English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is a compound from English home + work.

It is borrowed from Latin irrītābilis (“easily excited”), from irrītō (“to excite, provoke, annoy”) and the suffix -bilis. According to Etymonline and the American Heritage Dictionary it is also…

It is borrowed from French gentil (“noble, gentle, genteel; nice, pleasing”), which is from Old French gentil (“noble”), from Latin gentīlis (“of the same family or clan”), from gēns (“race, clan”)…

It is formed from English mile + stone. The mile goes back through Old English mīl to Latin mīlia (“thousands”), the plural of mīlle (“a thousand”), and stone to Old English stān, from…

It is formed from English out- + line.

It is borrowed from Latin plācātus (“soothed, calm”), the past participle of plācō (“to calm, appease”), which is probably related to placeō (“to please”), the source of please. The American…

It is formed from English protector + -ate, perhaps after doctorate. In the sense of one power's control over another state, the OED compares French protectorat, recorded in 1798 in the French…

It is borrowed from Persian شال (šāl), which reached English through Urdu شال (šāl) and other languages of India. Klein, Hoad and the Oxford Dictionary of English take the Persian word as probably…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikós, “able to guess, conjecturing”), from στοχάζομαι (stokházomai, “to aim at a mark; to guess, conjecture”), from στόχος (stókhos, “aim…

It is formed from English un- + sustainable, from the negative prefix and the adjective, and was first modelled on French insoutenable, which stands in the French passage translated in the first…

It is borrowed from Spanish vaynilla, the older spelling of vainilla (“little pod”), later reinforced by the botanical name New Latin Vanilla. Spanish vainilla is a diminutive of vaina (“sheath…

It is borrowed from Latin ancillāris (“of or relating to a female slave or maidservant”), from ancilla (“maidservant, handmaid”) and the suffix -āris. Ancilla is a feminine diminutive of anculus…

It is borrowed from Latin cōnstrūctus, past participle of cōnstruō, to pile together, build up, from con-, together, and struō, to pile up, build (see structure). It may also be a back-formation…

It is borrowed from French incompétence, recorded in French from 1549, in Robert Estienne, and formed there from in- (“not”) and compétence, after incompétent. Etymonline takes it as borrowed from…

It is borrowed from Latin lacūna (“hole, pit, pool; gap, want”), from lacus (“pond, lake; hollow”), of which Etymonline and Klein call it a diminutive. Etymonline gives the further source as…

It is borrowed from Late Latin monētārius (“of a mint, of money”), perhaps through French monétaire, from Latin monēta (“mint, coinage”) (see money, mint).

It is borrowed from Latin nexus (“the action of binding; a bond, tie; a connected group”), a noun formed from nectō (“to bind, connect”) with the suffix of verbal nouns -tus. In Roman law the word…

Most dictionaries take it as borrowed from French presentiment, an obsolete spelling of pressentiment, from pressentir (“to have a foreboding”), from Latin praesentiō (“to sense beforehand”), from…

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 Latin decōrus (“becoming, seemly, fitting”), with the English ending -ous. The OED notes that in form it matches Late Latin decorōsus (“elegant, beautiful”), the source of…

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 English nominate + -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 borrowed from New Latin dīvergō (“to go in different directions”), which Merriam-Webster, the Shorter Oxford and Hoad call Medieval Latin and Barnhart simply Latin. It is formed from dī-, the…

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 English proceed, the verb.

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…

1. The word for the songbird is inherited from Middle English thrusche, also thrusch, inherited from Old English þrysce, also þræsce, from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ. The OED explains the Old English…

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 from English 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…