English words first recorded in the 16th century

It is borrowed from Latin dēfūnctus (“discharged, finished; deceased, dead”), the past participle of dēfungor (“to discharge, finish, have done with; to die”), formed from dē- (“off, completely”)…

It is borrowed from Latin demonstratus, the past participle of dēmōnstrāre (“to point out, show; prove”), from de- (“entirely”) and mōnstrāre (“to show”), from monstrum (“divine omen, wonder”) (see…

It is formed from English dis- + credit. The verb, recorded from 1548, was formed from the verb credit; the noun, from 1551, from the noun credit after the verb. Barnhart thinks it was probably…

It is borrowed from Latin dubiōsus (“doubtful”), from dubium (“doubt”), the neuter of dubius (“wavering, doubtful”), from duo (“two”), with the sense of being undecided between two things…

It is formed from English em- + body, after Latin incorporō (“to incorporate”). Weekley called it a hybrid of French en and English body, coined in the 16th century to render the Latin verb. An…

It is borrowed from Latin geranium, also geranion, from Ancient Greek γεράνιον (geránion), a plant name, the diminutive of γέρανος (géranos, “crane”), so called because its long, pointed seed pod…

It is an alteration of the older verb hoise, probably because the past tense and participle hoised were taken for the stem, as with graft for graff. That verb, recorded from 1490, is inherited from…

It is borrowed from Latin immātūrus (“unripe; untimely, premature”), formed from in- (“not”) and mātūrus (“ripe, timely”), the source of mature. Barnhart considers a back-formation from immaturity…

It is borrowed from Latin innovō (“to renew, alter”), through its past participle innovātus, probably also borrowed from Middle French innover. The Latin verb is formed from in- (“in, into”) and…

It is borrowed from Latin interim (“in the meantime”), from inter, between, and -im, an old adverbial ending from the stem of the pronoun is, “this, that”, so that it originally meant “in the midst…

The origin is uncertain. The OED, which finds the word only from the 16th century, takes it as apparently imitative and akin to shog, a synonym recorded earlier; Klein and Weekley also call it…

It is borrowed from Middle French pacifique, a learned borrowing from Latin pācificus (“peaceful, peacemaking”), from pāx (genitive pācis) “peace” and the root of faciō “to make”, from…

It is borrowed from Middle French paragon (“model, pattern of excellence”), now parangon, together with borrowed from Anglo-Norman paragone (“perfect diamond”), recorded from the 13th century. The…

The noun is borrowed from Middle French paraphrase (1525), from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis, “a free rendering”), from παραφράζω (paraphrázō, “to tell in other…

It is borrowed from Middle French poème or directly borrowed from Latin poēma (“composition in verse”), from Ancient Greek πόημα (póēma, “a thing made; fiction, poetic work”), an early variant of…

It is partly borrowed from Middle French prélude, which meant a series of notes sung or played to exercise the voice or try an instrument (1530) and also an introduction or preliminary action…

It is borrowed from Latin prōmontorium, a variant of prōmunturium (“headland, promontory, spur of a mountain ridge”), altered under the influence of mōns (“mount, mountain”). The OED treats…

The modern sense is borrowed from French ration (“provisions allotted daily”), from Latin ratiō (“reckoning, calculation”); the earliest English senses, reasoning and ratio, are borrowed directly…

It is probably partly borrowed from Middle French regagner (“to win back what was lost”) and partly formed from English re- + gain. Etymonline gives the French form regaigner. The Old French verb…

It is borrowed from Middle French satellite and directly borrowed from Latin satelles (“attendant, bodyguard, courtier”) (accusative satellitem), which in Cicero often meant an accomplice in a…

It is borrowed from Middle French sévère (12th century), or directly from Latin sevērus (“serious, grave, strict, austere”), a word of uncertain origin. De Vaan and Watkins derive it from…

It is borrowed from Latin stimulātus (“goaded, urged”), the past participle of stimulō (“to prick, goad, urge”), or from its participial stem, from stimulus (“goad, spur”), which English also…

It is borrowed from French syntaxe and directly borrowed from Late Latin syntaxis, from Ancient Greek σύνταξις (súntaxis, “arrangement, order; a grammatical construction”), from σύν (sún…

It is borrowed from Latin trītus (“worn, oft-trodden; of language, commonplace”), the past participle of terō (“to rub, wear down”), from Proto-Indo-European *terə- (“to rub, turn”). The same Latin…

It is borrowed from Old French tumultuous, modern tumultueux, and partly or directly borrowed from Latin tumultuōsus (“full of bustle or confusion, turbulent”); Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com…

It is formed from English un- + believable.

It is from English un- + common, un- meaning not.

It is borrowed from Middle French vague (“wandering; empty”), from Latin vagus (“wandering, rambling, vacillating”) (see vagary), which is of uncertain origin; de Vaan suggests a link with Old Norse…

It is formed from English announce + -er. The OED compares annonceur (15th century), found as Old French anoncieres about 1190. The verb announce comes from Middle English announcen and Old French…

It is formed from English birth + place. The OED notes that its first use, in 1549, follows Medieval Latin locus natalis, used from the 11th century in British and continental sources. Middle…

It is borrowed from Middle French cabinet (“small room”), a diminutive of Old Picard cabine “gambling house”, a variant of Old French cabane, the source of cabin. It was perhaps influenced by…

It is formed from English cock + -y, from cock in the sense of the male bird. The OED compares the earlier adjective coxy for the sense "arrogant". The noun used as a term of endearment is formed…

The verb is borrowed from Middle French disgracier, recorded in French from 1552, from disgraziare, formed on disgrazia (“misfortune, deformity”); the noun was taken from French disgrâce, from the…

It is formed from English dispatch + -er, an agent noun from the verb. Dispatch is from Spanish despachar (“to expedite, hasten”) or Italian dispacciare, whose second element is of uncertain origin.

It is formed from English doctor + -al, probably on the model of Medieval Latin doctoralis, which is frequent in British sources from the 13th century. Johnson derived it from the Latin word alone…

It is formed from English hazard + -ous, perhaps after Middle French hasardeux (“risky”), recorded from 1540; SOED, the Oxford Dictionary of English and Merriam-Webster take it straight from the…

It is of uncertain origin. Skeat's view, now usual, is that it is probably from Low German: compare Middle Low German lasich (“weak, feeble, tired”), which is cognate with Old Norse lasinn (“weak…

It is borrowed from Middle French machine (“device, contrivance”), from Latin māchina (“machine, engine; device, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná), the Doric form of μηχανή (mēkhanḗ…

It is borrowed from Middle French parallèle or directly borrowed from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos), from παρ' ἀλλήλοις (par' allḗlois, “beside one another”), from…

It is a shortening of Robin Redbreast (mid-15th century), from the personal name Robin, borrowed from Old French Robin, a diminutive of Robert. Word Origins compares the habit of giving birds names…

It is borrowed from Middle French robuste or directly Latin rōbustus (“strong and hardy, originally oaken”), from rōbur (“oak, hard timber, strength”), earlier rōbus, probably named for the reddish…

It is borrowed from Latin superbus (“grand, proud, splendid, haughty”), perhaps partly through French superbe, from super, above (see super-), with a second element perhaps from the root meaning “to…

It is formed from English un- + available.

It is probably formed from English ac- + complice, by association with accomplish, or with accompany. Etymonline, Barnhart, Ayto and Skeat think the indefinite article was absorbed, the phrase “a…

1. The verb is an imitative formation, perhaps borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”) or another Scandinavian word, itself echoic, compare Old Swedish banga “to strike”, Old Norse bang…

It is borrowed from French bâton (“stick, staff, club”), from Old French baston, the source of the earlier English baston, recorded before 1325, which it gradually replaced in the 17th century. The…

It is an agent noun from browse, formed with -er.

It is formed from English brutal + -ity; the OED and the Shorter Oxford compare French brutalité, which Johnson gave as its source. The adjective is formed from Latin brūtus (“heavy, dull, stupid…

1. The punctuation mark is borrowed from Latin cōlon (“part of a poem, member of a verse”), from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “limb, member; clause of a sentence, part of a strophe”). Barnhart and…

It is partly borrowed from Middle French demolition (“defeat; destruction of a structure”), now démolition, and partly borrowed from Latin dēmōlītiō (“action of demolishing”), a noun of action from…

It is borrowed from Latin dialysis, from Ancient Greek διάλυσις (diálusis, “separation, dissolution”), from διαλύω (dialúō, “to break up, dissolve”), formed from διά (diá, “apart”) and λύω (lúō, “to…

It is borrowed from Middle French embarquer, formed from en- (“in”) and barque (“small ship”), the source of bark and barque. The OED calls the verb a common Romance word, compare Italian imbarcare…

It is borrowed from Middle French encouragement, or a formation in English from encourage and the suffix -ment. The verb is borrowed from Old French encoragier (“to make strong, hearten”)…

The verb is of unknown origin. Etymonline suggests a Scandinavian source or Middle Dutch vlederen (“to flutter”), and the Shorter Oxford and Onions think a Scandinavian origin possible. The OED and…

It is a compound of fresh in the sense of new, inexperienced, and man.

It is borrowed from Middle French germe (“shoot, sprout”), from Latin germen (“sprout, shoot, bud”), from gen-, the stem of gignō (“to beget”), and the suffix -men, with dissimilation of n to r from…

It is borrowed from Middle French heredité (“that which is inherited, hereditary succession”) and its source borrowed from Latin hērēditās (“inheritance, position of heir”), formed from hērēs…

It is borrowed from Middle French heroïque and Latin hērōicus (“of a hero, heroic”), from Ancient Greek ἡρωικός (hērōikós, “of or for a hero”), from ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”). Etymonline describes it as…

1. It is of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative of the sound or action of a blow; it is synonymous with obsolete jert and yerk of the 16th century, and Merriam-Webster takes it as probably an…

It is borrowed from Latin luxuriāns, the present participle of luxuriō (“to grow rank, have to excess”), from luxuria (“excess, rankness”), the source of luxury. Etymonline and Barnhart also allow…