English words first recorded in the 17th century

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…

It is borrowed from Latin fissiō (“a cleaving, a splitting”), a noun of action from fissus (“split”), the past participle of findō (“to split”). Barnhart thinks the borrowing was perhaps helped by…

It is borrowed from German Hamburger (“of Hamburg; a native of Hamburg”), from Hamburg, the name of the city and port in northern Germany. The food sense is a shortening of “Hamburger steak”, an…

It is formed from institution and -al.

It is a later form of cag, inherited from Middle English kag, recorded from 1452, borrowed from Old Norse kaggi (“keg, cask”). Most dictionaries call the source Scandinavian and compare the Old…

It is formed from English obtain + -able. Obtain is from Middle English obteinen, from Anglo-Norman obtenir and Middle French obtenir, from Latin obtineō (“to hold, hold fast, gain, acquire”)…

It is from English taste + -y.

It was formed in English, probably from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of art, skilful, systematic”) with the suffix -al, from τέχνη (tékhnē, “art, skill, craft”). It may also be an extended…

It is formed from English track + -er, from the verb meaning to follow the traces of something. That verb, recorded from 1563, comes from the noun track, which is probably a borrowing of French trac…

It is formed from English un- (“not”) + successful. successful is from success and -ful, and success is borrowed from Latin successus (“an advance, a good result”), from succēdō (“to come after, get…

It is from English back + yard, also written back-yard.

It is from Latin fōrmula (“form, rule, method”), literally “small form”, a diminutive of fōrma “form”. It is related to form and formulate.

It is formed from English import + -er, the agent noun of the verb. The OED compares Latin importātor (“one who imports goods from abroad”), found in an inscription and used figuratively in…

It is borrowed from Medieval Latin quota (“share, quota”), used as a noun from the 13th century, short for Latin quota pars (“how great a part”), the feminine of quotus (“of what number; bearing…

It is formed from English race + -er, originally from the noun race, a running contest, and in later use partly from the verb. The noun race is from Old Norse rás (“a running, a rush (of water)”)…

It is formed from English re- + direct, "again, anew" and the verb direct. The noun is a conversion of the verb.

It is formed from English contain + -ment, and the OED compares Old French contenement. contain is from Old French contenir, from Latin contineō (“to hold together, enclose”), from com- (“with…

It is borrowed from French diagramme or directly Latin diagramma (“a scale, a musical scale”), from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma, “that which is marked out by lines, a geometric figure”), from…

It is borrowed from Latin lūdicrus (“sportive, done in sport”) with the suffix -ous. The Latin adjective seems to have grown out of the noun lūdicrum (“sportive performance, stage play, source of…

It is formed from English palate + -able. The OED takes the base as the verb palate, to taste or relish (from 1609, in Shakespeare), itself from the noun palate, which is from Old French palat and…

It is formed from English rudiment + -ary, perhaps after New Latin rudimentarius (“elementary”), recorded from before 1542; Barnhart thinks French rudimentaire may have influenced it, and the OED…

It is borrowed from Latin systēma (“an arrangement, system”), a Late Latin word, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “an organized whole, a whole made of parts”), from the stem of συνιστάναι…

It is borrowed from Italian telescopio, together with telescopium, from Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπος (tēleskópos, “far-seeing”), formed from τῆλε (têle, “far off”), the source of tele-, and -σκόπος…

It is formed from English base + -al. The noun base is from Old French base, from Latin basis (“foundation”), from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “a step, that on which one stands”), from βαίνω (baínō…

It is borrowed from French compéter (“to be in rivalry with”) or directly borrowed from Late Latin competō (“to strive together”), in classical Latin “to meet, coincide, be suitable”, from com-…

It is formed from English compliment + -ary. Compliment is from French compliment, from Italian complimento (“expression of respect and civility”), from a Romance variant of Latin complēmentum…

It is formed from English depress + -ive, or, as the OED and Etymonline put it, from the stem of Latin dēpressus, the past participle of dēprimō (“to press down”), with the same suffix. The Latin…

It is formed from English elector + -ate, the noun elector coming from Latin ēlector (“chooser”), from ēligō (“to pick out, choose”). Merriam-Webster derives it instead from French électorat, formed…

It is borrowed from French intégration or directly borrowed from Late Latin integrātio (“renewal, restoration”), from integrāre (“to make whole; to renew”) (see integrate), from integer (“whole”).

It is borrowed from Latin liquiditās, which Etymonline calls Late Latin, perhaps also through French liquidité; the Shorter Oxford allows that it may have been formed directly from the English…

It is borrowed from Italian manifesto (“public declaration; originally proof”), which Merriam-Webster, Klein, Collins and the Oxford dictionaries derive from manifestare (“to manifest, declare…

It was formed in English from object and -ive, on the pattern of Medieval Latin objectīvus (used by Duns Scotus), from objectum (“object”). MWU derives it from Italian obiettivo, from the same…

It is formed from English re- + load. The OED compares the earlier verb relade. The verb load is from the noun, which goes back to Old English lād (“way, course, a carrying”).

It is formed from English settle + -ment.

It is formed from suburb and -an, after Latin suburbānus (“near the city”), from sub- (“under, near”) and urbs (“city”).

It is formed from English trash + -y. Trash itself is perhaps from a Scandinavian source; Etymonline compares Old Norse tros (“rubbish, fallen leaves and twigs”).

It is partly borrowed from Middle French anthologie (1574) and partly borrowed from New Latin anthologia (“collection of poems”) (recorded by 1536), the source of the French word, from Ancient Greek…

It is from Latin biennium (“a period of two years”), or biennis (“lasting two years”), with the suffix -al; the Latin words are formed from bi- (“two”) and annus (“year”), the source of annual…

It is borrowed from Latin collīdō (“to strike or clash together; to batter, crush”), from com- (“together, with”), assimilated as col-, and laedō (“to strike, injure”), a verb of unknown origin. The…

It is formed from English critic + -ize, or, as the OED also allows, from the Latin source of critic with the same suffix; the Shorter Oxford forms it like criticism. The noun critic comes through…

The noun is borrowed from Latin dēpositum (“something laid aside”), and the verb from dēpositus, the past participle of dēpōnere (“to lay aside, put down”), from dē- (“away”) and pōnere (“to put”)…

It is formed from English enlighten + -ment. The OED compares, especially for the historical senses, German Aufklärung and French éclaircissement; in the name of the 18th-century movement it is a…

It is borrowed from Spanish guitarra, partly through guitare, ultimately from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithárā, “cithara, a kind of lyre”), through Latin cithara. MWU traces it through Arabic qīṭār…

It is formed from Latin numerus (“a number”) and the suffix -ical, perhaps under the influence of French numérique. The Shorter Oxford and the Oxford Dictionary of English derive it instead from…

It is from Latin praevius (“going before, leading the way”) with the suffix -ous, from prae- (“before”) and via (“road, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegh-. It is related to via.

It is from English refer + -ee.

It is formed from English sub- + section; the OED compares French sous-section, recorded from 1790. Section is from Old French section and directly from Latin sectiō (“a cutting, cutting off…

It is an alteration of earlier tricker, borrowed from Dutch trekker (“trigger”), from trekken (“to pull”) (see trek). Compare German Drücker (“trigger”), from drücken, to press. Tricker remained the…

It is a nautical word of uncertain origin, most probably formed from English bear + -th, like strength and health. The OED takes it as "bearing off", the room made by keeping a safe distance, from…

It is of unknown origin. It was probably influenced by Middle English bugge (“something frightening, scarecrow, bugbear”) (1388), which survives in bugbear and bugaboo and may be connected with…

It is borrowed from Latin cōnstituēns (“setting up, appointing”), the present participle of cōnstituō (“to set up, establish; to appoint”), partly through French constituant. The OED notes that the…

The noun is borrowed from French descompte (modern décompte), altered under the influence of English dis- and count, from Old French descont, from desconter (“to count out, reckon off”), from…

It is borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō (“unrolling of a book”), from ēvolvō (“to unroll”), from ē- (“out”) and volvō (“to roll”). It is related to evolve and revolution.

It is borrowed from French facette, a diminutive of face (“face, side”) (see face), with the suffix found in -et. The French word is recorded as fasette in 1589 and, as facete, already in the 13th…

It is borrowed from New Latin mechanismus, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine, instrument, device”) (see machine); MWU gives Late Latin mechanisma, contrivance, as the source.

It is borrowed from French palette, which meant a painter's palette by 1621, originally palete (“small shovel, blade”) (13th century), a diminutive of pale (“shovel, oar blade”) formed with the…

It is formed from English short + hand, with short in the sense "rapid" and hand in the sense "handwriting". The OED compares the earlier short writing. The verb is formed from the noun.

It is borrowed from Late Latin abductiō (“a leading away; a forcible carrying off”), from abdūcō (“to lead away, take away”), formed from ab- (“away”) and dūcō (“to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European…

It is partly borrowed from French affiliation (“adoption”) and partly borrowed from Medieval Latin affiliātiō (“adoption”), from the past participle of affīliō (“to adopt as a son”), which is formed…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomía, “independence”), perhaps influenced by Middle French autonomie (1596), from αὐτόνομος (autónomos, “living by one's own laws”), from αὐτός…