English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is borrowed from French république, Middle French republique (15th century), a learned borrowing from Latin respublica (“the common weal, commonwealth, state”), literally res publica “public…

It is borrowed from Middle French rhythmique, recorded in Middle French by 1520, now rythmique, and directly borrowed from Latin rhythmicus (“of or concerned with rhythm”), from Ancient Greek…

It is borrowed from Latin sentiēns (“feeling”), the present participle of sentiō (“to feel, perceive”), with the English suffix -ent. The Latin verb is the source of sense. The American Heritage…

It is of uncertain origin, and began as a cant word of the early 17th century. Most dictionaries take it as probably borrowed from German strollen (“to wander as a vagrant”), a dialect form, variant…

It is borrowed from Latin subterrāneus (“underground”) with the English suffix -an. The Latin adjective is formed from sub- (“under”) and terra (“earth, ground”), and Klein traces it to the phrase…

It is borrowed from Late Latin synopsis, which is from Ancient Greek σύνοψις (súnopsis, “general view”), literally "a seeing all together", from σύν (sún, “together”) and ὄψις (ópsis, “sight…

It is formed from English un- + attended, the past participle of attend. The verb comes from Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendō (“to heed”), formed from ad- and…

It is borrowed from Latin addictio (“an awarding, a delivering up”), a noun of action from the past participle stem of addīcere (“to deliver, award; devote”) (see addict). In Roman law the word…

It is borrowed from Latin asserō (“to lay claim to, affirm”), also adserō, taken from its participial stem, formed from ad (“to”) and serō (“to join, put in a row”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser-…

It is formed from English buzz + -er, an agent noun from the verb, which is imitative of the sound of bees and other insects. The OED derives the slang buzzer, a pickpocket, from buzz in the slang…

It is borrowed from Spanish chile, the Mexican Spanish name, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli, the native name of the pepper; Etymonline takes the English word directly from Nahuatl. Wilton notes that…

It is borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolatl (“food made from cacao seeds”), partly through French chocolat. Europeans seem to have confused it with cacahuatl, a drink…

It is borrowed from Middle French coalition (1544) or Medieval Latin coalitio, formed from coalitus, the past participle of coalēscere (“to grow together, unite”) (see coalesce).

It is either borrowed from French désappointement or a native formation from disappoint and -ment.

It is from Latin fera (“wild beast”) with the suffix -al, the noun being short for fera bēstia and the feminine of ferus (“wild”). Merriam-Webster and Collins take it as borrowed from Medieval Latin…

It is of obscure origin, probably an alteration of the obsolete hent, an act of seizing, a grasp, from Middle English hinten, to tell, inform (about 1400), earlier to catch, seize, inherited from…

It is borrowed from Latin iūdiciārius (“of a court of justice”), perhaps through French judiciaire, from iūdicium (“judgment, court of justice”), from iūdex (“a judge”) (see judge). An earlier use…

It is borrowed from French limonade, formed from limon (“lemon”) and the suffix -ade; the French noun for the fruit goes back to Middle French lymon. Etymonline notes that the French word, recorded…

It is formed from parliament and -ary.

It is borrowed from Middle French prévalence (“superiority, excellence”), recorded in 1504, and in part from its Latin source, Latin praevalentia (“superior force”); Merriam-Webster, the Shorter…

It is borrowed from Latin reluctāns (“struggling against”), the present participle of reluctor (“to struggle against, resist”), from re- (“against”) and luctor (“to struggle, wrestle”). Skeat…

It is borrowed from Middle French remarquable (16th century), or formed in English from the verb remark and -able, from remarquer (“to take note of”).

It is borrowed from Latin specimen (“mark, sign, evidence, example, pattern; outward appearance”), from speciō (“to look at”) and the noun suffix -men, which denotes a result or means. The Latin…

The noun is borrowed from New Latin suffixum, the noun use of the neuter of Latin suffīxus (“fastened, fastened below”), the past participle of suffīgō (“to fasten underneath, fix on”), formed from…

The noun is borrowed from New Latin tactica, from Ancient Greek τακτική (taktikḗ, “the art of arrangement”), the feminine of τακτικός (taktikós, “of arrangement or tactics”), from τακτός (taktós…

It is formed from -teen, as in thirteen, used as a word in its own right, with the plural -s.

It is formed from English thumb + nail.

It is an alteration of earlier tomate, borrowed from Spanish tomate (or tomate), from Classical Nahuatl tomatl (“tomato”), said to mean the swelling fruit, from tomana (“to swell”). The spelling was…

It is borrowed from French acoustique, from Greek ἀκουστικός (akoustikós, “of hearing”), from ἀκουστός (akoustós), heard, audible, from ἀκούω (akoúō), to hear, which Etymonline traces to the…

It is borrowed from Late Latin astrālis (“of the stars”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”), which Klein relates to ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”). The OED gives the…

The noun is partly borrowed from French autographe (“manuscript in the author's own hand”), recorded in Middle French from the 16th century (1580 in Barnhart), and partly borrowed from Late Latin…

It is borrowed from French coïncidence, from coïncider, from Medieval Latin coincidō, to fall upon together, from co-, together, in-, upon, and cadō, to fall (see coincide). The NODE derives it from…

It is formed from English conscious + -ness. The adjective is from Latin cōnscius (“sharing knowledge, privy; inwardly aware”), from com- and sciō (“to know”). Etymonline thinks the Latin adjective…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek κοσμητικός (kosmētikós, “skilled in arranging or adorning”), partly through French cosmétique. The noun, first used for the art of beautifying, follows κοσμητική…

It is borrowed from Late Latin crypticus, which meant "secretive" in the 4th century, "hidden" in the 5th and "of a church crypt" in the 6th, from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós, “obscuring, fit…

It is formed from English cumulate + -ive, the verb being from Latin cumulō (“to heap up”), from cumulus (“heap”). The OED and Etymonline instead take it straight from cumulātus, the participle of…

In the OED's revised account it is borrowed from Dutch duin, earlier Middle Dutch dūne and Old Dutch dūn, probably going back ultimately to the same Celtic base as the hill sense of down. Most other…

It is borrowed from Latin ērāsus, the past participle of ērādō (“to scrape out, scrape off”), through its participial stem ērās-. The Latin verb is formed from ē-, a form of ex- (“out”) used before…

It is from English expose + -ure, on the pattern of words such as enclosure.

It is borrowed from French fanfare (“a sounding of trumpets”), recorded in Rabelais in 1546, from fanfarer (“to blow a fanfare”), of which Collins takes the noun as a back-formation. Most…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium (“a place for labour or work”), from Latin labōrātus, the past participle of labōrō (“to work”) (see labor), and the suffix -ōrium (see -ory).

It is borrowed from French marguerite, which was first the name of the common daisy and then of other plants with similar flowers, already of the ox-eye daisy in 15th-century Middle French. The…

It is a compound from English play + wright, wright being an obsolete word for a maker. The OED compares the earlier playmaker. Wright is from Old English wrihta (“worker”), from wyrcan (“to work”).

It is borrowed from Italian quartetto with the ending dropped, according to the OED, which takes the musical sense perhaps via German Quartett, recorded from the late 18th century. Barnhart…

It is borrowed from French rébus and directly borrowed from Latin rēbus (“by things”), the ablative plural of rēs (“thing, object”). According to French sources it comes from the phrase dē rēbus…

It is formed from English re- + open, with the prefix meaning "again".

It is borrowed from French spectre (“image, figure, ghost”), recorded in French from the 16th century, or directly borrowed from Latin spectrum (“appearance, vision, apparition”), a noun formed from…

It is borrowed from Latin stringēns (“drawing tight”), the present participle of stringō (“to draw tight, bind, compress”), which also meant "to touch lightly, graze". Klein, following Walde and…

It is formed from English supplement + -al, the noun supplement in the OED and Etymonline, the verb in the Shorter Oxford. Supplement is from Middle French suppleement and Latin supplēmentum…

It is borrowed from Late Latin susceptibilis (“capable, sustainable, susceptible”), which the OED calls medieval Latin and finds in Boethius and Thomas Aquinas; Barnhart and Skeat also see the…

It is a noun and adjective formed in English from the phrasal verb turn over, which Etymonline dates to about 1400 in the sense "topple over, reverse position". The OED classes the word as formed by…

It is formed from English un- (“not”) + real, with the adjective real.

It is borrowed from Latin versātilis (“turning, revolving, movable; adaptable”), from versātus, the past participle of versō (“to keep turning, turn over in the mind”), a frequentative of vertō (“to…

It is borrowed from Late Latin vulnerābilis (“wounding”), from vulnerāre (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”) (genitive vulneris), perhaps related to vellere (“to pluck, tear”) and Ancient Greek οὐλή…

It is imitative of the sound made in clearing the throat. Etymonline, the Shorter Oxford and the Oxford Dictionary of English describe it as a lengthened form of the interjection hem, itself…

It is formed from English authority + -ative. The OED compares the post-classical Latin adjective Medieval Latin auctoritativus, recorded from the 9th century and in British sources from the 14th…

It is a pet form of dialect bun, a squirrel or rabbit, also a term of endearment, with -y, perhaps from Scottish bun, the tail of a hare (about 1538). The origin of bun is not known; Etymonline also…

It is borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin clēricus (“of the clergy; clergyman, priest”), the noun use of the adjective, from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “concerning inheritances; member of the…

It is formed from English cynic + -ism. The OED compares Middle French cynicisme, recorded from 1567 or earlier. The base comes from Middle French cynique and its source Latin cynicus, from Ancient…

1. The strong smell is probably borrowed from Picard funquer (“to give off smoke”), a northern French dialect verb also found in Walloon, from Old French fungier or funkier (“to give off smoke, fill…