English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is formed from Latin abrāsus (“scraped off”), the past participle of abrādō (“to scrape off, abrade”), with the English suffix -ive. The Latin verb is formed from ab- (“off”) and rādō (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin auxiliārius (“helping, assisting”) or auxiliāris, formed on auxilium (“help, aid, support”) with the suffix that became -ary. The Latin noun is related to augeō (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin cardiacus, perhaps influenced by French cardiaque, from Ancient Greek καρδιακός (kardiakós, “of the heart”), from καρδία (kardía, “heart; upper opening of the stomach”)…

It is borrowed from Late Latin cathetēr, according to Barnhart and Etymonline by way of French cathéter, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “anything let down into; a catheter”), formed from…

It is formed from English compose + -ure. The OED notes that it appeared about 1600 together with disposure and exposure, apparently as English formations from dispose and expose, by association…

It is a noun of action formed from eliminate.

It is borrowed from French fonderie, from fondre (“to melt, cast”) and the suffix -erie, which is from Latin fundō (“to pour, melt, cast”). The Shorter Oxford and ODE instead derive it from English…

It is borrowed from Latin hybrida, a variant of ibrida, a mongrel, specifically the offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar, and also a child of a Roman father and a foreign mother, or of a freeman…

It is borrowed from Latin īnsectum, short for animal īnsectum (“an animal notched or cut into”), the neuter past participle of īnsecō (“to cut into, cut up”), formed from in- (“into”) and secō (“to…

It is borrowed from Latin par (“equal, well-matched; as a noun, that which is equal, equality”), a word of unknown and disputed origin; Watkins suggests PIE Proto-Indo-European *pere- (“to grant…

It is borrowed from Latin praemium (“booty; profit, reward”), from prae “before” (see pre-) and emō “to buy”, originally “to take”, from the PIE root Proto-Indo-European *em- (“to take…

It is borrowed from Latin redundantia (“an overflowing, excess”), a derivative of redundāns, the present participle of redundō (“to overflow”). The OED and Etymonline also allow that it was formed…

It is borrowed from Middle French rendition (“a giving, surrender”), a French word now obsolete, which was an alteration of reddition under the influence of rendre (“to give back, render”). The…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin retrōspectus, the past participle of retrōspiciō (“to look back”), formed from retrō (“back”) and speciō (“to look at”), from Proto-Indo-European *spek- (“to…

It is formed from English transplant + -ation, and the OED compares plantation. Etymonline takes it from French transplantation, a noun of action from transplanter, which the OED records in French…

It is probably an alteration of the dialect verb twick, which is inherited from Middle English twikken (“to draw, tug, pluck”), recorded from 1440, inherited from Old English twiccian (“to pluck…

It is formed from English un- + paralleled, the past participle of the verb parallel. The OED thinks that some early spellings were influenced by nonpareil. The adjective unparallel is recorded…

It is formed from English custody + -an, on the pattern of guardian. The OED analyses it as the Latin word behind custody with the English suffix. Custody is from Latin custōdia (“a guarding”), from…

It is borrowed from Middle French democratique (French démocratique), from Medieval Latin democraticus, from Ancient Greek δημοκρατικός (dēmokratikós, “of or for democracy”), from δημοκρατία…

The OED, revised in 2014, takes it partly as borrowed from Middle French emphatique (“powerfully and forcibly expressive”), recorded in 1579, and partly as its source, borrowed from Late Latin…

It is the plural of Middle English ethik, the study of morals (see ethic), modelled on Greek τὰ ἠθικά (tà ēthiká, “ethics”), the title of Aristotle's work. Ethik is borrowed from Old French ethique…

It is borrowed from French exister, from Latin exsistō (“to step out, stand forth, emerge; to exist”) (existere), from ex- (“out, forth”) and sistō (“to cause to stand, take up a position”), a…

It is an agent noun from explore, formed with -er. It replaced the earlier exploratour (mid-15th century).

It is borrowed from French filtration (“the action of filtering”), recorded in Middle French from 1578, and its probable source borrowed from New Latin filtrātiō, recorded from 1532. Etymonline also…

It arose as a variant of flap, with the change of vowel showing a duller or heavier sound, according to the OED. Klein calls it a variant of flap formed by vowel alternation, and Weekley imitative…

It is borrowed from Latin inspector (“one who views or observes”), an agent noun from inspicere (“to look into, examine”) (see inspect), from in- (“into”) and specere (“to look”).

1. The catalogue is borrowed from French liste (“list, roll; strip of paper”), from Italian lista (“band, strip; roll”), which is of Germanic origin, from the source of Old High German lista…

1. The adjective meaning dull is borrowed from French mat (“dull, lustreless”), feminine matte, from Old French mat (“beaten down, withered, dejected; dull”). Barnhart thinks the English adjective…

It is a compound of out and break, from the verb phrase break out.

It is formed from English prevent + -able. The OED notes that unpreventable, recorded from 1601, is slightly earlier. Etymonline derives the verb prevent from Latin praeventus, the past participle…

It is formed from English reinforce + -ment. The OED compares renforcement, recorded in Middle French from 1387, and the earlier re-enforcement and enforcement. The verb reinforce (1485) is formed…

It is formed from English top + -er, as an agent noun of the verb top, partly also from the noun. Etymonline explains the sense "the best" as one who or that which tops the others.

It is formed from English un- + interrupted, the past participle of interrupt. The verb, first recorded about 1400 as interrupten, is from Latin interruptus, the past participle of interrumpō (“to…

It is borrowed from French unique, and in early use directly from Latin ūnicus (“only, single, sole, alone of its kind”), from ūnus (“one”), from Proto-Indo-European *oi-no- (“one, unique”). It is…

It is borrowed from Middle French amusement, formed from the verb amuser (the source of amuse) with the suffix -ment. In Middle French the noun meant bewilderment or confusion (1349), deception…

It is borrowed from Latin archīvum, archīum, partly through obsolete French archive (now archives, plural), from Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon, “government house”), plural arkheîa, public records, from…

It is from English commit + -ment. Anglo-French had commettement.

It is borrowed from Late Latin condēnsātiō, the noun of action from Latin condēnsō (“to make dense, press close together”), the source of condense, which is formed from com-, here perhaps intensive…

It is borrowed from Middle French consciencieux (“having a sensitive conscience”), recorded in Middle French in 1527, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus (“scrupulous; relating to conscience”)…

It is borrowed from Late Latin cooperātīvus, from the past participle stem of Latin cooperor (“to work together”) (see cooperate), from co- (“together”) and operor (“to work”); later partly through…

It is borrowed from Late Latin dēficientia (“a lack, want”), from dēficiēns, the present participle of dēficiō (“to fail, be lacking; to desert, revolt”), which is formed from dē- (“down, away”) and…

It is borrowed from Latin dēflexiō (“a bending aside or downward”), a noun of action from dēflectō (“to bend aside or downward”), whose past participle is dēflexus. The Latin verb is formed from dē-…

It is borrowed from French détail, from Old French detail “a small piece or quantity”, literally “a cutting in pieces”, from detaillier “to cut in pieces” (12th century), from de- “entirely, apart”…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin diversificatio (“differentiation, variation”), formed from diversificatus, the past participle of diversificō (“to make varied”), and the suffix -iō. The verb is…

It is borrowed from Late Latin dīvīsīvus, a form the OED marks as hypothetical and Merriam-Webster places in Medieval Latin, from dīvīsus, the past participle of dīvidō (“to divide”), with the…

It is formed from English environ + -ment, from the verb environ “to surround”, which is from Middle English environ, from Old French environner, from environ (“around”), from en- (“in, around”) and…

It is borrowed from Middle French épidémique (recorded in Middle French from 1565, and in another spelling from 1544), or its source Medieval Latin epidēmicus, found in a British text of the 13th…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found (it)”), the first person singular perfect active indicative of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”), the verb that also gave heuristic. The…

It is borrowed from Latin hystericus (“of the womb; hysterical”) with the English suffix -al, like hysteric. The Latin adjective is from Ancient Greek ὑστερικός (husterikós, “of the womb, suffering…

It is borrowed from Latin ineptus (“unsuited, absurd, foolish”), perhaps by way of French inepte (“incapable”), recorded from the 14th century, which Barnhart, Merriam-Webster, Skeat and Weekley…

It is borrowed from Latin initiātus, the past participle of initiō (“to begin; to admit to sacred rites”), with the verb suffix -ate. In classical Latin the verb meant only "to instruct in mysteries…

It is borrowed from Latin intermittēns (“leaving off, ceasing”), the present participle of intermittō (“to leave off, pause, interrupt”), formed from inter (“between”) and mittō (“to send, let go”)…

It is borrowed from Middle French marital, and directly borrowed from Latin marītālis (“conjugal; of a husband”), from marītus (“married; husband”) and the suffix -ālis. The French word is recorded…

It is borrowed from Middle French masturbation, which the OED finds about 1590 in Montaigne's essays, and probably also directly borrowed from New Latin masturbatio, a noun of action from…

It is a borrowing from an Algonquian language of north-eastern North America. The OED, the American Heritage Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of English trace it to Eastern Abenaki, and the OED…

It is borrowed from New Latin pneumonia (“inflammation of the lungs”), recorded from 1564 or earlier, and its source from Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía), used by Plutarch, formed on πνεύμων…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin praesidentiālis, from praesidentia “the office of a president, presidency”, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding”), the present participle of praesideō “to preside”…

It is borrowed from French rallier, from ralier (“to reassemble, unite again”), from re- “again” and alier “to unite” (see ally). In Old French re- often appeared as ra- with the next consonant…

It is formed from English re- + make.

It is from English renew + -al. It replaced earlier nouns such as renewance, renewing and renewment, and an early 15th-century noun renew.