Word Origins
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| accomplice |
-noun
Spanish complice
English accomplice |
| accomplish |
-verb transitive
French accomplir
English accomplish
---
French achiever
English achieve |
| accomplished |
-adjective
Spanish perfecto
English perfect |
| accomplished (talented) |
-adjective
Spanish talentoso
English talented |
| accomplishment |
-noun
Spanish realizacion
English realization
---
Spanish talento
French talent
English talent
---
French accomplissement
English accomplishment |
| accord |
-noun
euskara (Basque) akordio
French accord
Spanish acuerdo |
| accordion |
-noun
Russian akkordeon
euskara (Basque) akordeoi
Spanish acordeon |
| accordionist |
-noun
Russian akkordeon ‘accordion’
euskara (Basque) akordeolari
‘accordionist’ |
| account |
-noun
Tamil kanhitham
(am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is kanhith)
nh is our symbol for a cerebral sound unique to Indian
languages. Try to pronounce n with your tongue touching the roof
of your mouth, not back of your teeth. Since euskara (Basque) and Spanish do
not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.
Spanish cuenta
euskara (Basque) kontu
kontaketa |
| account book |
-noun
Indian Urdu daftar
‘book’
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Ladino defter ‘account
book’
Ladino is the language of
Sephardic (wandering) Jews in
Sephardic (pronounced as Sefardic)
derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu safari ‘travel’ |
| accountability |
-noun
Spanish responsabilidad
English responsibility |
| accountable |
-adjective
Spanish responsable
English responsible |
| accredit |
-verb transitive
euskara (Basque) kreditatu
Spanish acreditar |
| accrue |
-verb intransitive, verb transitive
Indian Tamil polivu
‘many’ (vu is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is pol) |
| accumulate |
-verb intransitive, verb transitive
Indian Tamil polivu
‘many’ (vu is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is pol)
euskara (Basque) pilakatu
‘accumulate’
---
Spanish acumular
English accumulate |
| accumulation |
-noun
Indian Tamil polivu
‘many’ (vu is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is pol)
euskara (Basque) pilaketa
‘accumulation’
English pile up
---
Spanish acumulacion
English accumulation |
| accumulative |
-adjective
Spanish acumulador
English accumulative |
| accumulator |
-noun
Indian Tamil polivu
‘many’ (vu is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is pol)
euskara (Basque) pilatzaile |
| accuracy |
-noun
Spanish exactitud
French exactitude
English exactitude
---
Spanish correccion
English correction |
| accurate |
-adjective
Spanish exacto
English exact
---
Spanish correcto
English correct |
| accusation |
-noun
Spanish acusacion
French accusation |
| accusative (grammar) |
-adjective
euskara (Basque) akusatibo
English accusative |
| accusatory |
-noun
Spanish acusatorio
English accusatory |
| accuse |
-verb transitive
Spanish acusar
French accuser
English accuse
---
French incriminer |
| accused |
-noun
Spanish acusado (de) |
| accuser |
-noun
Spanish acusador
English accuser |
| accustom |
-verb transitive
Spanish acostumbrar |
| accustomed |
-adjective
Spanish acostumbrado
English accustomed |
| ace (of cards) |
-noun
Arabic as
Hebrew as
Spanish as
English ace |
| acephali |
nation in Libya with people
who had no heads
Derives from
Indian Sanskrit a ‘not’
Indian Tamil kapaalam
‘skull’ (am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is kapaal) Indian a + Indian kapaal = Libyan acephali
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