English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is a compound from English key + note, from key in the musical sense "scale". The verb, from 1877, is a conversion of the noun.

It is borrowed from Italian novella (“short story”), the feminine of novello (“new”), from Latin novellus (“new, young, recent”), a diminutive of novus (“new”). Onions explains the noun as short for…

It is borrowed from French papa, from Late Latin pāpa, a reduplicated child's word, like Ancient Greek πάππας (páppas, “father”).

It is of uncertain origin. Most dictionaries suggest that it is a northern dialect form of shame, and Klein states this as fact, giving "trick, fraud" as the original meaning. The OED notes that the…

The OED takes the verb as probably imitative, comparing plump, and the Oxford Dictionary of English, Hoad, Partridge and Skeat also call it imitative or symbolic. The OED adds that Norwegian slumpa…

1. The verb meaning to carry is of unknown origin. It was first recorded in Virginia, and the OED rejects the popular theory that it came from the slave communities of the American South and…

It is borrowed from French brigadier, formed from brigade with the suffix -ier. The OED marks the French origin with a query, noting that the French word is not in Cotgrave (1611); Barnhart thinks…

The OED, Etymonline and Klein take it as borrowed from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesiō (“a sticking together”), a form that the OED marks as unrecorded, a noun of action formed on cohaesus, the…

It is formed from English create + -ive, compare Old French creatif and Medieval Latin creativus. It is related to creation and creature.

It combines from Latin custōdia (“guarding, keeping, custody”) with the suffix -al. Etymonline describes it as custody, from the same Latin noun, with the suffix. The Latin noun comes from custōs…

It is borrowed from French épisode or directly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “an addition; a parenthetic narrative”), the neuter of ἐπεισόδιος (epeisódios, “coming in…

It is formed from English horti- + culture after agriculture, from Latin hortus (“garden”), perhaps as a Latin type New Latin *horticultūra (“cultivation of a garden”), from hortus and cultūra…

It is from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”), with the suffix -ism. Etymonline explains it as theist plus -ism, and Merriam-Webster Unabridged as the- plus -ism. The OED compares French théisme…

It is borrowed from Latin veterīnārius (“of or for beasts of burden; as a noun, an animal doctor”), from veterīnae (“beasts of burden, cattle”) (also neuter veterīna), the plural of veterīnus (“of…

Most dictionaries take it as borrowed from Dutch kruiser, from kruisen (“to cross; to cruise”) and the suffix -er; the OED allows either the Dutch noun or a formation from English cruise + -er, and…

It is an alteration of earlier garrant “a warranty that a title to property is true” (about 1436), perhaps from Spanish garante, later influenced by French garantie and by legal words in -ee such as…

It is probably borrowed from Dutch soja, from “soi”, the Satsuma (Kagoshima) pronunciation of Japanese 醤油 (shōyu, “soy sauce”), from a Middle Chinese compound, compare Chinese 醬油 (jiàngyóu, “soy…

It is borrowed from French appris, feminine apprise, the past participle of apprendre (“to learn, teach, inform”), from Old French aprendre, from Latin apprēndō, a contraction of apprehendō (“to…

It is formed from English funk + -y, from funk in the sense of a strong or bad smell. That noun, recorded from the 1620s, is of uncertain origin: the OED suggests an expressive formation and…

It is formed from English in- (“not”) + relevant, with ir-, the assimilated form.

It is the suffix -ism used as an independent word. Klein calls it a back-formation from words ending in the suffix. The suffix came into Middle English as -isme, from Old French -isme, from Latin…

It is formed from English microscope + -ic. The noun microscope (1650s) comes from Italian microscopio, apparently from New Latin microscopium, formed from micro- and -scopium as in telescopium. The…

It is borrowed from French sabre, an unexplained alteration of sable, recorded in the 1630s and in Oudin's dictionary of 1640, from German Sabel, a local form of the standard German word, now…

It is borrowed from French brillant (“shining, sparkling”), present participle of briller “to shine” (16th century), from Italian brillare (“to sparkle, whirl”), probably from brillo “beryl”, or…

It is probably borrowed from New Latin cervīcālis (“of the neck”), from Latin cervīx (“neck”), with the suffix -ālis; the OED compares cervīcal (“pillow, bolster”). Etymonline derives it from French…

It is borrowed from Latin crētāceus (“chalk-like, chalky”), from crēta (“chalk”), with the English suffix -ous, as in -aceous. The Latin noun was long explained as "Cretan earth", after the island…

It is New Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek διάγνωσις (diágnōsis, “a discerning, distinguishing”), from διαγιγνώσκω (diagignṓskein, “to discern, distinguish”), from διά (diá, “apart”) and γιγνώσκω…

It is borrowed from Latin fēlīnus (“of or belonging to a cat”), which Etymonline and Barnhart call Late Latin, formed from fēlēs (“cat”) (genitive fēlis) with the suffix -īnus. The American Heritage…

It is probably borrowed from Middle French foresterie, from Old French foresterie (“office or jurisdiction of a forester”), formed from forest (“forest”) (the source of forest); the OED and…

The OED calls it of uncertain origin. It is first recorded in the compound hump-backed (1681), and with its whole family it seems to have taken the place, between about 1680 and 1720, of the earlier…

It is borrowed from New Latin inflammātōrius, compare French inflammatoire, recorded from 1722; other dictionaries take it as formed from the Latin past participle inflammātus and -ory, or from…

It is borrowed from English borrowed from Romani phal (“brother, comrade”), pal, a variant of continental Romani phral, plal, pral, probably from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ, “brother”) (see brother)…

In its current senses it is formed from English re- + locate. The earliest, Scots-law use was borrowed from Latin relocō (“to let again, relet”), from its past participial stem, probably after…

It is formed from English up + stream.

It is formed from English alkali + -ine. Klein calls it a hybrid of alkali and a chemical suffix of Latin origin. The noun use follows New Latin alkalinum (1682), and the OED compares the earlier…

It is formed from English constitution + -al.

Etymonline and the Shorter Oxford take it as formed from English medal + -ist. Merriam-Webster and Webster's Third instead derive it from French médailliste, from medaglista, formed from medaglia…

It is formed from English recognize + -able. The verb recognize goes back to recognisen, from Old French reconoistre (“to know again”), from Latin recognōscō (“to know again, recall to mind”)…

It is from English spectacle + -ar, ⟨spectacle⟩ being Latin spectāculum, a sight, show, on the pattern of pairs such as oracle and oracular.

Dictionary.com takes it as borrowed from New Latin tubulāris, while the OED, the Shorter Oxford and Etymonline form it from tubulus (“a small tube, a pipe”) and the suffix -ar. Merriam-Webster…

It is formed from English foundation + -al. Foundation is from Old French fondacion or directly from Late Latin fundātiō (“a founding”).

It is formed from English grave + yard, from grave, a place of burial, and yard, an enclosure.

1. The musical direction is borrowed from Italian piano (“soft, softly”), from Late Latin plānus (“smooth, graceful”), from Latin plānus (“flat, level”) (see plain), from PIE Proto-Indo-European…

It is formed from English scene + -ary, in its first sense after Italian scenario, and was later reshaped to end in -ery; the older form was scenary. Klein derives this form from Latin scēnārius…

It is borrowed from Italian sonata (“a piece of instrumental music”), literally "sounded", that is, played on an instrument as opposed to a cantata, which is sung. The Italian word is the noun use…

It is a back-formation from English stoker, one who tends a furnace (1660), which is from Dutch stoker, an agent noun from stoken (“to feed a fire, to stoke”), from Middle Dutch stōken (“to poke…

It is formed from English acoustic + -ics, or, in the OED's analysis, from the adjective used as a noun, like other names of sciences in -ics. The OED compares post-classical New Latin acoustica…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodīsiakós, “inducing sexual desire, sexual, venereal”), from ἀφροδίσιος (aphrodísios, “of Aphrodite, sacred to Aphrodite”), whose neuter plural…

It is a compound from English back + log, first naming a large log placed at the back of a fire. Etymonline suggests that the later senses, "something stored up" and "arrears of orders", may come…

It is formed from English broad + -en. The OED compares older verbs of similar meaning and the earlier widen. The adjective is from Old English brād, from Proto-Germanic *braidaz, which has no known…

It is formed from English dare + devil, one who dares the devil. For the formation, the OED compares cutthroat and scarecrow, and Etymonline also killjoy, pickpocket and dreadnought.

It is borrowed from French détacher (“to detach, untie”), earlier destacher, from Old French destachier, recorded from the 12th century. Most dictionaries analyse this as des- (“apart”), from Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin effervēscēns (“boiling up”), the present participle of effervēscō (“to boil up, boil over”), from ex (“out, up”), assimilated before f, and fervēscō (“to begin to boil”)…

It is borrowed from New Latin euphoria, from Ancient Greek εὐφορία (euphoría, “power of enduring easily; fertility”), from εὔφορος (eúphoros, “bearing well, healthy”), formed from εὖ (eû, “well”)…

It is borrowed from French faux (“false”), from Old French fals, from Latin falsus, also the source of false. The French word dates from the 12th century. English used it earlier in borrowed French…

It is formed from English imperial + -ism, after imperialist. Imperial is from Old French imperial, from Latin imperiālis (“of the empire or emperor”), from imperium (“command, empire”), the source…

It is formed from English micro- + -phone, after microscope, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) and φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *bha- (“to speak”). The idea was…

It is borrowed from French natron, recorded in French in 1665 and as naitron in 1653, which is from Arabic نَطْرُون (naṭrūn), from Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron, “sodium carbonate, natron”). Most…

It is borrowed from Latin stimulus (“a goad, spur; an incentive”), first taken up in medical books written in Latin. In Latin the word meant a pointed stick for driving cattle, and figuratively a…

It comes from a 17th-century verb meaning “to cheat, hoax”, probably a dialect variant from Middle English fonnen (“to make a fool of, be foolish”), from fon (“a fool”), a word of unknown origin and…