Word Origins

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Word	Origins
actress (in a comedy)	-noun Spanish *comediante* English *comedienne*
actual	-adjective Spanish *actual* English *actual* --- Spanish *real* French *reel* English *real* --- Indian Hindi/Urdu *asli* ‘real’ Turkish *asil* ‘actual’
actuality	-noun Spanish *realidad* English *reality*
actually	-adverb Spanish *en efecto* English *in effect* --- Spanish *en realidad* English *in reality*
actuary	-noun Spanish *actuario* de seguros English *actuary*
acumen	-noun Spanish *cacumen* English *acumen*
adam	-noun Indian Hindi/Urdu *aadmi* ‘man’. The Ladino word *adam* ‘human being’, ‘individual’, ‘man‘, ‘person’ Ladino is the language of Sephardic (wandering) Jews in Europe Sephardic (pronounced as *Sefar*dic) derives from Indian Hindi/Urdu *safari* ‘travel’ Spanish *Adan* English *Adam*
adapt	Spanish *adaptar* French *adapter* English *adapt*
adaptability	-noun Spanish *adaptabilidad* English *adaptability*
adaptable	-adjective Spanish *adaptable* English *adaptable*
adaptation	-noun Spanish *adaptacion* English *adaptation*
adapter	-noun Georgian (Kartuli ena) *adap’t’ori* Russian *adapter* English *adapter*
add	-verb transitive French *add*itionner English *add*
adder	-noun euskara (Basque) *bipera* Spanish *vibora* English *viper* --- Indian Sanskrit *sarpah ‘snake’ Spanish serpiente* Latin *serp*ens English *serpent*
addict	-noun drug is often called ‘substance from hell’ Indian Tamil *narakam ‘hell’ (am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is narak) Russian narkoman* Hebrew *narkoman* --- Spanish *adicto* English *addict*
addicttion	-noun drug is often called ‘substance from hell’ Indian Tamil *narakam ‘hell’ (am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is narak) Russian narkomaniya* ‘addiction’
addition	-noun French *addition* English *addition*
additional	-adjective French *additional* English *additional*
address	-noun Russian *adres* French *adresse* English *address*
address	-verb Russian *adres* ‘address’ noun French *adresse* English *addresser*
addressee	-noun Russian *adres* ‘address’ English *addressee*
adduce	-verb transitive Spanish *aducir* English *adduce*
adept	-adjective Spanish *adepto* English *adept*
adequacy	-noun Spanish *adecuacion* English *adequacy*
adequate	-adjective euskara (Basque) *apropos* English *apropos* --- Spanish *suficiente* French *suffisant* English *sufficent*
adhesion	-noun Spanish *adhesion* English *adhesion*
adhesive	-noun Spanish *adhesivo* English *adhesive*
Adityas	-noun Powerful Indian gods *Adites*, powerful Arab tribe
adjective	-noun Spanish *adjetivo* English *adjective*
adjudicate	-verb transitive Spanish *adjudicar* English *adjudicate*

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