English words first recorded in the 14th century

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…

It is inherited from Middle English howe, also houwe, borrowed from Old French houe, which is from Frankish *hauwā (“hoe”), a derivative of *hauwan (“to hew”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English thrasshen, a variant of thresshen, the ancestor of thresh, inherited from Old English þerscan (“to beat, thresh”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. The…

It is inherited from Middle English retailen (verb) and retail (noun), borrowed from Middle French retail (“piece cut off, shred, scrap”) (feminine retaille), from Old French retaillier “to cut off…

It is inherited from Middle English auncien, borrowed from Old French ancien (“old, long-standing, ancient”), from Vulgar Latin *anteānus (“from before”), from Latin ante “before” and -ānus, from…

It is inherited from Middle English aromatik, also aromatyk, borrowed from Middle French aromatique and directly borrowed from Late Latin arōmaticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρωματικός (arōmatikós), from…

It is inherited from Middle English desperacioun, also disperacioun, borrowed from Old French desperation, also desperacion, or directly borrowed from Latin dēspērātiō (“despair, hopelessness”), a…

It is inherited from Middle English satyn, borrowed from Old French satin, zatanin, probably from Arabic زيتوني (zaytūnī, “of Zaitun”), as in أطلس زيتوني (aṭlas zaytūnī, “satin of Zaitun”), from…

It is inherited from Middle English scant, also skant, borrowed from Old Norse skamt, the neuter of skammr (“short, brief”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”). It is cognate with Old English…

It is inherited from Middle English tissew, tissu, borrowed from Old French tissu (“a ribbon, headband, belt of woven material”), a noun use of tissu “woven”, the past participle of tistre “to…

It is inherited from Middle English axel, borrowed from Old Norse ǫxull (“axis, axle”), taken from the earlier Middle English compound axeltre, axletree, which is from Old Norse ǫxultré, formed from…

It is inherited from Middle English compleynte, borrowed from Old French complainte (“complaint, lament”), a noun use of the feminine past participle of complaindre “to lament” (see complain and…

It is inherited from Middle English plesir, borrowed from Old French plesir (“enjoyment, delight, desire, will”), also plaisir (12th century), a noun use of the infinitive plaisir “to please”, from…

It is inherited from Middle English teder, also tether and tedir, probably borrowed from Old Norse tjóðr (“tether”), and was at first a northern word. The Norse noun is from Proto-Germanic *teudrą…

It is inherited from Middle English tirannie, borrowed from Old French tyrannie, from Late Latin tyrannia, called Medieval Latin by Klein, Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com, from Ancient Greek…

1. The verb is inherited from Middle English counten, borrowed from Old French conter (“to count, add up; to tell a story”), also cunter, from Latin computō (“to count, sum up, reckon together”)…

It is inherited from Middle English glasen (“to fit with glass”), a verb from Middle English glas (“glass”), which continues Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic *glasą. The Shorter Oxford and…

It is inherited from Middle English knakke (“a trick”), of uncertain origin. Most dictionaries take it as probably the same word as an obsolete knack, a sharp blow or sound, which is knak, of…

It is inherited from Middle English pervers, borrowed from Old French pervers (“inclined to evil, wicked, unnatural”), also parvers, and directly borrowed from Latin perversus (“turned the wrong…

It is inherited from Middle English relai, borrowed from Middle French relai (“reserve pack of hounds”), from relaier (“to exchange tired animals for fresh; to leave behind”), from re- (“back”) and…

It is inherited from Middle English texte, borrowed from Old French texte, Old Northern French tixte “text, book, Gospels”, from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures; a text, treatise”), in Late…

It is inherited from Middle English varien, borrowed from Old French varier (“to change, go astray”) and directly borrowed from Latin variāre (“to change, make different”), from varius (“varied…

It is inherited from Middle English abord, formed from a- and board in the sense side of a ship, partly after Old French à bord (“on board”), from à, on, and bord, side of a ship, from a Germanic…

The verb is inherited from Middle English annexen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman annexer, also Middle French annexer (“to add to a document; to attach”), and partly directly borrowed from Latin annectō…

It is inherited from Middle English attractif, borrowed from Middle French attractif (“having the power to attract”), itself from Late Latin attractīvus, from attractus, the past participle of Latin…

1. The written statement is inherited from Middle English bille, borrowed from Anglo-Norman bille (“list, schedule, account”) and Anglo-Latin billa, from Medieval Latin bulla (“decree, seal, sealed…

It is borrowed from Old French celebrite (“celebration”) or directly Latin celebritas (“multitude, fame”), from celeber (“frequented, populous, honoured”) (see celebrate).

It is borrowed from Anglo-Norman circuler, Old French circulier (modern circulaire), a learned borrowing of Late Latin circulāris, from circulus, small ring (see circle). The spelling circular…

It is Middle English, borrowed from Old French closet (“small enclosure, private room”), a diminutive of clos, enclosure (see close), from Latin clausum, closed space, the neuter past participle of…

It is inherited from Middle English combinacyoun, borrowed from Old French combination (modern French combinaison), from Late Latin combinationem (“a joining two by two”), a noun of action from…

It is inherited from Middle English compleinen, borrowed from Old French complaign- (“to lament”), the stem of complaindre, from Vulgar Latin *complangō (“to beat the breast”), from com-, intensive…

It is borrowed from Latin complētio (“a filling up”), from complēre (“to fill up, complete”) (see complete), from com-, intensive, and plēre (“to fill”).

It is inherited from Middle English conneccion, also connexioun, borrowed from Old French connexion, and directly from Latin cōnexiō (“a binding or joining together”), from cōnexus, past participle…

It is inherited from Middle English construccioun, borrowed from Middle French construction, from Latin constructiō (“a putting together, a building”), a noun of action from constructus, the past…

It is inherited from Middle English couper, cowper, probably borrowed from Middle Dutch cūper or kūper, from cūpe (“cask, tub, vat”), from Latin cūpa (“cask”) (see coop and cup); Etymonline allows…

It is Middle English dependant, borrowed from Middle French dependant, the present participle of dependre (“to hang down; to depend”), from Latin dependēre (“to hang from, hang down”), from de-…

It is inherited from Middle English drivere, an agent noun formed from drive and -er.

It is inherited from Middle English elevacioun, borrowed from Old French elevation and directly Latin ēlevātiō (“a lifting up”), from the past participle stem of ēlevō (“to lift up, raise; to…

It is inherited from Middle English favourable, borrowed from Middle French favorable (“well-disposed, partial”), from Latin favōrābilis (“favoured, popular, pleasing”), from favor (“goodwill…

It is from French fibre, with Medieval Latin fibre, from Latin fibra (“a fibre, filament; entrails”), of uncertain origin, perhaps related to fīlum, a thread (see file), or to findere, to split.

It is inherited from Middle English fixen, probably borrowed from Old French *fixer, from fix (“fixed”), or from Medieval Latin fīxō, from Latin fīxus (“fixed, fast”), past participle of fīgō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English for ever, from English for + ever.

It is borrowed from Middle French globe and directly borrowed from Latin globus (“round mass, sphere; a throng”), which is related to glēba (“clod”) (see glebe) and perhaps to glomus (“ball of yarn”).

It is inherited from Middle English governement, borrowed from Old French governement (“control, direction, administration”), from governer (“to steer; to rule”) and -ment. Governer is from Latin…

1. To affect strongly is inherited from Middle English enpressen, borrowed from Latin impressus, the past participle of imprimō (“to press into or upon, stamp”), from in- (“in, on”) and premō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English juelrie, jowelrie, borrowed from Old French juelerye, from juel, jowel, jewel, and -rie, -ry. Etymonline suggests that in modern use it is probably a new…

It is a contraction of Middle English lavendrie (late 13th century), borrowed from Old French lavanderie (“wash-house”), from Vulgar Latin *lavandaria, things to be washed, from Latin lavō, to wash…

It was formed from English lime + stone in English, because the rock yields lime when it is burned.

It is inherited from Middle English nerby, nere by, a compound of the adverbs near and by.

It is formed from occasion and -al, or from Old French ocasionel and directly Medieval Latin occasionalis.

It is inherited from Middle English offens, offence, borrowed from Old French ofense (“offence, insult, wrong”) and directly borrowed from Latin offensa (“a striking against; an injury, affront”)…

1. The straw bed is inherited from Middle English paillet, also pailet and palet, borrowed from Anglo-Norman paillete (“straw, bundle of straw”), which the OED gives as paillet (“heap or bundle of…