English words first recorded in the 15th century

It is inherited from Middle English inhabitaunt, also enhabitant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman enhabitant and Old French enhabitant, the present participle of enhabiter (“to inhabit, dwell in”), which…

It is borrowed from Middle French pact, later pacte, and directly borrowed from Latin pactum (“agreement, covenant”), a noun use of the neuter past participle of paciscor (“to make a covenant…

It is inherited from Middle English permytten, borrowed from Latin permittere (“to let go, give up, allow”), perhaps partly through Middle French permetre, from per- (“through”) and mittere (“to let…

It is inherited from Middle English portenden, borrowed from Latin portendō (“to foretell, presage; to point out”), originally "to stretch forward", formed from por- (“forward”) and tendō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English promocioun, borrowed from Old French promocion (“election, promotion”) and directly from Latin prōmōtiō (“advancement, a moving forward”), from prōmoveō (“to move…

It is formed from English punish + -able, probably on the model of Anglo-Norman punisable, punissable. The Shorter Oxford and the MED derive it from the French adjective. The Anglo-Norman word is…

It is inherited from Middle English reduccioun, borrowed from Middle French réduction and directly from Latin reductiō (“a leading back, restoration”), a noun of action from the past participle of…

It is inherited from Middle English regencie, probably partly borrowed from Medieval Latin regentia (“rule, control”) and partly formed from English regent + -ency. The Medieval Latin noun is formed…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin reūnītus, the past participle of reūniō (“to unite again”), first taken into English as the participle reunite, reunited. The Medieval Latin verb, recorded in…

It is inherited from Middle English surchargen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman surcharger, a variant of sorchargier, also Middle French surcharger, from sur- (“over, above”) and chargier (“to load”)…

It is inherited from Middle English admyssion, borrowed from Anglo-Norman admission and directly borrowed from Latin admissio (“a letting in; admittance to an interview”), from admiss-, the past…

1. The sound word is Middle English bommen, bummen, bomben, of imitative origin, perhaps after bommen (“to hum, buzz”), and German bummen is similar. Compare bomb. 2. The spar is borrowed from Dutch…

It is borrowed from Middle French circulation or directly borrowed from Latin circulātiō, a noun from circulō, to form a circle, from circulus, small ring (see circle and circulate).

It is an agent noun from the verb clean, formed with -er.

It is inherited from Middle English conformite, also conformyte, borrowed from Middle French conformité, recorded in the 14th century in Oresme, from Late Latin cōnformitās, from cōnformis (“similar…

It is an agent noun from contain with the suffix -er.

It is inherited from Middle English contenciose, also contencios, borrowed from Old French contentieux and directly borrowed from Latin contentiōsus (“quarrelsome, obstinate”), from contentiō (“a…

It is inherited from Middle English conviccioun, borrowed from Late Latin convictio (“proof, refutation”), from the past participle stem of convincere (“to overcome decisively”) (see convince…

It is formed from country and side, in the sense of a region or district, perhaps literally one side of a country.

It is inherited from Middle English crucifixioun, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin crucifixiō, a noun of action from crucifīxus, the past participle of crucifīgō (“to fasten to a cross”). The…

It is inherited from Middle English decisioun, borrowed from Middle French décision, from Latin dēcīsiō (“a cutting short; a settlement”), from dēcīsus, the past participle of dēcīdō (“to cut off…

It is borrowed from Old French departeure (“departure; death”), from departir (“to depart”) (see depart) and -ure.

It is borrowed from Latin digitālis (“of a finger”), from digitus (“finger, toe”), the source of digit.

It is borrowed from Latin distractiō (“a pulling apart, separation”), a noun of action formed on distractus, the past participle of distrahō (“to pull asunder, draw in different directions”), the…

It is formed from English dis- + trust, Middle English distrusten (“to suspect”), perhaps modelled on Latin diffīdō (“to distrust”) or French défier. The noun was formed in the same way from the…

It is inherited from Middle English duplicacioun, borrowed from Old French duplicacion, and directly borrowed from Latin duplicātiō (“a doubling”), a noun of action from the past participle stem of…

It is borrowed from Latin emblēma (“inlaid work, a raised ornament on a vessel”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλω (embállō, “to throw in, insert”), formed from ἐν…

It is inherited from Middle English employement, formed from emploien, employ, and the suffix -ment.

It is inherited from Middle English engagen, borrowed from Middle French engagier, from Old French engagier “to bind by promise, pledge, pawn”, from the phrase en gage “under pledge”, from en- and…

It is inherited from Middle English enrollement, borrowed from Middle French enrollement, also Anglo-French, from enroller (“to record in a register”) (see enroll) and the suffix -ment.

It is Middle English enterprise, borrowed from Old French entreprise (“an undertaking”), a noun use of the feminine past participle of entreprendre (“to undertake”), from entre- “between” and…

It is inherited from Middle English excellen, borrowed from Middle French exceller, from Latin excellō (“to rise above others, be eminent”). Barnhart thinks it came from both French and Latin, and…

It is borrowed from Old French expedicion (“a dispatch, mission”) (13th century) and directly from Latin expedītiō, an enterprise against an enemy, a noun from expediō, to free, make ready (see…

1. The noun meaning taste is inherited from Middle English guste, borrowed from Latin gustus (“taste, a tasting”), and Wiktionary adds Old French gust, also goust; the Anglo-Norman noun is recorded…

It is formed from English hang + -er, as late Middle English hangere. An Old English hangra (“a wood on the side of a steep hill”), also derived from hangian (“to hang”), survives in the same sense…

It is borrowed from Middle French historien, from Latin historia (“narrative of past events”) (see history), with a French suffix modelled on words such as logicien. Etymonline treats it as if from…

It is inherited from Middle English imparten, also emparten, borrowed from Old French impartir, also empartir, from Latin impartiō (“to share with, communicate, bestow”), usually impertiō in…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūs-, past participle stem of inclūdō, to shut in, enclose (see include).

It is borrowed from Latin inēvītābilis (“unavoidable”), from in-, not, and ēvītābilis, avoidable, from ēvītō, to avoid, from ex-, out, and vītō, to shun, originally to go out of the way. Barnhart…

It is inherited from Middle English innovacion, borrowed from Late Latin innovātiō (accusative innovationem), probably also through Middle French, a noun of action from the past participle stem of…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin installatio, from the past participle stem of installāre (“to install”) (see install), partly through French.

It is late Middle English, borrowed from Old French intensif, with Medieval Latin intēnsīvus, from Latin intēns-, past participle stem of intendō, to turn one's attention, strain, stretch (see…

It is Middle English (Scots) invasioune, borrowed from Middle French invasion or directly invāsio (“an attack”), from invādere (“to enter, attack”) (see invade), from in- (“in”) and vādere (“to…

It is borrowed from Middle French invitation or directly Latin invitatio (“an invitation, incitement”), from the past participle stem of invītāre (“to invite, entertain”) (see invite), from in-…

It is a derivation, from English luck + -y. Barnhart notes that luck itself could possibly be a back-formation from earlier lukky, though it is more likely from Middle Dutch luc.

It is late Middle English, from Old French magnificent, a back-formation from Latin magnificentior, the comparative of magnificus, great, noble, literally doing great deeds, from magnus, great (from…

It is inherited from Middle English maxime, borrowed from Anglo-Norman maxime and Middle French maxime, from Medieval Latin maxima, short for phrases such as maxima prōpositiō (“greatest premise…

It is inherited from Middle English mokken, borrowed from Middle French mocquer (“to deride, jeer”), from Old French moquier, of unknown or uncertain origin. It may come from Vulgar Latin *muccō…

It is formed from over- and head, or it survives from Old English oferheafod.

It is inherited from Middle English perceptible, borrowed from Late Latin perceptibilis (“able to be perceived; able to perceive”), from Latin perceptus, the past participle of percipiō (“to…

It is borrowed from French préférence, from Medieval Latin praeferentia, from praeferens, present participle of praeferre (“to place before, carry in front”) (see prefer).

It is inherited from Middle English prevencioun, borrowed from Middle French prévention or praeventio (“a going before, anticipating”), a noun of action from praevenīre (“to come before…

It is inherited from Middle English probabilite, from Old French probabilité and directly from Latin probābilitās (“credibility, probability”), from probābilis, provable, credible (see probable).

It is inherited from Middle English product, borrowed from Medieval Latin prōductum, in classical Latin “something produced”, the noun use of the neuter past participle of prōdūcō (“to bring…

It is formed from English profession + -al.

It is borrowed from Middle French prospectif (obsolete) and directly Medieval Latin prōspectīvus (“affording a prospect”), from the past participle stem of Latin prōspiciō (“to look out on, look…

It is inherited from Middle English radiacion, borrowed from Latin radiatio (“a shining, radiation”), a noun of action from radiāre (“to beam, shine”), from radius (“beam of light, spoke of a…

It is inherited from Middle English reciten, borrowed from Anglo-Norman receiter and Middle French reciter, and directly borrowed from Latin recitō (“to read out, read aloud, repeat from memory”)…

It is borrowed from Latin surrogātus, the past participle of surrogō (“to put in another's place, substitute”), an assimilated variant of subrogō. This was formed from sub- (“under, in the place…

It is borrowed from Middle French tire (“rank, sequence, order”), from Old French tire, probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”) (see tirade), of unknown origin.