English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is formed from English transition + -al. The noun transition is from Latin trānsitiō (“a going across or over”), from trānseō (“to go or cross over”).

It is borrowed from New Latin zoologia (“science of animals”), recorded in Latin from 1630 and often in the titles of works from 1632, formed from zoo- and -logia. Barnhart, Hoad and Klein derive…

It is formed from English baro- + -meter, that is, from Ancient Greek βάρος (báros, “weight”) and μέτρον (métron, “measure”). Etymonline traces the Greek noun to a suffixed form of…

It is borrowed from New Latin bibliographia (“writing of books; description of books”), recorded in Latin from 1552, or directly from Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the writing of…

It is borrowed from French champagne, short for vin de Champagne (“wine of Champagne”), from the name of the former province of Champagne in north-eastern France, where it was first made, from Late…

It is borrowed from French chandelier (“candlestick, candle-holder”), from chandelle (“candle”), which is from Latin candēla (“candle”), from candeō (“to be white, glisten”). Klein and the American…

It is borrowed from French châssis (“frame”), from Old French chassiz (“frame, framework, setting”), from chasse (“case, box, setting”), from Latin capsa (“box, case”), the source of case in the…

It is borrowed from French colossal, recorded in Middle French before 1596, formed from colosse (“colossus”) and the suffix -al. The French noun is from Latin colossus (“a statue larger than life”)…

It is borrowed from French disque or its source Latin discus (“quoit, dish”), from Greek δίσκος (dískos, “quoit, dish, disc of the sun”) (see discus). It is a doublet of dais, desk, discus and dish…

It is formed from English elastic + -ity. The OED compares French élasticité, and Etymonline allows that the English noun may have been taken from the French one. Elastic is from New Latin…

It is formed from English equator + -ial, on the model of Latin, the OED tracing it to Late Latin aequātor, and compares French équatorial. Equator is from Medieval Latin aequātor (“equalizer (of…

It was formed from English green + house in English. In the gardening sense the first element is the noun green, in its old sense of plants or greenery, while in the pottery sense it is the…

It is named after Guinea, a region on the coast of West Africa, because the coins were first minted in 1663 for the trade of the Company of Royal Adventurers with Africa and were made of gold from…

It is formed from nominate and -ee.

It is borrowed from French patrouille (“a night watch”), partly through German Patrolle, from patrouiller (“to go the rounds; originally, to tramp through the mud”), from Old French patouiller, to…

It is formed from English snip + -et, with the diminutive suffix. The OED and the Shorter Oxford take the base to be the verb snip, Etymonline and Klein the noun. Snip itself is probably from Dutch…

It is a compound, from English some + how.

It is borrowed from French toxique and directly borrowed from Late Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from Latin toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón), in toxikòn phármakon, poison for…

It is borrowed from New Latin biographia or French biographie, from Ancient Greek βιογραφία (biographía, “description of a life”), a late Greek word (classical Greek used βίος (bíos) alone), from…

It is formed from English co- + efficient, probably influenced by New Latin coefficiēns, used in mathematics in the 16th century, and by French coefficient. The Shorter Oxford, the Oxford Dictionary…

It is borrowed from French contestant, the present participle of contester (“to dispute, contest”), used as an adjective and a noun, like combatant and assailant. The French verb is from Latin…

It is formed from English en- + list (“a roll, catalogue”), perhaps on the model of Dutch inlijsten (“to write on a list”). Weekley thought it probably came from the Dutch verb, in the period that…

It is borrowed from Hindi घी (ghī), also Urdu گهی (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛtá, “clarified butter”), the past participle of a verb meaning "to sprinkle". Klein relates the Sanskrit noun to Middle…

It is formed from English in- (“not”) + accurate. Accurate is from Latin accūrātus (“done with care, exact”), the past participle of accūrō (“to take care of, do with care”), from ad- and cūrō (“to…

It is formed from English intense + -ity. The earlier noun was intenseness (1610s).

It is formed from English microscope + -y. The OED compares German Mikroskopie (1680) and French microscopie (1832). Microscope is from Italian microscopio, apparently from New Latin microscopium…

Its origin is uncertain. Most dictionaries take it as a variant of the dialectal nap (“to seize, catch”), recorded from 1673 and surviving in kidnap, which may be of Scandinavian origin: compare…

It was formed from English news + letter in English.

It is borrowed from Latin nūtrītius (“that suckles, nourishes, nurses”), a variant of nūtrīcius, with -ous added in English. The Latin adjective is formed from nūtrīx (“nurse”), the source of nurse…

It is the plural of the obsolete noun proceed, that which proceeds from something, outcome, profit (1643), from the verb proceed.

It is formed from English rely + -ant, probably on the model of the earlier noun reliance, recorded from 1606. Merriam-Webster and Webster's Third call it a back-formation from reliance. rely goes…

The revised OED takes it as borrowed from Ancient Greek σημαντικός (sēmantikós, “significant”), which in Hellenistic Greek also meant giving signs of the weather, while for Barnhart, Etymonline, the…

It is formed from English stagnate + -ation. Stagnate is from Latin stāgnō (“to stagnate; to be overflowed”), from stāgnum (“pool, swamp, standing water”). The OED records the noun in 1665, a few…

It is formed from English un- + solved, with the past participle of solve. The verb is from Latin solvō (“to loosen, dissolve”).

It is a shortening of brother.

It is borrowed from Latin calculus (“small stone, pebble; reckoning”), a diminutive of calx (“small stone, limestone”), the source of chalk. In Latin the word was used of a pebble or counter in a…

It is a compound from English door + way, the passage of a door.

It is formed from English fright + -en, a late formation that took the place of the earlier verb fright. Fright is from Old English fyrhto, with a Northumbrian variant fryhto, from Proto-Germanic…

It is borrowed from Latin ignītus (“set on fire”), the past participle of ignīo (“to set on fire, make red-hot”), from ignis (“fire”). The OED and Barnhart take the verb as partly a conversion of…

It is borrowed from Late Latin indicātor, an agent noun from Latin indicō (“to point out, show”) (see indicate).

It is formed from Latin minimus (“smallest, least”) (see minim) and -al, or from minimum and -al.

It is a back-formation from English pease, which was taken to be a plural. Pease was a singular or collective noun, like wheat or corn, but its final s sound was mistaken for the plural ending, and…

1. The adjective meaning large or fine is of uncertain origin. The American Heritage Dictionary and Barnhart suggest a Scandinavian source, and Klein takes it as Scandinavian, comparing Danish…

It is borrowed from Latin stāgnantem, the present participle of stāgnō (“to be stagnant, form a pool”), from stāgnum (“pool, standing water”). Etymonline and Barnhart also give French stagnant as a…

It is formed from English un- + conditional. conditional goes back through Middle English condicionel and Old French condicionel to Late Latin conditionalis, from condiciō (“agreement; situation”)…

It is formed from Latin explōsus, past participle of explōdō, to drive out, reject (see explode and explosion), and -ive.

It is borrowed from French fragrance, an Old French word in the OED, or directly borrowed from Late Latin frāgrantia, from Latin frāgrāns (“sweet-smelling”), the present participle of frāgrō (“to…

It is a compound of news and paper, first written newes paper.

It is a compound of out- and look, after the verb look out.

It is formed from English supplement + -ary, and the OED compares French supplémentaire, recorded in 1790, and the earlier supplemental. Supplement is from Middle French suppleement and supplēmentum…

It is formed from English un- + desirable. The adjective desirable is from Old French desirable (12th century), from desirrer, the source of desire. Etymonline notes earlier relatives: undesired…

It is borrowed from Latin armāmentum (“sailing gear, tackle, equipment; in post-classical Latin armour, weapons”), in classical Latin usually the plural armāmenta, from armō (“to furnish with…

It is borrowed from French attitude (17th century), from Italian attitudine (“fitness, disposition, posture”), from Late Latin aptitudinem (“fitness”), from Latin aptus “joined, fitted”, the source…

The OED takes it as apparently formed from English bio- + -graphical, after Medieval Latin biographia (“biography”); Etymonline, Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com take it as biography with the…

The verb is borrowed from French griller (1668), from the noun gril (“gridiron”); the noun, a gridiron, is from French gril (1685), from Old French greil, earlier grail, an alteration of graille…

It is borrowed from Latin nucleus (“kernel, inner part”), also nuculeus, from nucula (“little nut”), a diminutive of nux (“nut”). Merriam-Webster calls it New Latin, and the OED notes that…

It is borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), perhaps under the influence of French pulmonaire. In classical Latin pulmōnārius meant having a lung disease; it meant good for the lungs in…

It is a compound from English sand + stone, so called from what the rock is made of.

It is borrowed from Dutch schets or German Skizze, 17th-century artists' borrowings from Italian schizzo (“sketch, drawing; a splash, squirt”), from schizzare, to splash, squirt, of uncertain…

It is borrowed from New Latin trājectōria, the feminine of trājectōrius (“of or for throwing across”), a word the OED calls medieval or modern Latin; the OED notes that Newton used the feminine as a…