English words first recorded in the 14th century

It is inherited from Middle English differen, borrowed from Old French differer (“to differ, defer”) and directly from Latin differō, to set apart, scatter, put off, be different, from dis-, apart…

It is inherited from Middle English digressioun, also disgression, borrowed from Old French digressiun, also disgressiun, and directly borrowed from Latin dīgressiō (“a going away, departure”). The…

It is inherited from Middle English dispensacioun, borrowed from Old French despensacion and directly borrowed from Latin dispēnsātiō (“distribution, management, stewardship”). The OED leaves open…

It is inherited from Middle English disposicioun, borrowed from Old French disposicion and directly borrowed from Latin dispositiō (“arrangement, management”), a noun of action from dispositus, the…

It is inherited from Middle English dissolven, borrowed from Latin dissolvō (“to loosen up, break apart”), formed from dis- (“apart”) and solvō (“to loosen, untie, release”), the source of solve…

It is inherited from Middle English divinacioun, borrowed from Old French divination, recorded from the 13th century, and in part directly borrowed from Latin dīvīnātiō (“the power of foreseeing…

The adjective is Middle English devyne, borrowed from Old French devin, divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from dīvus (“of a god, godlike”), related to deus (“god”) (see deity), from PIE…

It is inherited from Middle English durabilite, also durablete, borrowed from Old French durabilité and directly borrowed from Late Latin dūrābilitās, a word used by Palladius, a noun of quality…

It is inherited from Middle English erratik, borrowed from Old French erratique (“wandering, vagrant”) and directly borrowed from Latin errāticus (“wandering, straying, roving”), from errātus, the…

It is inherited from Middle English establissen, borrowed from Old French pos=stem establiss-, from Latin stabiliō (“to make stable”), from stabilis “firm, stable”. The shorter form stablish is…

It is inherited from Middle English estimacioun, borrowed from Old French estimacion (“evaluation, value; calculation, planning”), and directly borrowed from Latin aestimātiō (“a valuation”), from…

It is inherited from Middle English eternite, borrowed from Old French eternité (“eternity, perpetuity”) (12th century), from Latin aeternitās, a noun formed on aeternus (“lasting, without beginning…

It is formed from every and day, first as a noun, then as an adjective from the phrase every day.

It is inherited from Middle English exceden, borrowed from Old French exceder (“to exceed, surpass”), from Latin excēdō (“to depart, go beyond, surpass”), from ex- (“out”) and cēdō (“to go, yield”)…

It is inherited from Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge, Old French eschange (modern échange), from eschangier “to exchange”, from Vulgar Latin *excambiō, from ex-…

It is inherited from Middle English execucioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman execucioun, execucion (“a carrying out”), from Latin executio (“an accomplishing”), a noun of action from executus, the…

The adjective is borrowed from Old French exempt, recorded in Anglo-Norman from 1292, and also comes directly from Latin exemptus (“taken out, freed”), the past participle of eximō (“to take out…

It is inherited from Middle English expert, borrowed from Old French expert, espert “experienced, skilled”, and directly from Latin expertus (“tried, proved, known by experience”), past participle…

It is borrowed from Old French fatal or directly Latin fātālis (“ordained by fate; destructive, deadly”), from fātum (“fate”) (see fate).

It is borrowed from Italian fato, in Middle English, and later directly Latin fātum “that which is spoken, destiny”, or through Old French fate. Latin fātum, “a prophetic declaration, oracle”, was…

1. The adjective is inherited from Middle English ferm, borrowed from Old French ferme (“strong, steadfast”), from Latin firmus (“strong, stable”), from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *dher-…

It is borrowed from Old French furieus (“furious, enraged”) (modern furieux), a learned borrowing of Latin furiōsus, full of rage, mad, from furia, rage, passion (see fury).

It is inherited from Middle English furie, borrowed from Old French furie (“rage, frenzy”), from Latin furia (“violent passion, rage, madness”), from or related to furō (“to rage, be mad”), which is…

It is inherited from Middle English hainous, also spelled heynous, borrowed from Old French haineus, also hainos, meaning hateful and, in Etymonline, also awkward or unpleasant, now French haineux…

It is inherited from Middle English hemisperie, also emisperie, borrowed from Late Latin hēmisphaerium, from Ancient Greek ἡμισφαίριον (hēmisphaírion), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) and σφαῖρα (sphaîra…

It is late Middle English orizonte, orisoun, borrowed from Old French orizonte (“horizon”), orizon (modern French horizon), from Latin horizōn, horizontem, from Greek ὁρίζων κύκλος (horízōn kýklos…

1. The sound word is inherited from Middle English hummen, also homme, probably of imitative origin. It is parallel to Middle High German hummen and Dutch hommelen (“to hum”), and the OED compares…

It is borrowed from Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water serpent”), the feminine of ὕδρος (húdros, “water snake”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water…

It is inherited from Middle English ignoraunt, borrowed from Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns, ignōrantem, not knowing, the present participle of ignōrō, not to know, to take no notice of…

It is borrowed from Latin immortālis (“deathless, undying”), perhaps under the influence of immortel, formed from in- (“not”) and mortālis (“mortal, subject to death”), which comes from mors…

It is inherited from Middle English emplien (later implien), borrowed from Old French emplier (“to enfold”), from Latin implicō (“to enfold, involve, entangle”), from in- (“in”) and plicō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English imposicioun, borrowed from Latin impositiō (“a laying on”), or partly borrowed from Old French imposicion (“tax, duty”), a noun of action from impōnō (“to place…

The verb is inherited from Middle English emprenten, also imprenten, borrowed from Old French empreinter (“to stamp, engrave”), from empreinte (“mark, impression”), the feminine past participle…

It is inherited from Middle English inconvenient, borrowed from Old French inconvenient, from Latin inconveniēns (“unsuitable, not agreeing, dissimilar”), formed from in- (“not”) and conveniēns…

It is inherited from Middle English infernal, borrowed from Old French infernal, also enfernal, from Late Latin īnfernālis (“of the lower regions”), formed from īnfernus (“situated below, of the…

It is inherited from Middle English infinite, borrowed from Old French infinité (“infinity; a very great number”), from Latin īnfīnītās (“boundlessness, endlessness”), from īnfīnītus (“boundless…

It is inherited from Middle English infirme, borrowed from Latin īnfirmus (“weak, frail, feeble”), which the MED, the AHD and Barnhart also allow through Old French infirme, although the OED dates…

It is inherited from Middle English influence, borrowed from Old French influence (“emanation from the stars; a flowing in”), from Medieval Latin influentia (“a flowing in”), from Latin influēns…

It is inherited from Middle English enhabiten, also inhabiten, borrowed from Old French enhabiter (“to dwell, dwell in”), recorded from the 12th century, and later also directly borrowed from Latin…

It is inherited from Middle English enterchaungen, borrowed from Old French entrechangier (“to exchange”), formed from entre- (“between”), from Latin inter-, and changier (“to change”). The…

It is inherited from Middle English librarye, borrowed from Anglo-Norman librarie, Old French librairie “collection of books; bookseller's shop”, and directly from Latin librārium (“chest for…

It is late Middle English marcial, from Old French martial or directly borrowed from Latin Mārtiālis (“of Mars or war”), from Mārs, Mārtis, the Roman god of war (see Mars).

It is inherited from Middle English memorial, borrowed from Old French memorial (“mindful of; record, report”) and directly from Latin memoriālis (“of or belonging to memory”), with the noun from…

It is inherited from Middle English miserie, borrowed from Old French misere (“misfortune, distress”), from Latin miseria (“wretchedness”), from miser (“wretched, pitiable”) (see miser).

1. It is inherited from Middle English moede, from Old French mode and directly borrowed from Latin modus (“measure, extent; proper measure, rhythm, song; way, manner”), in Late Latin also “mood” in…

It is formed from the adverbs more and over. SOED notes that it was originally written separately.

It is inherited from Middle English mortal, borrowed from Old French mortal (also mortel (“destined to die”)) and directly Latin mortālis (“subject to death”), from mors (“death”) (stem mort-), from…

It is inherited from Middle English mevement, movement, borrowed from Old French movement (“movement, exercise; start, instigation”) (modern French mouvement), from Medieval Latin movimentum, from…

It is borrowed from Old French musicien (14th century), from Latin mūsica (see music) and the suffix -ien (see -ian), or a native formation from music and -ian.

1. The sleep is inherited from Middle English nappen (“to doze”), inherited from Old English hnappian (“to doze, sleep lightly”) (Mercian hneappian). It is related to Old High German hnaffezan (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English natif, borrowed from Old French natif (“native, born in; raw, unspoiled”) and directly from Latin nātīvus (“innate, produced by birth”), from nātus, past…

It is inherited from Middle English necessite, borrowed from Old French necessité (“need, privation, obligation”), from Latin necessitās (“compulsion, unavoidableness, destiny”), from necesse…

It is inherited from Middle English notificacioun, borrowed from Old French notificacion and directly Medieval Latin nōtificātiō, from the past participle stem of Latin nōtificō (“to make known”)…

It is inherited from Middle English opportunite, borrowed from Old French opportunite, and directly borrowed from Latin opportūnitās (“fitness, convenience, favorable time”), from opportūnus (“fit…

It is inherited from Middle English participacioun, borrowed from Old French participacion and directly borrowed from Late Latin participātiō (“partaking”) (accusative participationem), a noun of…

It is formed from philosophy and -ical, or from Latin philosophicus and -al.

It is inherited from Middle English posicioun, borrowed from Old French posicion (“position, supposition”), and directly from Latin positiō (“a placing, setting; situation; affirmation”) (accusative…

It is inherited from Middle English possibilite, borrowed from Old French possibilité (13th century), and directly from Late Latin possibilitatem, from possibilis “able to be done”, the source of…

It is borrowed from Latin praegnāns (“with child”) (stem praegnant-), originally praegnās, altered under the influence of the participle ending -āns, literally “before birth”, probably from prae-…

It is inherited from Middle English progressioun, borrowed from Old French progression and directly Latin prōgressiō (“a going forward, advancement”), from the past participle stem of prōgredior…