English words first recorded in the 14th century

It is inherited from Middle English ado, also adoo, a reduced form of the phrase at do (“to do”), used in northern England, formed from Middle English at + dōn with the preposition marking the…

1. The corner is inherited from Middle English angle, borrowed from Old French angle (“angle, corner”) and directly from Latin angulus (“corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ank- (“to bend”)…

The noun is inherited from Middle English auditorie, borrowed from Latin audītōrium (“lecture room, audience”), originally the neuter of an adjective, used as a noun. The adjective is borrowed from…

1. The noun meaning evil or woe is inherited from Middle English bale, inherited from Old English bealu (“harm, injury, evil”), also balu, from Proto-Germanic *balwą, the noun use of the Old English…

It is inherited from Middle English calculatour, borrowed from Latin calculātor (“a reckoner, accountant”), an agent noun from calculō (“to reckon, compute”), from calculus (“reckoning, account…

It is inherited from Middle English calme, usually explained as borrowed from Middle French calme (“quiet, stillness”), from Old Italian calma (“quiet, fair weather”), from Late Latin cauma (“heat…

It is inherited from Middle English kerver, also kervere in Chaucer, formed from Middle English kerven (“to carve”) + -er. The Middle English verb, now carve, is from Old English ceorfan (“to cut”)…

It is inherited from Middle English centre, borrowed from Old French centre, a learned borrowing from Latin centrum, originally the fixed point of a drafting compass, from Ancient Greek κέντρον…

It is inherited from Middle English cerimonial, borrowed from Late Latin caerimōniālis (“relating to ceremony”), in Medieval Latin also spelled cēremōniālis, and partly borrowed from Middle French…

It is inherited from Middle English ceremoyn, cerymonye, borrowed from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimōnia (“sanctity, reverence; religious rite”)…

It is borrowed from Latin circus (“ring, circular line”) (see circle), related to Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos), krikos, ring, perhaps from a root meaning “to turn, bend”.

It is inherited from Middle English collectour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman collectour, from Medieval Latin collēctor (“one who collects”), an agent noun from Latin colligō (“to gather together”)…

It is inherited from Middle English compellen, borrowed from Old French compeller and compellir, and directly borrowed from Latin compellō (“to drive together, force”). Barnhart calls the French…

It is inherited from Middle English complet, borrowed from Old French complet (“full, complete”) or directly borrowed from Latin complētus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, finish, fulfil”)…

1. It is inherited from Middle English compounen, borrowed from Old French compondre (“to arrange, direct”), componre (present stem compon-), from Latin compōnere (“to put together”), from com-…

The verb is inherited from Middle English compressen, borrowed from Old French compresser, and directly borrowed from Late Latin compressō (“to press together, oppress”), a frequentative of Latin…

It is inherited from Middle English conceite, also conceipt. The revised OED takes it as probably borrowed from Anglo-Norman conceit (“idea, opinion”), also conceite and conseit, recorded from the…

It is inherited from Middle English condicionel, borrowed from Old French condicionel, now conditionnel, from Late Latin condiciōnālis, formed from the stem of Latin condiciō (“agreement…

The verb is inherited from Middle English conserven, borrowed from Old French conserver (“to protect, preserve”), and partly directly borrowed from Latin cōnservō (“to keep safe, preserve, keep…

It is inherited from Middle English constitucioun, borrowed from Old French constitucion (“constitution, establishment”) (12th century), and directly from Latin cōnstitūtiō (“settled condition…

It is inherited from Middle English coi, borrowed from Old French coi, earlier quei, with the Anglo-Norman forms coi, coy and quoy, from Vulgar Latin quētus, a form recorded in glossaries and…

It is inherited from Middle English createn, borrowed from Latin creātus, the past participle of creō (“to make, bring forth, produce, beget”), related to crēscō (“to arise, grow”) and to the…

It is borrowed from Old French curiosete (“curiosity, avidity, choosiness”) (modern curiosité), from Latin cūriōsitās, desire for knowledge, inquisitiveness, from cūriōsus, careful, inquiring…

It is inherited from Middle English deciden, borrowed from Middle French decider, and directly from Latin dēcīdō (“to determine; literally, to cut off”), from dē- (“off”) and caedō (“to cut”), from…

It is borrowed from Anglo-Norman difficulté, Old French difficulté, and directly borrowed from Latin difficultās (“difficulty, distress, poverty”) (accusative difficultatem), from difficilis…

It is inherited from Middle English desarmen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman disarmer, also desarmer, and Old French desarmer, now désarmer. The French verb is formed from des-, the reverse of, and…

It is inherited from Middle English discours, borrowed from Latin discursus (“a running about”) (in Late Latin "conversation", in Medieval Latin "reasoning"), with its form influenced by course…

It is inherited from Middle English disputacioun, borrowed from Latin disputātiō (“argument, debate, dispute”). The OED thinks it may have come immediately from French disputation, recorded in the…

It is formed from English due + -ly. The Middle English forms were duweliche, about 1380, and duli, before 1395; Merriam-Webster gives dueliche, from dewe (“due”) and -liche (“-ly”). The adjective…

It is inherited from Middle English duracioun, borrowed from Old French duration, from Medieval Latin duratio (“duration”), from the past participle stem of Latin dūrāre (“to harden; to last…

It is inherited from Middle English efficient, borrowed from Old French efficient and directly from Latin efficiēns (“effective, producing, active”), the present participle of efficiō (“to work out…

It is inherited from Middle English embelishen, also enbelisen and enbelshen, borrowed from Old French embeliss-, the lengthened stem of embelir, also embellir, which is formed from en- and bel…

It is inherited from Middle English embrouderen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman enbrouder, formed from en- (“in, on”) and Old French brouder, also broisder (“to embroider”), now French broder, from…

It is inherited from Middle English enjoien, borrowed from Old French enjoir (“to give joy; to take delight in”), from en- (“make”) and joir (“to enjoy”), from Latin gaudeō (“to rejoice”), through…

It is inherited from Middle English entailen, also entaillen, formed from Middle English en- (“make, put into”) + taille (“limitation”), the noun being from Anglo-Norman taile (“limitation of…

It is borrowed from Old French eternal, eternel, or directly Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus (“lasting, everlasting”), a contraction of aeviternus, of great age, from aevum, age (see…

It is inherited from Middle English exempcioun, borrowed from Old French exemption, or directly from Latin exemptiō (“a taking out, removal”); the MED gives Anglo-Norman and Latin as its sources…

The verb is inherited from Middle English expressen, borrowed from Old French expresser (“to press, squeeze out; to speak one's mind”) and Medieval Latin expressō, a frequentative of exprimō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English faculte, borrowed from Old French faculte (“skill, learning”) and directly borrowed from Latin facultās (“power, ability, opportunity; abundance, wealth”)…

It is inherited from Middle English fauti, formed from English fault + -y. Etymonline, Merriam-Webster and the Shorter Oxford take the noun as its base, the OED the verb, and the OED and the Shorter…

It is inherited from Middle English fugitif, borrowed from Old French fugitif, and also directly borrowed from Latin fugitīvus (“fleeing; a runaway”), from fugitus, the past participle of fugiō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English future (also futur), borrowed from Old French futur (“future, to come”) and directly borrowed from Latin futūrus (“about to be”), the irregular future participle…

It is inherited from Middle English glosarie, borrowed from Latin glōssārium (“a collection of glosses”), from glōssa (“an obsolete or foreign word needing explanation”) and the suffix -ārium…

It is inherited from Middle English gobelet, also gobelot and goblot, borrowed from Old French gobelet (“drinking cup”), recorded from about 1260 in Old French, with Anglo-Norman gobelet recorded…

It is Middle English golf, goulf, borrowed from Old French golfe (“gulf, whirlpool”), from Italian golfo (“gulf, bay”), from Late Latin colpus, colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom…

It is inherited from Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, also golet, a diminutive of gole, goule (“throat, neck”), modern French gueule, from Latin gula (“throat”). The OED cites…

It is formed from English hap (“chance, fortune”) + -y. Old English words for the idea were ēadig, from ēad (“wealth”), and gesǣlig, which became silly, while Old English blīþe survives as blithe.

It is inherited from Middle English armonye, borrowed from Old French armonie (“harmony; a musical instrument”), harmonie, from Latin harmonia, from Greek ἁρμονία (harmonía, “joining, agreement…

It is inherited from Middle English ierarchie, gerarchie, borrowed from Old French ierarchie, jerarchie (modern hiérarchie), from Medieval Latin hierarchia, also written ierarchia, from Ancient…

It is a compound, from English how + ever, first written in Middle English as hou-ever. In poetry it is often shortened to howe'er.

It is Middle English imperial, emperial, borrowed from Old French imperial, emperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor”), from imperium (“command, empire”) (see empire), from…

It is inherited from Middle English imposen, borrowed from Old French imposer (“to put, place, impute”), formed from im- and poser (“to put, place”) (see pose) to render Latin impōnō (“to place on…

It is inherited from Middle English incompleet, borrowed from Old French incomplette and directly Late Latin incomplētus, from in- (“not”) and complētus (“filled, finished”) (see complete).

It is inherited from Middle English indifferent, borrowed from Old French indifferent (“impartial”) or directly borrowed from Latin indifferēns (“not differing; of no consequence; neither good nor…

It is inherited from Middle English induccioun, borrowed from Old French induction, recorded in French from the 14th century, or directly borrowed from Latin inductiō (“a leading in, introduction…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, which replaced īnfāmis (“of ill fame, disreputable”), formed in- (“not”) and fāmōsus (“celebrated”), the source of famous. The OED compares the rare Old…

It is inherited from Middle English infinit, borrowed from Old French infinit (“endless, boundless”) and directly borrowed from Latin infinitus (“unbounded, unlimited, countless”), from in- (“not”)…

It is inherited from Middle English institucioun, borrowed from Old French institucion (“foundation; thing established”), from Latin īnstitūtiō (“arrangement; instruction, education”), from īnstituō…

It is inherited from Middle English intellect, borrowed from Old French intellect (“intellectual capacity”), also intellecte, and directly borrowed from Latin intellēctus (“perception, discernment…

It is inherited from Middle English enterchaungeable, also entrechaungeable, borrowed from Middle French entrechangeable, from Old French entrechangier (“to interchange, exchange”) and the suffix…