English words first recorded in the 17th century

It is formed from English special + -ize, perhaps on the model of the French verb. The Oxford dictionaries and Dictionary.com take it instead as borrowed from French spécialiser (“to specialize”)…

The word is of unknown origin. Etymonline reports that Klein's sources make it a sailors' variant of squirt, named for the ink the animal jets; Klein derives it from squit, a dialect form of squirt…

1. It is borrowed from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Italian veste (“robe, gown”), also vesta, from Latin vestis (“clothing, garment”). The Latin noun is related to ἐσθής (esthḗs…

It is formed from English vocal + -ist, and in the sense "singer" it was probably influenced by French vocaliste. The Shorter Oxford forms it from the same base as vocalism. The adjective is from…

It is borrowed from Italian vulcano (“burning mountain”) (also volcano), ultimately from Latin Volcānus (also Vulcānus), Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking, whose name was also used for…

It is borrowed from Sanskrit योगिन् (yogin, “person with esoteric knowledge; follower of yoga”), nominative योगी (yogī), in early use partly through Portuguese iogue, also jogue (1525), and Italian…

It is formed from English bath + tub. The OED compares the earlier bathing-tub.

It was at first a variant of burster, and in later use is formed from English bust + -er. Merriam-Webster and DARE derive it from bust and -er alone. The verb bust is a variant of burst, with the r…

It is formed from English chronology + -ical. The OED analyses it as the earlier adjective chronologic with the suffix -al, both recorded from the 1610s. Chronology is from French chronologie or…

It is borrowed from French compréhensif, or directly Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from comprehēns-, the past participle stem of comprehendō (“to take together, include; to grasp mentally”) (see…

The verb is formed from English dis- + respect. The noun is formed from dis- and the noun respect, or perhaps from the verb. Respect comes, through French, from Latin respectus (“regard, a looking…

It is borrowed from New Latin epocha, which the OED calls Late Latin, Etymonline and Barnhart Medieval Latin, and the Shorter Oxford and the ODE modern Latin; Partridge thinks it perhaps came…

It is borrowed from Latin extrīcātus, the past participle of extrīcō (“to disentangle”), formed from ex- (“out of”) and trīcae (“perplexities, hindrances”). The origin of that plural noun is unknown…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin feudālis, also feodālis, possibly through French féodal. The Latin adjective is formed from feudum, also feodum, a feudal estate, and the suffix -ālis. Feudum…

It is borrowed from Latin incubātiō (“a lying upon eggs, brooding”), a noun of action from incubō (“to brood, hatch; to lie on”), which is formed from in- (“on”) and cubō (“to lie down”). The same…

It is borrowed from Late Latin īrōnicus (“ironical, mocking”), and partly ironique according to the Shorter Oxford and the Oxford Dictionary of English. The Latin word comes from Ancient Greek…

Etymonline, Merriam-Webster and Klein take it as borrowed from Late Latin mythologicus with the suffix -al, from Ancient Greek μυθολογικός (muthologikós, “pertaining to legendary lore”), from…

It is borrowed from French naïve, the feminine of naïf, from Old French naif (“natural, native, genuine; innocent”), from Latin nātīvus (“native, natural, not artificial”), the source of native. The…

It is borrowed from French récession (“a going back”) and directly Latin recessiō (“a going back”), from the past participle stem of recēdō (“to go back, withdraw”) (see recede), from re- (“back”)…

It is formed from English un- + popular, the adjective coming from Latin populāris (“belonging to the people”), from populus (“people”). A less common form impopular is recorded from 1721.

It is borrowed from French acidité, recorded in Middle French in 1545, or directly borrowed from Late Latin aciditās (“sourness; an acidic substance”), a 5th-century word, formed from Latin acidus…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin differentiālis (“of or relating to difference”), from Latin differentia (“difference, diversity”), the noun of differō (“to carry apart, differ”), with the…

It is borrowed from Latin discrīminātus, the past participle of discrīminō (“to divide, separate, distinguish”), from discrīmen (“division, distinction, interval”), which Barnhart describes as the…

It is borrowed from Late Latin aera (“a number used as a basis of reckoning; an epoch from which time is reckoned”), also ēra, perhaps influenced by French ère, probably the same word as Latin aera…

It is borrowed from Late Latin exhaustiō, from exhaustus, the past participle of exhauriō (“to draw off, take away, use up, empty”), formed from ex- (“out, off”) and hauriō (“to draw up (water)”)…

It is borrowed from Latin fictīcius (“artificial, counterfeit”), with the English suffix -ous in place of the Latin ending; Etymonline traces the spelling to Medieval Latin fictitius, a medieval…

It is borrowed from Arabic حَرَام (ḥarām, “forbidden, unlawful, taboo, sacred”), from an Arabic verb meaning to be forbidden or unlawful. The earliest English use, a sacred precinct, follows a…

It is borrowed from Latin intersectus, the past participle of intersecō (“to cut asunder, intersect”), or, in the OED's wording, its participial stem intersect-. The Latin verb is formed from inter…

It is formed from English latent + -ency. The OED compares Medieval Latin latentia (“concealment”), recorded in British sources from the 13th century. The adjective latent is from Latin latēns…

It is borrowed from Latin miscellāneus (“mixed, combining various elements”), with the suffix -ous. The Latin adjective, rare in classical and later Latin, is formed from miscellus (“mixed”) and the…

It is borrowed from Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek μουσεῖον (mouseîon, “place of study, library; seat or shrine of the Muses”), the noun use of the neuter of μουσεῖος (mouseîos…

It is borrowed from New Latin pelvis, the anatomical use of Latin pēlvis (“shallow bowl, basin, laver”), early spelling pēluis. Hoad notes that the anatomical applications are modern, and the Oxford…

It is borrowed from Arabic قُرْآن (qurʾān, “recitation, reading”), the verbal noun of قَرَأَ (qaraʾa, “to read, recite”). The OED and the Shorter Oxford see the Arabic noun as apparently modelled on…

The verb is formed from English re- + fill, "again" and "to fill". The noun is a conversion of the verb, modelled on the noun fill.

It is formed from research and -er.

It is borrowed from French sensation and directly Medieval Latin sēnsātiō (“perception”), from sēnsātus (“endowed with sense, sensible”) (see sensate), from Latin sēnsus (“feeling”) (see sense).

It is formed from English similar + -ity, perhaps also after French similarité. The OED compares Medieval Latin similaritas, recorded from before 1540. The adjective similar goes back, through…

It is borrowed from Late Latin sūctiō (“a sucking”), which the OED gives simply as Latin, a noun of action from sūctus, the past participle of sūgō (“to suck”). The American Heritage Dictionary…

It is a northern English dialect and American variant of squat, a verb that in older use meant to crush or squash; Barnhart calls it probably a dialectal variant. Squat is from Middle English…

It is borrowed from Latin tāctilis (“tangible, that may be touched”), and Barnhart and Etymonline take it also as borrowed from French tactile, recorded in the 16th century. The Latin adjective is…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología, “systematic treatment of an art or craft”), through a Latinized form, originally referring to grammar, from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, skill…

It is borrowed from Latin anxius (“uneasy, troubled in mind”), from angere (“to choke, squeeze; to torment”) (see anger, anguish), from PIE Proto-Indo-European *angh- (“tight, painfully…

It is borrowed from French bigoterie (“sanctimoniousness”), recorded in Middle French about 1450 and formed from bigot with the suffix -erie. The Shorter Oxford, the ODE and Dictionary.com see it…

It is formed from English complement + -ary, and the Shorter Oxford takes it from complemental with the same suffix. The OED compares French complémentaire, from which Merriam-Webster Unabridged…

It is borrowed from Latin ēnumerō (“to count out, reckon up”), from the past participle ēnumerātus or the participial stem ēnumerāt-, with the English ending -ate. The Latin verb is formed from ē-…

It is borrowed from French flexibilité (in Old French, weakness, vacillation) or directly from Late Latin flexibilitās, flexibilitātem, from Latin flexibilis, pliant, yielding (see flexible).

The origin is uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary and the Shorter Oxford take it as formed from English fuzz + -y, and compare the dialect word fozy. Etymonline notes that the noun is itself…

It is formed from English incident + -al. The Shorter Oxford says it was originally from Medieval Latin incidentalis, used in angulus incidentalis (“angle of incidence”), and in modern use formed…

It is formed from English leak + -y. The noun leak is from the verb, or from its cognate in Old Norse, and the verb is from Middle Dutch leken (“to drip, to leak”) or from Old Norse leka, related to…

It is borrowed from Latin mīmus, partly also borrowed from French mime (“mimic actor”), recorded in French from the 16th century, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, mimic, actor”), a word…

It is formed from English play + boy. The OED takes the first part as the noun, Etymonline as the verb.

It is formed from English re- + instate. The verb instate, to put someone in a certain state or condition, is from about 1600 and is formed from English in- + state. The OED compares the slightly…

It came from India in the early 17th century, from a word such as Gujarati tankh “cistern”, Marathi tanken or tanka “reservoir”, perhaps ultimately from Sanskrit tadaga “pond, lake”. The later…

It is formed in English from Late Latin from Latin theōrēticus (“of or pertaining to theory”) and -al, from Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós, “contemplative, speculative”), from theōrētós, that may be…

It is borrowed from Latin vibrātus, the past participle of vibrō (“to move quickly to and fro, shake, brandish”). The Latin verb is also the source of French vibrer, Spanish vibrar and Italian…

The OED takes it as borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgamātiō, recorded from the 13th century, from the past participial stem of amalgamō (“to amalgamate”) with the suffix -iō. Etymonline…

It is borrowed from Biblical Hebrew בֵּית אֵל (bēṯ ʾēl, “house of God”), from the construct state of the Hebrew word for "house" and the word for "God". Klein relates the word for "house" to…

It is borrowed from French bronze, from Italian bronzo (“bell metal, brass”), via Medieval Latin bronzium, of uncertain origin. It may come from Persian برنج (birinj, “brass, copper”), or be…

It is borrowed from French clarification, from Late Latin clārificātiō (“glorification”), a noun of action from clārificō (“to make clear; to glorify”), which is formed from Latin clārus (“clear…

It is borrowed through culte and directly from Latin cultus (“care, cultivation; worship, reverence”), originally tended, cultivated, the past participle of colere (“to till, cultivate, inhabit…