Etymology — The origins of English words

From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- ("not") + fallibilis ("liable to fail").

From ophthalmology plus the suffix "-ist," ultimately from Greek ophthalmos, "eye."

Possibly traced back to the medieval morality play Everyman (English translation around 1520), whose main character represents all of humanity.

From "grid" (as in a city's street grid) plus "lock" — describing traffic locked solid across an entire grid of intersections.

First attested in 1750; exact origin unknown. Perhaps derived from, or cognate with, dumpling, or from the noun sense of dump.

From the Ancient Greek name Doris, a sea-nymph in mythology; the slang sense for "woman" grew out of the name's long popularity in Britain.

From Old English Glæstingaburg, "the fortified place of the Glæstingas people."

Borrowed from Hindi, ultimately from Sanskrit Narayana.

From Bess + -ie.

From fair + bank.

From enhance + -ed.

From individual plus -ly.

From Middle French nitreux, tracing to Latin nitrōsus ("full of nitre").

Coined in New Latin from centrum ("center") + fugere ("to flee") — literally "fleeing from the center".

From Old French sarge/serge, ultimately from Latin sērica, "silken things."

From Old French incontinence, from Latin incontinentia, from in- ("not") plus continere ("to hold together, restrain").

From incorrect plus the adverb-forming suffix -ly.

Built from "beauty" plus the adjective ending "-eous," on the model of words like "bounteous." It was common in poetic English from the 16th century onward.

Popularised by Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, a 1960s Australian TV show, which also led to "Skippy" being used informally in Britain for Australians.

Formed from sugar plus -y.

The old past-tense/participle form of "shoe," from Middle English.

* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes. * As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w. * As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell. * As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse. * As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”). Doublet of horse. * Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.

From un- (\"not\") plus used.

From sentimental + the noun-forming suffix -ity.