English words first recorded in the 15th century

It is inherited from Middle English probacioun, borrowed from Middle French probacion (modern probation), which meant proof, test and trial, and its source Latin probātiō (“inspection, approval…

It is inherited from Middle English severaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman severance, a variant of sevrance (“separation, parting”), from sevrer (“to separate”) (the source of sever) and the suffix…

It is inherited from Middle English soliciten, borrowed from Old French solliciter, also soliciter, and directly borrowed from Latin sollicitō (“to disturb, agitate, rouse, harass”), from sollicitus…

It is formed from talent and the suffix -ed.

It is late Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-Norman assesser, from Medieval Latin assessō, to fix a tax upon, a frequentative of Latin assideō, to sit beside, especially as an assistant judge…

It is formed from English climb + -er, first as climber, also climare, from climben. Climb is from Old English climban (“to raise oneself with hands and feet, ascend”), from Proto-West Germanic…

It is inherited from Middle English comprisen, borrowed from Old French compris, the past participle of comprendre (“to contain, include, comprehend”), from Latin comprehendō (“to seize; to include…

It is inherited from Middle English incidence, borrowed from Old French incidence, which the OED derives from the French adjective incident; Etymonline, Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster trace it…

It is inherited from Middle English secretee (“quality of being secret”), formed from Middle English secre + -tee, or from secret with the same suffix. The adjective secre is from Old French secré…

It is borrowed from Anglo-Norman surrender, from Old French surrendre (“to give up, deliver over”), from sur-, over, and rendre, to give back (see render). The noun is the French infinitive used as…

It is inherited from Middle English assercioun, borrowed from Latin assertiō (“a formal declaration of free or slave status”), from assertus, the past participle of asserō (“to claim, lay claim…

It is borrowed from Middle French finesse (“trick, ruse; subtlety; fineness”), formed from fin (“fine, delicate, subtle”) and the suffix -esse, the adjective that also gave English fine. The French…

It is from English grand- + father, probably formed on the model of Middle French grand-père (Middle French grant pere). It replaced grandsire and Old English ealdefæder.

It is inherited from Middle English graundmoder, from grand- and mother, a translation of Middle French grant mere, grand-mère. It replaced earlier grandame (about 1200) and Old English ealdemodor.

It is inherited from Middle English remaindre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman remeinder, the noun use of the infinitive remaindre, a variant of Old French remanoir, to stay, be left, from Latin remaneō…

The noun is borrowed from Latin abortus (“premature delivery, miscarriage, abortion, dead fetus”), a verbal noun from aborior (“to disappear, be lost, miscarry”). The verb comes partly from the past…

It is inherited from Middle English accomplisshement, borrowed from Anglo-Norman accomplissement (“fulfilment, completion”), also acomplicement, and accomplissement, formed from acompliss-, the…

It is inherited from Middle English admiracioun, also admiracion, borrowed from Middle French admiracion, also admiration, or directly from Latin admīrātiō (“wonder, astonishment”). In Old French it…

It is inherited from Middle English adolescence, borrowed from Old French adolescence, recorded in Old French from the late 13th century, and directly borrowed from Latin adolēscentia (“youth, the…

It is borrowed from Latin affluēns (“flowing, abounding, rich, abundant”), perhaps through Old French afluent, the present participle of affluō (“to flow toward, abound”), from ad- (“to, toward”)…

It is inherited from Middle English aggregacioun, partly borrowed from Middle French aggregation (“gathering, assemblage, collection”), recorded in French from 1375, and partly directly borrowed…

It is inherited from Middle English agilite, borrowed from Middle French agilité and directly borrowed from Latin agilitās (“ease of movement, nimbleness”), formed from agilis (“nimble, quick”) and…

It is borrowed from Middle French alkemiste, also alquemiste and alchymiste, recorded from about 1370, and directly borrowed from Medieval Latin alchimista, formed from alchymia (“alchemy”) and…

It is inherited from Middle English alienacioun, also alyenacioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman alienacioun, also alyenacion, and Middle French alienacion, and directly borrowed from Latin aliēnātiō…

It is inherited from Middle English alinen, borrowed from Middle French aligner (“to arrange in a line”), also alinher, from Old French alignier (“to set or lay in line”), formed from a- (“to”) and…

It is inherited from Middle English alleviaten, borrowed from Late Latin alleviātus, the past participle of alleviō (“to lighten, relieve”), formed from ad- (“to”), assimilated as al-, and levis…

It is borrowed from Latin amplificātiō (“a widening, extending”), a noun of action from amplificātus, the past participle of amplificō (“to enlarge, broaden, increase”), which is formed from amplus…

It is inherited from Middle English amplifien, borrowed from Middle French amplifier and directly borrowed from Latin amplificō (“to enlarge, increase”). The American Heritage Dictionary and…

It is borrowed from Middle French analogie or directly borrowed from Latin analogia (“ratio, proportion”), from Ancient Greek ἀναλογία (analogía, “proportion, equality of ratios”), from ἀνάλογος…

It is inherited from Middle English aneurisma, also aneurisme, borrowed from Late Latin aneurisma, from Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “dilatation”), a noun formed from ἀνευρύνω (aneurúnō, “to…

It is inherited from Middle English animosite, borrowed from Middle French animosité, or directly borrowed from Late Latin animōsitās (“boldness, vehemence”), from Latin animōsus (“bold, spirited”)…

It is inherited from Middle English anticipacioun, partly borrowed from Anglo-Norman anticipacion and anticipation, partly borrowed from Latin anticipātiō (“preconception”). Etymonline, Barnhart…

It is borrowed from Middle French antidote, also antidot, and directly borrowed from Latin antidotum, also antidotus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτον (antídoton, “a remedy, something given against”)…

It is borrowed from Latin ānus (“ring, circle; anus”), first recorded in Middle English as anus; Barnhart and Etymonline give the route as through Old French anus. The OED compares French anus, used…

It is inherited from Middle English aperture, borrowed from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from apertus (“opened, open”), the past participle of aperiō (“to open, uncover”), with the noun suffix…

It is inherited from Middle English apparicioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman aparicion, also Old French apparition, from Late Latin appāritiō (“an appearance; epiphany”), from appāritus, the past…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin applausus, which in classical Latin was the verbal noun of applaudō (“to clap the hands in approval; to strike upon”) and also meant a clashing noise. The verb is…

It is inherited from Middle English appointement, borrowed from Old French apointement, from apointer “to arrange, settle”, the source of appoint, and the suffix -ment.

It is inherited from Middle English appropriat, borrowed from Late Latin appropriātus, the past participle of appropriō (“to make one's own”) (also adpropriāre), from ad- (“to”) and propriō (“to…

It is inherited from Middle English approximat, borrowed from Late Latin approximātus (“drawn near”), the past participle of approximō (“to come near to”), which Tertullian used. The Latin verb is…

It is inherited from Middle English approximacioun, borrowed from Middle French approximation, from Late Latin approximātiō, from approximō (“to come near to”), formed from ad- (“to”) and proximō…

It is inherited from Middle English aptitude (“tendency, likelihood”), borrowed from Late Latin aptitūdō (“fitness”), a noun of quality formed from aptus (“joined, fitted”), the source of apt, with…

It is borrowed from Middle French arterial, now artériel, and directly borrowed from Medieval Latin arteriālis, formed from Latin artēria (“artery; windpipe”) and the adjective suffix -ālis. The OED…

It is inherited from Middle English articulacioun, which Etymonline, Barnhart and Dictionary.com take as borrowed from Old French articulation, and the OED and the Oxford Dictionary of English as…

It is inherited from Middle English assimilaten, borrowed from Latin assimilātus, the past participle of assimilō (“to make like, liken”), a variant of assimulō (“to make like, copy, imitate…

It is inherited from Middle English assimilacioun, borrowed from Old French assimilacion or directly borrowed from Latin assimilātiō (“likeness, similarity”). Merriam-Webster takes it as probably…

It is borrowed from Latin āthlēta (“wrestler, athlete”), perhaps at first directly from Greek, from Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs, “prizefighter, contestant in the games”), from athleîn, to compete for a…

It is inherited from Middle English attracten, borrowed from Latin attractus (“drawn to”), the past participle of attrahere (“to draw to”), from ad (“to”) and trahere (“to draw, pull”) (see tract)…

It is inherited from Middle English austerite, borrowed from Old French austerite (“severity, harshness, asceticism, sternness”), and, according to Etymonline, also directly borrowed from Latin…

It is inherited from Middle English behaver, later behavour, essentially from behave, but with the ending of Middle English havour “possession, bearing”, an alteration under the influence of have of…

It is formed from English believe + -er, in Middle English biliver, from bileven (“to believe”). The OED compares Old High German gloubāre, found only in the compound irregloubāre (“heretic”), and…

It is inherited from Middle English brut, borrowed from Middle French brut (“rough, coarse, brutish”), feminine brute, from Latin brūtus (“heavy, dull, stupid”), the source also of bruto and bruto…

1. The word for a blow is inherited from Middle English buffe, probably borrowed from Old French buffe (“a blow”), the source also of buffet "a blow". The Anglo-Norman word, recorded from the late…

1. The noun is inherited from Middle English caller, formed from Middle English callen (“to call”) + -er, from call, which is callen, from Old Norse kalla (“to cry loudly, summon”). 2. The Scots…

It is inherited from Middle English cancrous, borrowed from Late Latin cancerosus (“affected by cancer”), also cancrosus, recorded from the 4th century, from classical Latin cancer (“crab; cancer”)…

It is borrowed from Latin canīnus (“of a dog”), perhaps partly through French canin, from canis (“dog”) and the suffix -īnus. Latin canis is the source of cane and chien, and comes from…

It is borrowed from Latin cardamōmum, and in part borrowed from Old French cardemome, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon), from κάρδαμον (kárdamon, “cress”) and ἄμωμον (ámōmon, “an Indian…

It is inherited from Middle English cartilage, borrowed from Old French cartilage and directly borrowed from Latin cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”). Barnhart takes the French form as Middle French…

It is a compound from English cart + wright, formed in Middle English. Cart is probably from Old Norse kartr or a similar Scandinavian word, which replaced cræt (“cart, wagon”); wright is from Old…

It is inherited from Middle English cateloge, borrowed from Old French catalogue (“list, index”) and directly Late Latin catalogus, from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “list, register…