English words first recorded in the 14th century

It is inherited from Middle English persecucioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman persecucion, also persecuciun, and Middle French persecution, and also directly from Latin persecūtiō (“chase, pursuit…

It is inherited from Middle English piete, partly borrowed from Anglo-Norman pieté and Middle French piété, and partly borrowed from Latin pietās (“dutifulness, piety”), from pius (“dutiful, kind…

It is inherited from Middle English possybil, borrowed from Old French possible and directly borrowed from Latin possibilis (“that can be done”), from possum (“to be able”) and the suffix -ibilis…

It is borrowed from Old French prisonier (“captive, hostage”) (Anglo-Norman prisoner), from prisoun (see prison) and -ier, as well as Medieval Latin prisonarius.

It is inherited from Middle English professen, which the dictionaries explain in several ways. The revised OED takes it as borrowed from Anglo-Norman professer, recorded as a past participle…

It is inherited from Middle English prosperen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman prosperer and Middle French prosperer, and directly borrowed from Latin prosperō (“to cause to succeed, render happy”), from…

It is inherited from Middle English provisioun, borrowed from Middle French provision and directly borrowed from Latin provisio (“foresight, preparation”), from the past participle stem of prōvidēre…

It is inherited from Middle English reprochen, also reprocen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reprocher and reprochier (modern French reprocher), meaning to recall something disagreeable to someone, to…

It is inherited from Middle English reverie, ryvori (“wild conduct, revelry”), borrowed from Old French reverie, resverie (“revelry, raving, delirium”), from rever, resver (“to dream, wander, rave”)…

It is inherited from Middle English revoken, borrowed from Old French revoquer, also Anglo-Norman revocer and revoker, and directly borrowed from Latin revocō (“to call back, recall; to cancel…

1. The flax comb and its verb are inherited from Middle English riplen (“to ripple flax”) and repylle, also ryppyll, words the OED treats as inherited from Germanic. They correspond to West Frisian…

It is inherited from Middle English rite, also rit, borrowed from Latin rītus (“religious observance, ceremony; custom, usage”). Hoad and the Shorter Oxford also allow Old French rit, later French…

It is inherited from Middle English sawier, also sawyer, an alteration of sawer, formed from Middle English sawen (“to saw”) + -er, with the ending changed to the French-derived -ier of lawyer…

It is formed from English stone + -er, from the verb, first as stoner and staner, from stonen (“to stone”). The senses "jeweller" and "person weighing so many stone" are formed from the noun…

It is borrowed from Anglo-Norman suburbe, and also directly from Latin suburbium (“an outlying part of a city”), from sub (“below, near”) and urbs (“city”). In Anglo-Norman the word is recorded from…

It is formed from English take + -er, an agent noun from the verb. The Merriam-Webster Unabridged traces it to Middle English, from taken (“to take”) and the suffix.

1. The taste and the prong are inherited from Middle English tange, also tonge, borrowed from Old Norse tangi (“point, spit of land, tang of a knife”). Barnhart, Etymonline, the American Heritage…

It is inherited from Middle English tribit, tribute, borrowed from Old French tribut and directly borrowed from Latin tribūtum (“a thing contributed or paid”), the noun use of the neuter past…

It is Middle English twist, probably inherited from Old English -twist (“divided object; rope”), found in compounds such as mæsttwist (“mast rope, stay”) and candeltwist, snuffers, from…

Middle English wast is a word of uncertain origin, possibly from Old English *wæst (“growth, size”), related to wæstm, growth, and cognate with Old Norse vǫxtr and Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus), growth…

It is a compound of where, in the sense “in which position or circumstances”, and as. In early use it was written separately.

1. The comb is inherited from Middle English carde, borrowed from Old French carde (“card, teasel”), from Old Provençal carda, a back-formation from cardar (“to card, tease”), and also through…

1. The mineral is Middle English gete, jeet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman geet, corresponding to Old French jaiet (modern French jais), from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek γαγάτης (gagátēs, “of…

1. The piece of furniture is inherited from Middle English dressour, also dressor and dresser, borrowed from Anglo-Norman dressour, also dresseur and dressouer, a kitchen sideboard or table…

It is an agent noun formed from win and the suffix -er.

It is inherited from Middle English custarde, an altered form of crustade or crustarde, a kind of pie, with the first r moved or lost. The Middle English word is borrowed from Anglo-Norman…

It is inherited from Middle English pinte, also pynte, borrowed from Middle French pinte (“a liquid measure”), recorded in Old French for the measure in 1294 and, for its contents, about 1200. The…

It is inherited from Middle English flask (“cask, keg; case”), borrowed from Medieval Latin flasca and flascō (“container, bottle”), which Collins takes through Old French flasque, flaske. The form…

It is inherited from Middle English journal, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jurnal (“a day, a day's work”), and Old French journal, the noun use of an adjective meaning “daily”, from Late Latin…

Its origin is unknown. Barnhart suggests a link with the older noun cod, a bag or seed pod (from Old English codd), through codnet, probably a bag-shaped fishing net (1299), and Hoad likewise…

It is formed from English farm + land, perhaps at first as a reinterpretation of late Old English feormeland (“land yielding food rent”), recorded in the Northamptonshire Geld Roll, a text composed…

It is inherited from Middle English ratifien, borrowed from Old French ratifier (“to approve, confirm, accept as valid”), recorded in Anglo-Norman from 1276 and in Old French from 1294. The French…

It is inherited from Middle English chariot, borrowed from Old French chariot (“wagon”), an augmentative of char (“cart, wheeled vehicle”); Dictionary.com takes the ending as a diminutive suffix…

It is inherited from Middle English pendaunt, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pendaunt, pendant, the noun use of the present participle of pendre (“to hang”), which came through Vulgar Latin from Latin…

It is inherited from Middle English accepten (“to receive graciously, approve of, judge worthy”), borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly borrowed from Latin acceptō (“to take or receive…

It is inherited from Middle English aley, borrowed from Old French alee (“a path, passage; a going”), from the feminine past participle of aler (“to go”), whose origin is uncertain: perhaps a…

It is inherited from Middle English angry, formed from English anger + -y. The Old Norse adjective was ongrfullr “sorrowful”, and Middle English had angerful “anxious, eager” (mid-13th century). It…

It is inherited from Middle English cataracte, borrowed from Latin cataracta, catarracta (“waterfall; floodgate; portcullis”), from Ancient Greek καταρράκτης (katarrháktēs), καταράκτης (kataráktēs…

1. The verb "to cut" is choppen, probably a variant of chappen (“to split, crack open”), the source of chap; it is not found in Old English. The OED finds the evidence for which of the two forms…

It is inherited from Middle English conspiren, borrowed from Old French conspirer, from Latin cōnspīrō (“to accord, agree, plot together; literally, to breathe together”), from com- (“with…

It is inherited from Middle English construen, borrowed from Latin cōnstruō (“to pile together, build up”), which also meant "to connect grammatically" in Late and medieval Latin, from con-…

1. The preposition and adverb meaning "against" is inherited from Middle English contra, borrowed from Latin contrā (“against”). The Latin word was in origin the ablative singular feminine of an old…

1. The end of a sleeve is inherited from Middle English cuffe, also coffe, which first meant a mitten or glove; its origin is uncertain. The OED and Barnhart note its likeness in form to Medieval…

It is inherited from Middle English defrauden, also diffrauden, borrowed from Old French defrauder and directly borrowed from Latin dēfraudō (“to cheat”). Merriam-Webster gives defrauder as the…

It is inherited from Middle English draper, also drapier, borrowed from Anglo-Norman draper, Old French drapier, an agent noun from drap (“cloth”) with the suffix -ier. The Anglo-Norman word is…

It is inherited from Middle English famine, also famyn, borrowed from Old French famine (“hunger”), from Vulgar Latin *famīna, which Barnhart calls Gallo-Romance, from Latin famēs (“hunger”). The…

It is inherited from Middle English gramere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gramere, Old French gramaire, grammaire, an irregular semi-popular adoption of Latin grammatica, from Greek γραμματική…

It is inherited from Middle English indulgence, borrowed from Old French indulgence or directly borrowed from Latin indulgentia (“complaisance, fondness, remission”), from indulgēns (“indulgent…

It is inherited from Middle English gestour (“reciter of romances”), also jestour and gester, formed from Middle English gesten + -our. The verb, meaning to recite a tale, comes from geste (“a tale…

It is inherited from Middle English licence, borrowed from Old French licence (“freedom, liberty, permission”), from Latin licentia (“freedom, liberty; licentiousness”), from licēns, licentis, the…

It is inherited from Middle English logging, formed from English lodge + -ing. The verb lodge is from Middle English loggen, from Old French logier (“to lodge; find lodging for”), from loge…

It is inherited from Middle English logike, borrowed from Old French logique, from Late Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ), short for logikḗ tékhnē “the art of reasoning”, the feminine…

It is inherited from Middle English millere, mylnere, mulnere, an agent noun from mill with the suffix -er. Hoad and the Shorter Oxford think it was probably taken from Middle Low German molner or…

It is inherited from Middle English motif, borrowed from Old French motif (“will, drive, motivation”), the noun use of an adjective meaning “moving”, from Medieval Latin mōtīvus (“moving…

It is inherited from Middle English pastour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, Old French pastur, pastor, herdsman, shepherd, and directly Latin pāstor (“shepherd”), from pastus, past participle…

It is Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-Norman rental or Anglo-Latin and Medieval Latin rentale, from Old French rente, rent, and Latin -ale.

It is inherited from Middle English teologye, borrowed from Old French theologie (“philosophical study of Christian doctrine”) and directly Latin theologia, from Ancient Greek θεολογία (theología…

The verb is inherited from Middle English trotten, borrowed from Old French troter (“to trot, to go”), recorded in Old French from the 12th century and now trotter. The Anglo-Norman verb is recorded…

It is inherited from Middle English wever, also wefer, formed from English weave + -er. Wiktionary traces the Middle English word to Old English *wefere, recorded only in compounds. The verb weave…

It is inherited from Middle English deske, borrowed from Medieval Latin desca (“table to write on”), probably from Italian desco “table, butcher's block” or Occitan desca “basket”, from Latin discus…