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Word Origins

WordOrigins
accomplice

-noun

Spanish complice

English accomplice

accomplish

-verb transitive

French accomplir

English accomplish

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French achiever

English achieve

accomplished

-adjective

Spanish perfecto

English perfect

accomplished (talented)

-adjective

Spanish talentoso

English talented

accomplishment

-noun

Spanish realizacion

English realization

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Spanish talento

French talent

English talent

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French accomplissement

English accomplishment

accord

-noun

euskara (Basque) akordio

French accord                         

Spanish acuerdo

English accord
accordion

-noun

Russian akkordeon

euskara (Basque) akordeoi

Spanish acordeon

English accordion
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 Europe

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

English accredit
accrue

-verb intransitive, verb transitive

Indian Tamil polivu ‘many’ (vu is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is pol)

euskara (Basque) pilatu ‘accrue’
accumulate

-verb intransitive, verb transitive

Indian Tamil polivu ‘many’ (vu is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is pol)

euskara (Basque) pilakatu ‘accumulate’

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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

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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

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Spanish correccion

English correction

accurate

-adjective

Spanish exacto

English exact

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Spanish correcto

English correct

accusation

-noun

Spanish acusacion

French accusation

English accusation
accusative (grammar)

-adjective

euskara (Basque) akusatibo

English accusative

accusatory

-noun

Spanish acusatorio

English accusatory

accuse

-verb transitive

Spanish acusar

French accuser

English accuse

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French incriminer

English incriminate
accused

-noun

Spanish acusado (de)

English accused
accuser

-noun

Spanish acusador

English accuser

accustom

-verb transitive

Spanish acostumbrar

English accustom
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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