English words first recorded in the 19th century

It is formed from English un- + conventional, with the negative prefix un- "not". The adjective conventional is from Late Latin conventiōnālis (“pertaining to convention or agreement”), from…

It is formed from capital, wealth, and -ism.

It is formed from English dermatology + -ist. Dermatology, recorded from 1813 in the OED and 1819 in Etymonline, is formed from dermato- and -logy; the combining form comes from Ancient Greek δέρμα…

It is formed from English electro- + -ode, and was coined by the English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday on the pattern of anode and cathode. Hoad, the Shorter Oxford and the Oxford Dictionary…

It is from English fiction + -al.

It is formed from English freeze + -er. The verb freeze is Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (“to turn to ice”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *preus- (“to freeze; to burn”).

It is formed from English participate + -ory, or, in the OED's analysis, from Latin participātus, the past participial stem of participō (“to share in”), with the English suffix. The Latin verb…

It is formed from English sport + -y, from the noun; Etymonline allows the plural sports as the base as well, and the Shorter Oxford forms it like sportsman. The OED compares the earlier sportive…

It is formed from English technic + -ian, from the adjective technic, technical (1612), which comes from Latin technicus and Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “of art, skilful, done by rules of…

It is formed from English train + -ee, from the verb in its sense "to instruct". The suffix -ee began in legal English as the past-participle ending Anglo-Norman -é, used for the person who receives…

It is American English, borrowed from Mexican borrowed from Spanish cañón, an extended sense of Spanish cañón, tube, pipe, which is of uncertain origin. It is usually taken as an augmentative of…

1. The car and the carriage are borrowed from French coupé, short for carrosse coupé (“cut-off carriage”), from the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Merriam-Webster's Book of Word Histories…

It is formed from English Crustacea + -an. Crustacea is from New Latin Crustacea, the neuter plural of crūstāceus (“hard-shelled”), from Latin crusta (“rind, crust, shell”), from Proto-Indo-European…

It is formed from English electro- + -lyte, the second part from Ancient Greek λυτός (lutós, “that may be loosed; soluble”), from λύω (lúō, “to loosen, release”), from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to…

Its origin is unknown or uncertain. The OED and Barnhart note that it was widely current in the dialects, chiefly of the Midlands, before it came into general use; Barnhart puts that adoption in the…

It is borrowed from Italian inferno (“hell”), from Late Latin īnfernus (“hell”), recorded in Ambrose, which in classical Latin was an adjective meaning "lower, lying beneath, underground", used as a…

It is from Greek ἰόν (ión, “going”), the neuter present participle of εἶμι (iénai, “to go”), from PIE Proto-Indo-European *ei- (“to go”). It was introduced in 1834 by Michael Faraday, at the…

It is formed from English judgment + -al, and the chiefly British spelling with -e- follows that of judgement. The noun is from Old French jugement, from jugier (“to judge”), from Latin iūdicō (“to…

It is borrowed from French panda, a zoological name introduced by Cuvier: the OED credits F. G. de Cuvier (1825), the American Heritage Dictionary Georges Léopold Cuvier (1825), and Barnhart dates…

It is borrowed from French personnel, originally a military term contrasted with matériel “equipment”, a noun use of the adjective personnel “personal”, from Old French personel, the source of…

It is formed from English portray + -al. Portray is from Anglo-Norman purtraire (“to draw, represent”), also portraire, formed from por- (“forth”) and traire (“to draw”), which comes from Latin…

It is formed from English relative + -ity, apparently coined by Coleridge. The OED compares the earlier French relativité (1805) and German Relativität (before 1805), and Merriam-Webster and Klein…

It was coined from Latin scientia (“knowledge”) (see science) and -ist by the Reverend William Whewell, on the analogy of artist, in the same paragraph in which he coined physicist. SOED also allows…

It is formed from English sneak + -y. The OED and the Shorter Oxford take the base to be the noun, a sneaking person, while Etymonline takes it to be the verb. The verb, recorded from the 1550s, is…

It is formed from English sub- + conscious. Weekley thought it was apparently coined by De Quincey. The OED compares French subconscient, recorded from 1877 or earlier, and the earlier English noun…

It is borrowed from Spanish fiesta (“feast, festival”), from Late Latin festa (“feast”), originally the plural of Latin festum (“festival, feast”). The American Heritage Dictionary and Barnhart call…

It is formed from English fungus + -al, originally after New Latin Fungales, the name of a group of fungi used by Lindley in 1833. Etymonline and Dictionary.com derive it from fungālis, and…

It is borrowed from Māori kiwi, a name imitative of the bird's call, according to the American Heritage Dictionary the call of the male. Etymonline says only that it is said to be imitative…

It is borrowed from French lingerie (“linen goods, things made of linen”), a derivative of linge (“linen”) with the suffix -erie (English -ery); Etymonline derives it from linger (“a dealer in linen…

It is imitative of a short, sharp, high-pitched sound, at first that of a bullet, and the OED compares pong. The computing sense was named by the American programmer Michael Muuss, who wrote the…

It is formed from English re- + match, from the prefix meaning "again" and the noun or verb for a contest or pairing. The OED notes that the noun is slightly later than the verb in the sense "bring…

It is a compound, from English show + case.

It is borrowed from Latin simulātor (“a copier, imitator, feigner”), the agent noun of simulō (“to make like, imitate, copy, represent”), from the stem of similis (“like, resembling”)…

It is borrowed from French téléphone, formed about 1830 from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “far”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound, voice”). It is related to phone, telegraph and telescope.

It is formed from English band + wagon, in American English. The band is a company of musicians. Early spellings were “band wagon” and “band-wagon”.

It is formed from English bio- + chemical, after German biochemisch, which the OED records from 1813. Merriam-Webster treats it as a word of the international scientific vocabulary. The prefix bio-…

It is formed from English board + walk, the first element in its sense of a flat, thin piece of sawn timber. It arose in American English. The first element is from Old English bord (“plank, flat…

It is borrowed from Ancient Greek καταλυτικός (katalutikós, “able to dissolve”), from κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), the source of catalysis, from καταλύω (katalúō, “to dissolve”), formed…

It is named after Charles Macintosh (1766–1843), the Scottish chemist who invented a waterproofing process, patented in 1823. The surname is from Scottish Gaelic Mac an toisich (“son of the…

It is borrowed from New Latin Poinsettia, the genus name of the plant, given by R. Graham in 1836. The name honours Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first American minister to Mexico, and is formed with…

It is borrowed from German Brezel, Pretzel, from Middle High German brēzel, prēzel, from Old High German brezitella, from Medieval Latin *brachitellum, presumably a biscuit baked in the shape of…

It is formed from English react + -or. Its first sense, a reactionary of the French Revolution, followed French réacteur (1794). Barnhart first records the word in 1890 as reacter, in William…

It is formed from special and -ist, perhaps directly from French spécialiste (1842).

It is borrowed from New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “a sowing, seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “a sowing, seed”) and, by a change of vowel grade, to σπείρειν (speírein, “to sow…

It is formed from English star + dust. It is also spelled with a hyphen or with a space.

It is formed from English un- + stop + -able. The opposite, stoppable, appears only in 1934, probably as a back-formation from unstoppable.

It is borrowed from French barrage (“act of barring; barrier, dam”), formed from barrer (“to bar, block”) and the suffix -age, from barre (“bar”), from Old French barre, the source of English bar…

It is formed from English cardio- + -logy. Merriam-Webster classes it as International Scientific Vocabulary. The combining form cardio- is from New Latin cardio- and its source, the Ancient Greek…

It is formed from English formula + -ate, on the pattern of French formuler, from Medieval Latin formulō. The noun is from Latin formula (“form, draft, rule”), a diminutive of forma (“form”).

It is formed from English linguistic + -ics. Linguistic is from linguist and -ic, and linguist from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”) and -ist. The OED compares German Linguistik (1778) and French…

It is borrowed from French menu (“detailed list”), short for menu de repas, list of the meal, the noun use of menu (“small, detailed”), from Latin minūtus (“small”), the past participle of minuere…

It is borrowed from French motif (“motive; theme”), the French form of motive. The French word is from Old French motif (“moving”), from Medieval Latin motivus (“moving, impelling”), from mōtus (“a…

It is formed from English pivot + -al, after French pivotal, recorded in 1835. Pivot is from French pivot (“hinge pin, pivot”), from Old French pivot (12th century), which the OED records from 1338…

It is borrowed from German psychiatrisch or French psychiatrique, or formed in English from psychiatry and -ic.

1. The adjective meaning fragmentary is formed from English scrap + -y, from the noun in the sense of a small piece. That noun is from Old Norse skrap (“scraps, trifles”), from skrapa (“to scrape”)…

It is borrowed from French socialisme (1832) or formed in English from social and -ism, perhaps after the earlier socialist. The French word was probably first used in 1831 of the teachings of the…

It is formed from English stand + off, as a noun and adjective use of the phrasal verb stand off, which is recorded from about 1600 in literal and figurative senses of keeping off. Here stand…

It is a shortening of various English words beginning with super-, from Latin super (“above, over, beyond”). The adjective comes especially from superfine, denoting the highest grade of goods, and…

It is formed from English wreck + -age. The verb wreck comes from the noun, which is from Anglo-Norman wrec, also wrek, from Old Norse *wrek, from the stem of *wrekan (“to drive”), the source of…

It is formed from English cheek + -y, from cheek in its colloquial sense of insolence or impudence, recorded from 1823.