English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is borrowed from New Latin larva, a special use by Linnaeus of Latin lārva, earlier lārua (“ghost, evil spirit; mask”), a word of unknown origin. It is probably related to Lār (“household god”)…

It is borrowed from Latin obēsus (“fat, stout, plump”), literally "that has eaten itself fat", the past participle of a compound of ob- and edō (“to eat”); the compound verb itself is otherwise…

It is borrowed from Late Latin sexuālis (“relating to sex”), from Latin sexus (“a sex, the state of being male or female”), the source of sex.

It is borrowed from Latin spōnsor (“sponsor at baptism; a surety, guarantor”), from spōnsus, past participle of spondeō, to give assurance, promise solemnly (see spouse), from Proto-Italic…

It is formed from the genitive of sport and man. The first part is a shortening of disport, from Anglo-Norman disport, desport (“pleasure, amusement”).

It is borrowed from German Zink, of uncertain origin. Most etymologists relate it to Zinke (“prong, point, spike”), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, which is akin to zint…

It is borrowed from Latin āridus (“dry, parched”), perhaps directly borrowed from French aride, a 15th-century refashioning of Old French are or arre after the Latin. Barnhart thinks the French…

It is formed from Bible and -ical, or from obsolete biblic and -al. The earlier adjective Biblic is from the 1680s.

It is borrowed from French capsule (“a membranous sac”), from Latin capsula (“small box or chest”), a diminutive of capsa (“box, case, chest”), the source, through Anglo-Norman, of case in the sense…

It is borrowed from French complexe (“complicated, intricate”), or directly from Latin complexus (“surrounding, encompassing”), the past participle of complector (“to encircle, embrace; to…

It is formed from English craftsman + -ship. Craftsman comes from the genitive of craft and man.

It was formed from English drain + -age in English, from the verb drain and the noun suffix -age.

It is formed from English education + -al.

It is formed from English gymnastic + -ics, the plural of the noun gymnastic, physical exercise. That noun is from Middle French gymnastique, from the feminine, used as a noun for the art of…

It is borrowed from Latin locātus, the past participle of locō (“to place, put, arrange”), from locus (“a place”) (see locus), from an older stlocus, of uncertain origin.

It is formed from English mal- + practice. Etymonline and Klein call it a hybrid, since the prefix goes back through French mal to Latin male (“badly, ill”) or malus (“bad, evil”).

It is formed from English moment + -ous, with the noun in its sense of importance or weight; Etymonline explains that the suffixed form carried the sense "important", while momentary kept that of an…

It is formed from English out- + spoken, the past participle of speak, after the phrase “to speak out”. The OED notes that the participle has a resultative force here, as in “well spoken” and “well…

It is partly borrowed from Late Latin terminātor (“one who sets bounds”), and partly formed from English terminate + -or. In post-classical Latin the noun meant a person who fixes boundaries (in…

It is formed from English vocation + -al. The noun vocation, recorded from 1442, when it was used of a church's calling of a person to the ministry, comes from Old French vocacion and vocaciun, or…

It is partly formed from English algebra + -ic, and partly borrowed from Middle French algébraïque (1585), which is from New Latin algebraicus, recorded from 1545 or earlier. The noun algebra goes…

The OED, in its 2016 revision, takes it as borrowed from New Latin anthropologicus with the English suffix -al, and compares anthropologic; Etymonline and the Shorter Oxford see it as formed from…

It is a clipping from English brandy wine, earlier brandwine and brandewine, which is from Dutch brandewijn (“burnt wine”), that is, distilled wine. The Dutch word, earlier Middle Dutch brantwijn…

It is borrowed from French caramel (“burnt sugar”), recorded in French from the 17th century, from Spanish caramelo, earlier caramel. The Spanish word's origin is uncertain. One explanation goes…

It is borrowed from Latin cortex (“bark of a tree, rind, husk”). Klein glosses the Latin word literally as "that which is stripped off" and derives it, like corium (“hide, leather”), from a base…

It is borrowed from New Latin elasticus, used by the French scientist Jean Pecquet to describe the expansive force of gases, in his “Dissertatio Anatomica” (1651), where the phrase New Latin…

It is borrowed from French horrifique, recorded in Rabelais in 1532, or directly Latin horrificus (“dreadful, causing terror”), which the American Heritage Dictionary and the Oxford Dictionary of…

It is formed from English objection + -able; the OED compares the rarer objectable. Objection is from Old French objeccion (“reply, retort”) and directly from Late Latin obiectio (“a throwing or…

The OED, revised in 2004, and the Oxford Dictionary of English take it as borrowed from Medieval Latin originō (“to give rise to”), through its past participle stem; the Medieval Latin verb is…

It is borrowed from New Latin ōvārium, formed from Latin ōvum (“egg”) and the suffix -ārium. The modern Latin word is used by Fabricius in “De Formatione Ovi et Pulli” (1621); in the 13th century…

It is partly borrowed from French patriotique, recorded once in Middle French in 1532, and partly a derivative from English patriot + -ic. The French word continues Late Latin patriōticus (“of one's…

It is from Latin prīmaevus (“early in life, youthful”) with the English suffix -al. The Latin adjective is formed from prīmus (“first”), the source of prime, and aevum (“an age”), from…

It is borrowed from New Latin psychologia, which is believed to have been coined in Germany in the 16th century, possibly by Melanchthon, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “breath, spirit, soul”) +…

It is formed from English remind + -er.

It is borrowed from Latin solvēns (“loosening, releasing; paying”), the present participle of solvō (“to loosen, dissolve, release, pay”), the source of solve. Etymonline and Barnhart give the…

It is borrowed from French soupe (“sop; broth poured on slices of bread”), from Late Latin suppa (“bread soaked in broth”), from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch sop), from Proto-Germanic…

It is borrowed from New Latin syllabus, a word that owes its existence to a misprint. In a letter of Cicero to Atticus, where comparison with the manuscripts shows the right reading to be Latin…

It is formed from English symbol + -ism, partly after French symbolisme and New Latin symbolismus as used in German. In its use for the French literary movement it was taken from symbolisme itself…

The OED takes it as borrowed from New Latin vāginālis, recorded from 1551 or earlier, formed from Latin vāgīna (“sheath, scabbard”) and the suffix -ālis, after Ancient Greek ἐλυτροειδής…

It is formed from English whimsy + -ical, the OED deriving it from the first part of that noun. The noun is probably from whim-wham, a fanciful object, and is related to whim, its later form.

It is borrowed from New Latin diffractiō (“a breaking in pieces”), from diffractus, the past participle of diffringō (“to break in pieces, shatter”), from dis- (“apart”) and frangō (“to break”)…

It is probably a shortening of extraordinary, which in the 17th and 18th centuries was used as an adjective, adverb and noun where extra would be used today, perhaps suggested by similar forms in…

It is a borrowing from Chinese, borrowed from Chinese 人參 (rénshēn), formed from 人 (rén, “man, person”) and 參 (shēn), a name for ginseng and related herbs. The first element is usually explained by…

Most dictionaries take it directly from Tibetan, from a word for a spiritual leader or high priest written with a silent initial b. In the revised OED it is borrowed from New Latin lama, used in a…

It is formed from legislator and -ure, on the pattern of judicature. NODE derives it from legislation.

It is borrowed from New Latin projectile (“something thrown or impelled”), the noun use of the neuter of projectilis (“capable of being thrown”), which is recorded from before 1536. The adjective is…

It is formed from residence with the suffix -ial, after pairs such as presidential or essence and essential; Etymonline takes it from resident and -ial.

1. The drink is probably a shortening from English rumbullion, recorded about 1651, or of rumbustion (also rombostion, 1652); the origin of these words is itself uncertain. The OED notes that both…

It is borrowed from Late Latin ultimātus (“completed, last, final”), the past participle of ultimō “to come to an end, be last”, from Latin ultimus “last, final, farthest”, the superlative of *ulter…

It is borrowed from Late Latin appretiō (“to set a price on, appraise”), through the past participle appretiātus, from ad- (“to”) and pretium (“price”). Merriam-Webster also points to Medieval Latin…

It comes from Hector, the Trojan hero of the Iliad, from Latin Hector, from Ancient Greek Ἕκτωρ (Héktōr), literally “holder, stay”, an agent noun from ἔχειν (ékhein, “to have, hold”), from…

It is borrowed from French législation (14th century), from Late Latin lēgislātiō, properly the phrase lēgis lātiō “a proposing, literally bearing, of a law”, from lēgis, genitive of lēx “law”, and…

It is borrowed from French parer (“to ward off, evade (a blow)”), probably partly through the imperative parez, used as a word of command in fencing lessons. The French verb is recorded in this…

It is borrowed from Latin pervādō (“to spread through, go through, cross”), from per- (“through”) and vādō (“to go”). The prefix goes back to Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forward, through”). Hoad…

It is borrowed from Dutch thee, which came through Malay teh or directly from Hokkien 茶 (tê), in the Amoy dialect of Chinese, which corresponds to Mandarin Chinese 茶 (chá). The earlier form chaa…

It is borrowed from French analyste, a person who analyses, from analyser, to analyse (see analyse), after nouns in -iste from verbs in -iser; Merriam-Webster derives it from analyze after pairs…

It is formed from English archaeology + -ist. The base, recorded from 1607, comes from Late Latin archaeologia, the title of a work by Josephus, and its source Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία…

It is borrowed from Latin dēciduus (“tending to fall, falling, hanging down”), with the suffix -ous, from dēcidō (“to fall down or off”), formed from dē- (“down, off”) and cadō (“to fall”), from…

1. The word for a dairymaid is inherited from Middle English daie, also deie, inherited from Old English dǣge (“female bread maker, baker”), from Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ. It is cognate with Old…

It is borrowed from New Latin dīvergentia or from French divergence, the Latin noun formed from the present participle of dīvergō (“to go in different directions”), the source of diverge…