Word Origins
Words starting with a
| Word | Origins |
|---|---|
| adventuress |
-noun
Russian aventyuristka
English adventuress |
| adventurous |
-adjective
Russian aventyurniy |
| adversary |
-noun
Spanish adversario
French adversaire
English adversary |
| adverse |
-adjective
Spanish adverso
French adverse |
| adversity |
-noun
French adversite
English adversity |
| advertising |
-noun
euskara (Basque) propaganda
English propaganda
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euskara (Basque) publizitate
English publicity |
| advice |
-noun
euskara (Basque) kontseilari
‘adviser’
French conseil
English counsel |
| adviser |
-noun
euskara (Basque) kontseilari |
| aerate |
-verb transitive
euskara (Basque) airetu
English aerate |
| aeration |
-noun
euskara (Basque) aireketa
English aeration |
| aerial |
-noun
Russian antenna
euskara (Basque) antena
Spanish antena
French antenne |
| aero- |
aero- combination
Russian avia- |
| aerobics |
-noun
Russian aerobika
Spanish aerobismo
English aerobics |
| aerodrome |
-noun
Russian aerodrom
French aerodrome |
| aerodynamics |
-noun
Russian aerodinamika |
| aeronautics |
-noun
Spanish aeronautica |
| aeroplane |
-noun
Russian avia- combination
French avion |
| aerosol |
-noun
Russian aerozol
euskara (Basque) aerosol
English aerosol |
| Aesar |
-noun
Irish supreme god
Aesar means ‘man of |
| Aesir |
-noun |
| aesthetic |
-adjective
Russian esteticheskiy
euskara (Basque) estetiko |
| aesthetics |
-noun, plural
Russian estetika
euskara (Basque) estetika
English aesthetics |
| affable |
-adjective
Spanish afable
English affable |
| affair |
-noun
French affaire
English affair |
| affair (business) |
-noun
Spanish negocio
English negotiation |
| affair (love) |
-noun
Russian roman
English romance |
| affect |
-verb
transitive
Russian affekt ‘fit
of passion’
Spanish afectar
French affecter
English affect |
| affected |
-adjective
Russian affekt ‘fit
of passion’
Spanish afectado
English affected |
| affection |
-noun
Russian affekt ‘fit
of passion’
French affection |
| affectionate |
-adjective
Tamil amudam
‘love’. (am is just a neuter suffix. The basic word is amud)
euskara (Basque) amodio
‘love’
euskara (Basque) amodiozko
‘affectionate’
d is our symbol for soft d sound
as in this
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Russian affekt ‘fit
of passion’
French affectueux |
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