshire today known as Laxton). The other US cities and towns called Lexington, beginning with Lexington, Kentucky, were named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of an important Revolutionary War battle.

From un- ("not") plus sanitary.

From patrol plus man.

From paper + weight.

From Old French claron, from Medieval Latin clario, ultimately from Latin clarus, "clear, loud."

Formed from "pan" + "handle" — the geographic sense compares a thin protruding strip of land to the handle of a cooking pan.

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) or Old High German liut (“person”) and hart (“hard”). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).

From Latin medicāre ("to heal, cure"), related to medicus ("physician").

From medal plus the agent suffix -ist.

A straightforward compound of meat and loaf.

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish mariachi; the word's exact origin is disputed, with an old (and now doubted) theory tracing it to French mariage ("marriage").

From Medieval Latin marchionissa, the feminine form of marchio ("marquess"), ultimately tied to a Germanic word for a border region.

From Middle English mandrake, altered from mandragora after its ending was mistakenly linked to "dragon" and respelled with "drake."

An imitative word that mimics the sound of liquid being poured or swallowed.

Diminutives + -ie.

Various names + -ie

From Ancient Greek Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos), likely of pre-Greek origin.

From French bastille, "fortress" — the same word gave English "bastion."