Word Origins

-noun

Spanish acerbidad

English acerbity

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Spanish severidad

English severity

-adjective

euskara (Basque) azetiko

English acetic

-noun

euskara (Basque) azetona

English acetone

-noun

Spanish acetileno

English acytelene

-noun

Indian Tamil pinh

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 Spanish and English do not have this unique sound, simple n sound is used.

Spanish pena

English pain

-verb transitive

French achiever

-noun

Spanish realizacion

-noun

Spanish victoria

English victory

-interjection

euskara (Basque) atxis! (pronounced as achis)

English achoo!

-adjective

euskara (Basque) azido ‘acid’

Spanish acido

-noun

euskara (Basque) azido

Spanish acido

English acid

-noun

Indian Urdu qubool karna ‘accept’

Hebrew eeshoor kabalah ‘acknowledgement of receipt’

-noun

Spanish acne

-noun

Spanish acolito

-adjective

Russian akoosticheskiyo

Spanish acustico

-noun

Russian akoostika

euskara (Basque) akustika

Spanish acustica

English acoustics

-noun

Spanish acquiescencia

English acquiescence

-verb transitive

French acquerir

English acquire

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Spanish obtener

English obtain

-noun

Russian akr

euskara (Basque) akre

Spanish acre

English acre

-noun

Russian akr ‘acre’

Spanish acres ‘acreage’

English acreage

acrimonious adjective

Spanish acrimonioso

-noun

Russian akrobat

Spanish acrobata

-adjective

Russian akrobaticheskiy

Spanish acrobatico

English acrobatic

-noun

Russian akril

-verb intransitive

Russian akt  

Spanish acto

French acte (theater)

English act

-noun

Russian akt ‘act’

French acte

            action

English action

-adjective

Spanish activo

English active

Turkish aktif

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Spanish energico

English energetic

-noun

Spanish actividad

English activity

-noun

Russian aktyor

Spanish actor

French acteur

Turkish aktor

English actor

-noun

Spanish comediante

-noun

Spanish actriz

French actrice