English words first recorded in the 16th century

It is formed from English re- + place, “to place back again”.

It is formed from English un- + published, published being the past participle of publish, which comes through Old French publier (“to make public”) from Latin pūblicō (“to make public”), from…

It is borrowed from French bombe, from Italian bomba, probably from Latin bombus (“a deep, hollow noise; a buzzing or booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “deep hollow sound, booming…

It is borrowed from Middle French catégorie, or directly from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “accusation, assertion, predication”), from katēgorein “to speak against…

It is probably borrowed from Medieval Latin compulsivus, from compulsus, the past participle of compellō (“to drive together, force”), which is formed from com- (“with, together”) and pellō (“to…

It is formed from English court + -ship. The base noun is from Old French cort (“king's court, princely residence”), from Latin cohors (“enclosed yard, retinue”).

It is borrowed from Middle French critique and Latin criticus (“a judge, censor, literary critic”), from Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós, “able to judge”), from κριτής (kritḗs, “judge”), from κρίνω…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin cultīvō (“to till”), a verb recorded from the 12th century, with the English ending -ate taken from its past participle cultīvātus. The Medieval Latin verb comes…

It is borrowed from New Latin dichotomia (“division into two parts”), recorded in Latin from 1542, and directly borrowed from Ancient Greek διχοτομία (dikhotomía, “division into two parts”), which…

It is formed from English gloom + -y, although the noun gloom is not recorded as early as the adjective; the OED therefore suggests it may first have been formed from the verb gloom. That verb…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós, “hypothetical”) with the suffix -al, partly through Late Latin hypotheticus. The Greek adjective is from ὑπόθετος (hupóthetos, “placed…

It is formed from English il- + logical, the prefix being the form that in-, "not", takes before l. Its base comes from logic, which goes back through Old French logique and Latin logica to Ancient…

It is borrowed from Latin interveniō (“to come between”), formed from inter- (“between”) and veniō (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷā- (“to go, come”). Barnhart and Etymonline take the…

It is borrowed from Chinese 荔枝 (lìzhī), which the OED and Weekley cite in an older romanization. Collins derives it from the Cantonese pronunciation, 荔枝 (lai chi). The earliest English forms, of the…

It is formed from English manage + -er.

It is formed from English modern + -ist. The OED compares German Modernist, used by Luther in 1524 for an advocate of modern theories, and notes that the theological sense follows Medieval Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin nāvigātus (“sailed”), the past participle of nāvigō (“to sail, sail over, steer a ship”), and Barnhart and Etymonline think it is also, or rather, a back-formation from…

It is formed from English over- + view. Etymonline treats the modern word as a new formation.

It is borrowed from Middle French palissade, recorded from the 15th century, from Old Occitan palissada (“fence of stakes”), from palissa (“stake, paling”), from Vulgar Latin *pālīcea, from Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin per (“through, during, by means of, on account of”), partly through Old French per, whose modern form is French par. It comes from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forward…

It is borrowed from Latin prōpōnēns (“putting forth; one who proposes”), the present participle of prōpōnō (“to put forth, set forth”), from prō- and pōnō (“to put, place”). Barnhart and Etymonline…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin reflexīvus (“turned back, reflected”), recorded in British sources from 1267 for what recoils or is directed upon itself, from reflexus, the past participle of…

It is borrowed from Italian stanza (“standing, stopping place, room, stanza”), from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“a standing, a stopping place”), from Latin stāns (“standing”), the present participle of…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentātus, the past participle of Latin tentō (“to feel, try”), a variant of temptō (“to handle, try, test”), with the suffix…

It is formed from English theory + -ist; the OED compares the rare Middle French théoriste, recorded in 1530. Theory came into English from Middle French theorie and Late Latin theōria, a word used…

It is formed from English topic + -al, or, in the words of several dictionaries, from Ancient Greek τοπικός (topikós, “of a place, of a commonplace”) with the English suffix. The Greek adjective…

It is formed from English after- + life, and Etymonline also gives the hyphenated spelling.

It is borrowed from Middle French bataillon, from Italian battaglione (“battle squadron”), formed on battaglia (“battle; company of soldiers”) with the augmentative suffix; the OED calls the suffix…

It is borrowed from Latin cum (“with”), related to the prefix com-, abstracted from Latin phrases such as cum privilegio, with privilege (1589 in English use).

It is formed from English deep + -en. It replaced the older verb deep, Middle English depen. The adjective is from Old English dēop, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz. The OED compares the similar…

It is borrowed from Late Latin drāmaticus, from Ancient Greek δραματικός (dramatikós) “pertaining to plays”, from Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma), genitive drámatos. It is related to drama.

It is borrowed from Latin epicus, possibly through French épique, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story, poem”) (see epos), from PIE Proto-Indo-European *wekw- (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin fluēns (“flowing”), the present participle of fluō (“to flow”). In Latin the participle could also mean "lax, relaxed". The verb is traced to Proto-Indo-European *bhleu-…

It is probably borrowed from Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or grabben, from Proto-Germanic *grab-, *grap-, cognate with Old English grǣppian “to seize”, Low German grapsen and German grapschen…

It is borrowed from Middle French humaniste (“classical scholar”), recorded in French from 1539. The OED derives the French word from Latin hūmānus (“human”) and -iste, while Etymonline, Klein and…

It is formed from English in (“inside”) + mate (“companion”). The OED, the Shorter Oxford, Hoad and the Oxford Dictionary of English think the first element was probably at first inn, a dwelling…

1. The act of installing is formed from English install + -ment. 2. The part payment is an alteration of the obsolete estallment, also estalment, the arrangement for paying a debt by instalments…

It is borrowed from French irradiation, from Late Latin irradiātiō, a noun of action from irradiō (“to shine forth, illumine”), formed from in- (“on, into”) and radiō (“to shine”), from radius…

It is borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), recorded in Italian from the late 13th century for a short pithy phrase and later a witty saying, from Late Latin muttum (“a grunt, an uttered…

It is borrowed from Latin observābilis (“able to be observed, perceptible; that must be attended to; remarkable”), from observō (“to watch over, note, heed, comply with”) and the suffix -ābilis…

It is borrowed from Latin ōminōsus (“full of foreboding; inauspicious, portentous”), from ōmen (“foreboding, augury”), stem ōmin-, with the suffix -ōsus. Etymonline calls ōmen a word of unknown…

1. The leaf is borrowed from Middle French page, a reduced form of pagene (“page, text”), from Latin pāgina (“page, leaf of paper; strip of papyrus; vine trellis”), related to pangō (“to fasten…

It is from English physic, its plural in its old sense “natural science”, translating Latin physica (“natural science”), a neuter plural, from Ancient Greek τὰ φυσικά (tà phusiká, “the natural…

It is borrowed from Latin praedātōrius (“marauding, plundering, piratical”), from praedātor (“plunderer”), from praedor (“to plunder, take as booty”), from praeda (“booty, plunder, prey”), the…

It is borrowed from Latin prōficiēns (“advancing, making progress; useful”), the present participle of prōficiō (“to go forward, make progress; to be useful”), formed from prō- (“forward”) and the…

It is formed from English refer + -ence, or else borrowed from French référence, from Medieval Latin *referentia, from Latin referēns, present participle of referō (“to carry back”). It is related…

It is borrowed from Middle French scientifique or directly from Medieval Latin scientificus (“pertaining to science, producing knowledge”), from Latin scientia (“knowledge”) and -ficus “making…

It is borrowed from French synthétique and directly New Latin syntheticus, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós, “skilled in putting together, constructive”), from the past participle stem of…

It is borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis (“that may be touched”), partly through Middle French tangible, recorded from the 16th century. The Latin adjective is formed from tangō (“to touch”) with…

It is formed from English value + -able.

It is borrowed from French attester (in Old French atester, recorded from the 13th century), from Latin attestor (“to bear witness to, confirm, prove”), formed from ad- (“to”), in its assimilated…

It is a compound from English bed + room.

The OED takes it as probably partly borrowed from New Latin calligraphia (recorded from 1572 or earlier), partly borrowed from Middle French calligraphie (1569), and partly their source, borrowed…

It is borrowed from Latin concīsus (“cut up, cut short, brief”), the past participle of concīdō (“to cut up, cut to pieces”), formed from com-, here intensive, and caedō (“to cut, strike”), whose…

It is borrowed from Late Latin conclūsīvus, from conclūsus, the past participle of conclūdō (“to shut up, enclose”), with the suffix -īvus. The Latin verb is formed from com- (“together”) and claudō…

It is formed from English detriment + -al. Detriment is from French détriment or directly from Latin dētrīmentum (“a rubbing off; loss, damage”), from the stem of dēterō (“to rub away, wear away; to…

The word is of unknown origin. Traditional guesses make it a corruption of Italian diletto (“delight”), from Latin dilectio (“esteem, love”), from diligo (“to esteem highly, to love”), or of diddle…

It is borrowed from Italian duo (“duet”), possibly through French duo, from Latin duo (“two”) (see two), from PIE Proto-Indo-European *dwo- (“two”).

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκστατικός (ekstatikós, “unstable, inclined to depart”), directly or through Middle French extatique and Medieval Latin ecstaticus. The Greek adjective comes from…

It is formed from English excruciate + -ing, the present participle of the verb used as an adjective. The verb excruciate is from Latin excruciātus, the past participle of excruciō (“to torture…