English words first recorded in the 18th century

Its origin is uncertain. Perhaps it is formed from English lolly (“the tongue”) + pop (“a blow”), with northern dialect lolly "the tongue", which the OED records in Cumberland and Northumberland in…

It is formed from English propel + -er. The verb propel is from Latin propellō (“to push forward, drive forth”), from prō (“forward”) and pellō (“to push, drive”), which Watkins, as Etymonline…

Its origin is unknown. The earliest noun, an odd or eccentric person, is first found in 1780, apparently as university slang. Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests Latin quis (“who?”), and Etymonline…

It is formed from English un- + secured, secured being the past participle of the verb secure. The adjective secured is recorded from 1600, and the verb secure from 1587 in the OED and 1593 in…

It is borrowed from New Latin magnesium, formed from Medieval Latin magnesia, the white alkaline earth magnesia in which the metal was found, and the chemical suffix -ium. The Medieval Latin word…

It is borrowed from French nuance (“shade of colour; slight difference”), found in Middle French in 1380, formed from nuer (“to shade”) with the suffix -ance. The verb comes from Old French nue…

It is borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj, “rule, reign, state, government”), from Sanskrit राज्य (rājya, “kingship, realm, rule”), a derivative of the Sanskrit verb meaning "he rules", and related to…

It is formed from English utility + -arian, after nouns and adjectives in -arian such as trinitarian and unitarian; Etymonline and Klein say it was coined by Jeremy Bentham. The noun utility is from…

It is borrowed from French chalet, a word of the French of Switzerland and Savoy. Its origin is disputed. The revised OED takes it as formed with the suffix -et from a base of a pre-Romance language…

It is borrowed from French déficit (late 17th century), from Latin dēficit (“it is wanting”), the third person singular present of dēficiō, to fail, be lacking (see deficient, defect), from dē-…

It is formed from English dough + nut. Etymonline thinks the cake was probably called a nut as a small round lump of dough, the holes coming later, and the American Heritage Dictionary takes nut in…

It is formed from English entitle + -ment. Etymonline suggests that some senses may also come from Old French entitlement (“title of a book, inscription”), later used in legal language.

It is formed from English nostalgia + -ic. The OED compares French nostalgique, recorded in 1800. Nostalgia is from New Latin nostalgia, coined in 1688 by the scholar Johannes Hofer in a…

It is formed from interfere on the model of words such as difference.

It is borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca, the name of a group of animals, which is the neuter plural of Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled; soft”), from mollis (“soft”). Collins and…

It was formed in English on the verb ship with the suffix -ment.

It is formed from English catch + -y. The verb is from Anglo-Norman cachier (“to catch, capture”), from Vulgar Latin *captiō (“to try to seize, chase”), from Latin captō (“to take, hold”), a…

It is of uncertain origin, possibly borrowed from French tiré (“drawn”) in an altered form, the past participle of tirer (“to draw”) (see tirade); compare German gezogener Sammet, drawn velvet…

It is formed from English un- + official. The OED compares the earlier inofficial. Official comes from Old French oficial and directly from Late Latin officiālis (“of duty or office”), from Latin…

It is borrowed from Latin compressor (“one who compresses”), an agent noun formed from compressus, the past participle of comprimō (“to press together, squeeze”). The Latin verb is formed from com-…

It is borrowed from Sanskrit धर्म (dharma, “law, decree, custom; quality, inherent characteristic”), an alteration of धर्मन् (dharman, “law, rule, custom”), from धृ (dhṛ, “to hold, to fix”) and a…

It is a back-formation from donation, from Latin dōnātiō, from dōnō, to give, from dōnum, a gift.

It was originally slang or dialect, of uncertain origin. Early evidence shows that it rhymed with monkey. It may be a diminutive of dun (“dull greyish brown”), perhaps formed on the pattern of…

The OED, revising the entry in 2015, explains it as from English grand- + pa, formed after grandfather; the Shorter Oxford also derives it from these elements. Etymonline treats it as a shortening…

It is formed from English guide + line, from the noun guide and line in the sense of a cord or a mark. Dictionary.com marks it as an Americanism.

It is borrowed from Latin memorābilia (“memorable deeds, notable things”), the neuter plural of memorābilis (“worthy of being remembered”) used as a noun. The adjective, the source of memorable, is…

It is probably formed from English nan + -y, perhaps after Nanny, a pet form of the names Anne and Agnes. Several dictionaries simply call it a pet form of the name Ann used as a common noun, and…

It is borrowed from Hindi साड़ी (sāṛī), from Prakrit sāḍī, from Sanskrit शाटी (śāṭī, “garment, petticoat”), which Barnhart calls of unknown origin and Wiktionary derives from शाट (śāṭa, “strip of…

1. The ritual drink is borrowed from Sanskrit सोम (sóma), the name of the juice and of the plant it was pressed from. It is akin to Avestan haoma, the ritual drink of the Zoroastrians, which the OED…

It is formed from English style + -ish, originally also spelled stilish. The noun is from Old French stile, also estile, from Latin stilus (“stake, writing instrument, manner of writing”), perhaps…

It is borrowed from Latin tandem (“at length, at last”), used as a joke, applied in English to two horses harnessed "at length", one in front of the other. The Latin adverb is formed from tam (“so…

It is borrowed from New Latin amnesia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνησία (amnēsía, “forgetfulness”), formed with ἀ- (a-, “not”) from the stem of μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, remember”), from…

It is a noun from the verbal phrase break down, which is attested by the late 14th century in the sense to take down by breaking.

It is borrowed from French cuisine (“kitchen”), from Old French cuisine, which from the 12th century meant a kitchen, cooking and cooked food, from Vulgar Latin *cocīna, a variant of Latin coquīna…

It is formed from English embank + -ment. Embank, to enclose or protect with a bank, is recorded from 1576 and is from English en- + bank, compared by the OED and Barnhart with French embanquer.

It is formed from English exhaust + -ive. The OED analyses it as the Latin participial stem exhaust- with the English suffix. Exhaust is from Latin exhaustus, the past participle of exhauriō (“to…

It is formed from English girl + -y. The OED and Etymonline take the noun from the diminutive suffix and the adjective from the adjective-forming suffix, and the OED compares the earlier adjective…

The verb is a back-formation from isolated, which is recorded from 1763 and is borrowed from French isolé (“isolated”) with the English suffix -ate added. The French word comes from Italian isolato…

1. The musical direction is borrowed from Italian loco (“place”), from Latin locō, the ablative of locus (“place”). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate explains it as dialectal Italian for "there", from in…

It is a shortening of luncheon, which is of uncertain origin and appears to be the same as an older lunch “thick piece, hunk” (1570s), perhaps from lump or from Spanish lonja “slice”. There was also…

It is formed from trick and -y.

It is formed from English crank + -y. The OED calls it a comparatively modern formation whose senses hang only loosely together, associated with several senses of crank, as noun and as adjective…

It is from exception with the suffix -al, after French exceptionnel.

It is a derivation, from English responsible + -ity.

It is formed from statistic or statistics and -al.

It is a compound from English wonder + land, and the OED compares German Wunderland.

It is borrowed from French acétate, formed from acét-, as in acétique (“acetic”), and the suffix -ate. The French word is recorded in 1787, in the chemical work whose translation gives the first…

It is the prefix anti- used as a word on its own, short for various nouns beginning with anti-.

The noun is borrowed from French carbonate, first used in Guyton de Morveau and others' “Méthode de nomenclature chimique” (1787), which Etymonline attributes to Lavoisier. The French word is formed…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), through Late Latin galacticus in the sense "of the Milky Way", from γάλα (gála, “milk”), genitive γάλακτος (gálaktos), which is…

It is probably borrowed from French intermédiaire, recorded in French from 1678, which the Shorter Oxford and the Oxford Dictionary of English take from Italian intermediario, from Latin intermedius…

It is borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “plunder, booty”), taken up by the British in India. The source of the Hindi word is disputed. Some trace it to Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen…

Most dictionaries take it as borrowed from Latin magnum (“a big thing”), the neuter singular of magnus (“great, large”), from Proto-Indo-European *meg- (“great”). Klein compares Ancient Greek μέγας…

It is borrowed from French nitrate, a term of Guyton de Morveau's chemical nomenclature of 1787, formed from nitr-, as in nitrique (“nitric”), and the suffix -ate, perhaps after Italian nitrato (“a…

The OED takes it as formed from English over- + sized. Etymonline instead treats it as an adjective from the past participle of oversize, to make too large (1670s), from over- and the verb size, and…

It is borrowed from French oxide, now spelled oxyde, coined in 1787 by the French chemists Guyton de Morveau and Lavoisier from oxygène (“oxygen”) and the ending of acide (“acid”). The French word…

It is a euphemism based on the first letter of piss, or a nursery word, compare French faire pipi.

It is borrowed from French phosphate, a word that the OED finds in Guyton de Morveau in 1782; Etymonline dates the French word to 1787. It is formed from phosphore (“phosphorus”) and the chemical…

It is a compound of police and man. The OED compares the slightly earlier police officer. The noun police had meant civil administration and government; its use for the force that keeps public order…

1. Tacky “sticky” is formed from English tack + -y, from tack in the sense of attaching lightly or temporarily (1705). 2. Tacky “in poor taste” is an adjective use of tackey or tackie, an American…