English words first recorded in the 16th century

It is borrowed from Latin lūcidus (“light, bright, clear”), perhaps through French lucide or Italian lucido; Barnhart takes it both through Middle French and directly from Latin. The Latin adjective…

It is formed from English lyric + -al. Lyric is from French lyrique, from Latin lyricus (“of the lyre”), from Ancient Greek λυρικός (lurikós, “singing to the lyre”), from λύρα (lúra, “lyre”).

It is from Middle English methametik, its plural, mathematik (see mathematic), probably after French (les) mathématiques, from Latin mathematica, from Greek μαθηματικὴ τέχνη (mathēmatikḕ tékhnē…

It is formed from English natural + -ist, partly after French naturaliste, which is recorded from the early 16th century in the sense of a natural historian. Etymonline, Klein and Merriam-Webster…

It is a compound, from English on + to, written separately at first and later as one word, on the analogy of into.

It is borrowed from Latin praedātor (“plunderer, pillager, robber; hunter”), formed from praedātus, the past participle of praedor (“to plunder, prey on”), and the agent suffix -or. The verb comes…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin praesidentia (“office of a president”), from Latin praesidens, president, governor (see president), from praesidēre (“to sit before, preside”). SOED also compares…

It is formed from English reflect + -ive. The verb reflect is from Middle English reflecten, from Old French reflecter, from reflectō (“to bend back”), formed from re- (“back”) and flectō (“to…

It is borrowed from Middle French remarquer (“to observe, take notice of”), recorded in French from 1549, in the sense "to single out a person" from 1585, and in the sense "to make a remark" from…

It is borrowed from Latin strigilis (“scraper, horse-comb”), from the base of stringō (“to touch lightly, graze; to strip off”), though Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com call the two only akin…

1. The noun for one that strips is formed from English strip + -er. The verb goes back to Old English *strīepan, recorded in the compound bestrȳpan (“to strip, plunder, despoil”), from Proto-West…

It is formed from English suit + -able, on the pattern of agreeable.

It is an agent noun formed from English train + -er.

It is borrowed from Latin cooperātus, the past participle of cooperor (“to work together”), made of co-, a form of com- (“with, together”), and operor (“to work”), from opus (“work”); Etymonline…

It is borrowed from Spanish corral (“an enclosed place, yard, courtyard, pen, poultry yard”), with Portuguese curral (Old Portuguese corral). The further origin of the Spanish word is disputed…

It is borrowed from Latin aemulātus (“rivalled”), the past participle of aemulor (“to rival, strive to equal or excel”), from aemulus (“striving to equal, rivalling”). Barnhart and Etymonline allow…

It is formed from English flash + -y. The OED derives it from both the noun and the verb, and thinks that the adjectival use of flash, showy, has affected some of its senses; Etymonline takes it…

1. Most dictionaries take the mist as probably a back-formation from English hazy, itself of unknown origin, recorded from 1625 in several spellings. The OED, revised in 2018, now calls the noun of…

It is borrowed from Portuguese manga, recorded in Portuguese from the early 16th century, and probably from Malayalam മാങ്ങ (māṅṅa), or from a kindred Dravidian word. Other dictionaries trace it to…

The verb is formed from English mis- + match, "badly, wrongly" and the verb match. The noun is formed from the prefix and the noun match, after the verb, or partly from the verb itself. The noun…

It is borrowed from Latin ōmen (“foreboding, augury”), the source also of ominous, through ōminōsus, and of abominable. An older Latin form osmen is reported by Varro. Varro derived the word from ōs…

It is partly borrowed from Middle French planétaire (“of or relating to the planets”), recorded from 1553, and partly borrowed from Late Latin planetarius, which is recorded only as a noun meaning…

It is of unknown origin. Barnhart and Etymonline suggest it may be a frequentative of pose in its obsolete sense, to perplex, as nuzzle is of nose, but Word Origins finds the evidence for a link…

It is formed from English re- + call, sometimes as a loan translation of rappeler (see repeal) or of revocō (“to call back”) (see revoke). The noun, from 1611, is from the verb.

It is formed from English scare + -y, from the noun scare. It is also spelled scarey.

It is formed from English toast + -er, first as an agent noun from the verb meaning "to brown with heat". The person who drinks or proposes a toast is from the verb of drinking to someone's health…

It is borrowed from Middle French version, from Medieval Latin versiō (“a turning; a translation”), from versus, the past participle of Latin vertō (“to turn; to translate”), from…

It is formed from English wide and spread, the past participle of spread.

It is borrowed from Latin carcinōma (“ulcer, tumour”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkínōma, “sore, ulcer, cancer”), which the OED derives through a verb meaning "to make crablike", in the…

Its origin is uncertain. The usual explanation is that it is inherited from Middle English suspiral (“vent, breathing hole; drainpipe; settling tank”), borrowed from Old French souspirail (“air…

1. It is a variant of earlier chock, to give a blow under the chin (1583), perhaps from Middle French choquer (“to jolt, strike against”) (see shock), or from its earlier form chuquer, to knock…

1. The state of unconsciousness is borrowed from New Latin coma, recorded in medical Latin by 1543, or directly from Ancient Greek κῶμα (kôma, “deep sleep, lethargy”). The OED calls the Greek word…

The OED and Etymonline take it as borrowed from Medieval Latin *consultātīvus, a Latin type probably used in medieval Latin, formed from the participial stem of consultō (“to consult, take the…

It is borrowed from Late Latin contrōversiālis (“relating to controversy”), from contrōversia (see controversy).

It is borrowed from Late Latin conventionalis (“relating to an agreement”), perhaps through conventionnel, from conventio (“meeting, assembly; agreement”) (see convention), from convenīre (“to come…

It is borrowed from French défiant, the present participle of défier (“to challenge, defy”), in Old French desfier or defier, whose present participle was desfiant or defiant. The Shorter Oxford…

It is borrowed from French favorit (now favori, favorite), perhaps via Italian favorito, the past participle of favorire (“to favor”), from favore “favor”, from Latin favor (“inclination…

It is borrowed from Middle French généreux or directly borrowed from Latin generosus (“of noble birth; magnanimous”), from genus (“race, stock”) (genitive generis) (see genus), from PIE…

It is borrowed from Latin initiātiō (“participation in secret rites”), perhaps also borrowed from French initiation, which the OED records from the 15th century. The Latin noun comes from initiō…

It is named from English Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, where the knitting of worsted goods was a staple industry. Etymonline reports that the island's name is said to be a corruption…

It is borrowed from Late Latin lēthālis, an alteration of Latin lētālis (“deadly”), from lētum (“death”), altered to lethum by association with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “forgetfulness”), the river…

It is apparently a variant from English neb, a bird's beak; Barnhart calls it originally a Scottish form; neb itself is from Old English nebb (“beak, nose, face”), from Proto-Germanic *nabją (“beak…

It is borrowed from Latin obvius (“that is in the way; presenting itself readily, open, exposed; commonplace”), from obviam (“in the way, towards”), from ob “in front of, against” and viam, the…

It is formed from English owner + -ship.

It is borrowed from Late Latin phaenomenon, from Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “that which appears”), the neuter present participle of φαίνομαι (phaínesthai, “to appear”), passive of φαίνω…

It is borrowed from Italian piazza (“square, marketplace”), from Latin platēa (“courtyard, broad street”), through Vulgar Latin *plattea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa), short for "broad…

1. The cat is a diminutive from English puss + -y. 2. The vulgar sense is perhaps from earlier puss, vulva, of Low German or Scandinavian origin: compare Old Norse púss (“pocket, pouch”) and Low…

It is formed from English scholar + -ly. Scholar goes back to Old English scolere (“pupil”), from Medieval Latin scholāris (“pupil, scholar”), from Latin schola (“school”), which comes from Ancient…

It is first recorded as a sailors' word, and its source is disputed. The American dictionaries and Etymonline take it as perhaps from Scandinavian, probably borrowed from Old Norse snǫggr (“short…

It is formed from English stock + -ing, from stock in a sense now obsolete, a covering for the leg, recorded from 1457 or the late 15th century. The OED derives it from the verb stock, to cover the…

1. Stunt, to check growth, is a verb use of the Middle English adjective stunnt, foolish, inherited from Old English stunt (“stupid, foolish”), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (“short, truncated”)…

It is borrowed from Latin amulētum (“a charm worn against evil or disease”), though Hoad, Skeat and Weekley derive it through French amulette, and Barnhart and Dictionary.com allow a route through…

It is partly borrowed from Middle French decisif (“definitive, conclusive”), recorded from 1413, and partly borrowed from Medieval Latin dēcīsīvus, found in British and continental sources from the…

1. The verb meaning to arm beforehand is formed from English fore- + arm (“to equip with weapons”). 2. The part of the arm is formed from English fore- + arm (“the limb”).

It is borrowed from Italian madonna (“my lady”), from Old Italian ma donna, recorded in the 13th century, from ma, an old unstressed form of mia (“my”), from Latin mea, and donna (“lady”), from…

It is borrowed from Latin medium (“the middle, midst; interval”), in Medieval Latin also “means”, the noun use of the neuter of medius (“in the middle”), from Proto-Indo-European *medhyo-…

It is partly borrowed from Italian padre, partly Spanish padre and partly Portuguese padre, all meaning "father" and used as a title of priests, from Latin pater (“father”), which in Late Latin was…

It is formed from English re- + produce, probably partly after French reproduire (“to produce again”), recorded from 1539. Produce comes from Latin prōdūcō (“to lead or bring forth”), from prō…

It is formed from English respect + -able, from the verb according to the OED and Etymonline, from the noun according to the Shorter Oxford. In the sense "worthy of respect" it follows French…

It is borrowed from Latin sigma, from Ancient Greek σίγμα (sígma), the name of the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. Etymonline, the American Heritage Dictionary, Merriam-Webster and Collins…