Word Origins
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| abatement |
-noun
Spanish mitigacion
English mitigation
---
Spanish reduccion
English reduction
---
Spanish supresion
English suppression |
| abbey |
-noun
Russian abbatstvo
euskara (Basque) abatetxe
French abbaye
English abbey
---
Turkish manastir
manastir kilisesi
manastara ait binalar
English monastery |
| abbot |
-noun
Aramaic (language of Jesus
Christ) ‘father’
Indian Urdu abbu ‘father’
French abbe
euskara (Basque) abata |
| abbreviate |
-verb transitive
Indian Tamil surukkam
‘abbreviation’ (am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is surukk)
Russian sokrashat ‘abbreviate’
---
Spanish abreviar
English abbreviate
French abreger |
| abbreviate |
-verb imperfect
Indian Tamil surukkam
‘abbreviation’(am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is surukk)
Russian sokratit ‘abbreviate’ |
| abbreviation |
-noun
Indian Tamil surukkam
‘abbreviation’ (am is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is surukk)
Russian sokrashat ‘abbreviate’
---
Russian abbreviatoora
Spanish abrevacion
French abreviation
English abbreviation
---
euskara (Basque) kontrakzio
English contraction
---
Spanish condensacion |
| ABC's |
-noun
Russian alfavit
euskara (Basque) alfabeta
alfabeto
Spanish alfabeto
English alphabet |
| Abdias |
-noun
Hebrew ‘servant of god’
Derives from
Indian Urdu abbu ‘father’
Indian Sanskrit daasah
‘servant’ (ah is a suffix for nouns. The basic word is daas)
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Indian abbu +
Indian daas = Hebrew Abdias |
| abdicate |
-verb transitive
Spanish abdicar
French abdiquer
English abdicate
---
Spanish renunciar
English renounce |
| abdication |
-noun
Spanish abdicacion
English abdication
---
Spanish renuncia
English renunciation
|
| abdomen |
-noun
Spanish abdomen
French abdomen
English abdomen
---
Indian Urdu batan
Hebrew beten singular
betaneem plural |
| abdominal |
-adjective
Spanish abdominal
English abdominal |
| abduction |
-noun
Spanish abduccion |
| Aber |
Confluence of waters
Eg. Beginning of Scottish
cities Aberdeen, Aberystwyth
Derives from
Indian Sanskrit apa ‘water’
Indian Urdu aab
and Arabic ab ’water’ (Arabic has no p sound)
Latin prefix ab-
is used for liquids |
| aberration |
-noun
Spanish abberracion |
| abeyance |
-noun
Russian paooza ‘pause’
euskara (Basque) pausarte
‘pause’
English pause
---
Spanish suspension
English suspension
|
| abhor |
-verb transitive
Indian Urdu nafrath
karna
Turkish nefret ‘hate’,
‘hatred’
---
French abhorrer
English abhor
---
French detester
English detest |
| abhorrence |
-noun
Indian Urdu nafrat
h
Turkish nefret ‘hate’,
‘hatred’
---
Spanish aborrecimiento
English abhorrence |
| abhorrent |
-adjective
Spanish aborrecible |
| abide |
-verb intransitive
Indian Tamil iru ‘be’ |
| abiding |
-adjective
Indian Tamil iru ‘be’
euskara (Basque) irauteko
‘abiding’ |
| ability |
-noun
euskara (Basque) abilezia
abilitate
abiltasun
English ability
French habilite
---
Indian Tamil thakudi
d is our symbol for soft d sound as in this
Indian Urdu taaqat
Arabic takht ‘throne’
---
French capacite
English capacity |
| Abimelech |
-noun
Hebrew ‘father of a king’
Derives from
Indian Urdu abbu ‘father’
Indian Hindi/Urdu maalik
‘lord’, ‘master’ |
| abjure |
-verb transitive
Spanish abjurar
English abjure |
| ablative (grammar) |
-adjective
euskara (Basque) ablatibo
English ablative |
| ablaze |
-adjective
Indian Tamil sudu ‘heat’
euskara (Basque) sutsu ‘ablaze’ |
| ablaze |
-predicate
Indian Sanskrit Agni ‘god
of fire’
Russian okhvachenniyo ognyom
‘ablaze’ |
| able |
-adjective
French capable |
| ably |
-adverb
Spanish competentemente |
| Abner |
-noun
Indian Urdu abbu ‘father’
Indian Urdu noor ‘light’
Hebrew Abner ‘father
of light’
Indian abbu +
Indian noor = Hebrew Abner |
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