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General

• List of company name etymologies
• List of computer term etymologies
• List of band name etymologies

This is a list of company names with their name origins explained. ... This is a list of the origins of computer-related terms (i. ... This is a list of band names with their name origins explained. ...

English word origins

• Non-loanwords
  • proto-Indo-European – Proto-Germanic – Anglo-Saxon *See Discussion*
• How words have been loaned from various languages to (many) other languages:
  • Australian Aboriginal – African – Afrikaans – Algonquian – Arabic – Bengali – Chinese – Czech – Dutch – Etruscan – French – German – Greek – Hawaiian – Hebrew – Hindi – Hungarian – Irish – Italian – Japanese – Korean– Latin – Malayalam – Maori – Nahuatl – Norwegian – Old Norse – Persian – Polish – Portuguese – Punjabi – Quechua – Russian – Sanskrit – Scots – Scottish Gaelic – Spanish – Swedish – Tamil – Turkic – Urdu – Yiddish
• Lists of foreign words with English derivatives
  • Greek – Latin

See: Medical terminology These words of Australian Aboriginal origin include some which are almost universal in the English-speaking world, such as kangaroo and boomerang. ... This is a list of English language words that come from any of the sub-Saharan African languages. ... Words of Afrikaans origin have entered other languages. ... For a list of words with Algonquian language origins, see the Algonquian derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Words of Algonquian origin have entered American English and thence have been exported to the English language in general and many European languages. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This is a list of English words that are thought to have their origin in Etruscan and were borrowed through Latin. ... A number of Hawaiian words have made their way into the English language. ... This is a list of English words of Hebrew (and related Semitic) origin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Because Latin words make up some 60% of the language, this is necessarily a deeply incomplete list of English language words of Latin language origin, a full list of which would be tens of thousands of words long. ... For a list of words with Malayalam language origins, see the Malayalam derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Words of Malayalam origin have entered other languages. ... Words of (New Zealand) Maori origin have entered many languages. ... For a list of words with Nahuatl language origins, see the Nahuatl derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Words of Nahuatl origin have entered many European languages. ... Words of Old Norse origin that have entered the English language, primarily from the colonisation of eastern and northern England between 800-1000 AD. Old Norse (abbreviated in dictionaries as ) existed in its spoken and written form from c. ... Muhammad ascending to paradise As Indo-European languages, English and Persian have many words of common Proto-Indo-European origin, and many of these cognate words often have similar forms. ... For a list of words with Punjabi language origins, see the Punjabi derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Words of Punjabi origin have entered other languages. ... This is a list of English words of Quechua origin. ... This is a list of English words of Sanskrit origin. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this list may require cleanup. ... This is a list of English words borrowed from Scottish Gaelic: bard  From bàrd, poet or reciter. ... This is a list of English words of Tamil origin: // Food Candy  Originally there was the phrase sugar-candy, from French sucre-candi, Italian zucchero candi, from Arabic sukkar qandî, from Persian qand, from Sanskrit ;;khaNDu, from Tamil kaNTu Copra  from a Tamil word for Coconuts kernel, koparai. ... This is a list of words that have entered into the English language from the Turkic languages. ... For a list of words with Urdu language origins, see the Urdu derivations category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Words of Urdu origin have entered other languages. ... This is a list of English language words of Yiddish language origin, many of which have entered the language by way of American English or Cockney. ... This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). ... Medical terminology is a process of accurately describing the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and procedures in a science based manner. ...

Spanish word origins

African – Americas – Arabic – Austronesian – Basque/Iberian – Celtic – Chinese – Etruscan – French – Germanic – Greek – Indo-Aryan – Iranian – Italic – Latin – Semitic – Turkic – uncertain – various: includes Australian Aboriginal languages, Balti, Berber, Caló, Czech, Dravidian, Egyptian, Hungarian, Ligurian, Mongolian, and Slavic (such as Old Church Slavonic, Polish, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian). This is a list of Spanish words of African origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words that come from Indigenous languages of the Americas. ... This is a list of Spanish words of Arabic origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words that come from Austronesian languages. ... This is a list of Spanish words of Basque and/or Iberic origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words of Celtic origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words of Etruscan origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words that come from Indo-Aryan languages. ... This is a list of Spanish words of origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words that come from Semitic languages (excluding Arabic which can be found here). ... This is a list of Spanish words that come from Turkic languages. ... This is a list of Spanish words of uncertain origin. ... This is a list of Spanish words of various origins. ...

Placename etymology or Toponymy

• List of country name etymologies
  • British — UK counties — German — India — Irish — * Romanian counties
  • List of subnational name etymologies
• List of river name etymologies

// The ancient Romans used the name Africa terra --- land of the Afri (plural, or Afer singular) --- for the northern part of the continent, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia. ... Toponymy is the taxonomic study of toponyms (place-names), their origins and their meanings. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Etymological list of counties of the United Kingdom is a list of the origins of the names of counties of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of the origins of the names of counties of Romania. ... This article provides a collection of the etymology of the names of subnational entities. ... // Asia Chang Jiang (Yangtze): Chinese long river Dongjiang: Chinese east river Huang He: Chinese yellow river Sefid-rud: Persian: White river Aravand-rud: Persian: Fast river. Europe Avon: Brythonic meaning river Cam: Brythonic meaning crooked Clwyd: Welsh meaning hurdle Danube: Latin Danuvius, from Iranian (Scythian or Sarmatian) dānu- river...

Toponyms or Names derived from places

• List of words derived from toponyms
  • Chemical elements named after places
  • Maghreb toponymy

This is a list of words derived from toponyms, followed by the place name it is derived from. ... This is a list of chemical elements named after places. ... The place names of the Maghreb come from a variety of origins, mostly Arabic and Berber, but including a few derived from Phoenician, Latin, and several other languages. ...

Eponyms or Names derived from people

Main article: Eponyms

• Astronomical objects named after people
• Cartoon characters named after people
• Chemical elements named after people
• Diseases named after people
• Companies named after people
• Countries named after people
• Foods named after people
• Human anatomical parts named after people
• Inventions named after people
• Minerals named after people
• Places and political entities named after people
• Prizes named after people
• Scientific constants named after people
• Scientific laws named after people
• Scientific phenomena named after people
• Scientific units named after people
• Universities named after people