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The words we have an etymology for, grouped by where they came from. Every ancestry percentage on a report divides by this list, not by the word count.

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  • EREMITISHadjective1 finderCharacteristic of a hermit; solitary
  • ERENOWadverb2 findersBefore now; prior to this point in time.
  • ERETHICadjective2 findersAbnormally excited.
  • ERETHISMnounAncient Greek6 findersAbnormal excitement of a bodily organ or tissue.
  • ERETHISMICadjective2 findersExhibiting or relating to erethism.
  • ERGATEnounAncient Greek2 findersA worker ant.
  • ERGATIVEadjectiveAncient Greek18 findersWith the subject of a transitive construction having grammatical cases or thematic relations different from those of an intransitive construction.
  • ERGATIVITYnoun1 finderThe property of a grammar's (or, by extension, a language's) being ergative; the attribute of possessing a grammatical pattern such that the object of a transitive verb is treated
  • ERGATOIDadjective3 finderswingless, adult and reproductive
  • ERGOadverbLatin55 findersConsequently, therefore, or thus.
  • ERGODICadjective27 findersOf or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
  • ERGODICITYnoun7 findersThe condition of being ergodic.
  • ERGOGRAMnoun1 finderA diagram illustrating work efficiency.
  • ERGOMANIAnoun9 findersAn obsession with exercise or work.
  • ERGOMANIACnoun5 findersA person who is obsessed with working hard.
  • ERGOMANIASnoun9 findersAn obsession with exercise or work.
  • ERGONnounAncient Greek7 findersWork, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.
  • ERGONOMICadjectiveAncient Greek34 findersOf or relating to the science of ergonomics.
  • ERGONOMICSnounAncient Greek46 findersThe science of the design of equipment, especially so as to reduce operator fatigue, discomfort and injury.
  • ERGOPHOBEnoun1 finderA person who dislikes working.
  • ERGOPHOBIAnoun58 findersAn irrational fear of or aversion to work
  • ERGOPHOBIASnoun23 findersAn irrational fear of or aversion to work
  • ERGOTnounFrench105 findersAny fungus in the genus Claviceps which are parasitic on grasses.
  • ERGOTAMINEnounGerman12 findersAn alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
  • ERGOTICadjective26 findersPertaining to, or derived from, ergot (in its various meanings).
  • ERGOTISMnoun41 findersThe plant disease caused by ergot.
  • ERGOTIZEverb1 finderTo affect with ergot.
  • ERHUnounMandarin9 findersA type of bowed spike fiddle having two strings, originating in China as part of the huqin family of string instruments.
  • ERICnounIrish2 findersA fine paid as compensation for violent crimes.
  • ERICAnoun3 findersAny of many heathers, of the genus Erica, used as garden plants
  • ERICOIDadjective3 findersOf or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica. Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and ari
  • ERINACEOUSadjectiveLatin11 findersOf, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
  • ERIONITEnounAncient Greek2 findersA zeolite mineral with a molecular structure similar to chabazite, usually found in weathered volcanic ash.
  • ERISTICadjectiveAncient Greek19 findersProvoking strife, controversy or discord.
  • ERLKINGnounDanish7 findersIn German literature and modern folklore, a malicious elf or spirit who preys on children.
  • ERMINEnounLatin55 findersA weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its d
  • ERMINEDverb9 finderssimple past and past participle of ermine
  • ERMINESadjective34 finders: In blazon, coloured with a heraldic fur of a black field with white spots; counter-ermine.
  • ERMINOISadjectiveOld French1 finderIn blazon, ermine with a field or instead of argent (gold with black spots).
  • ERNEnounProto-Indo-European6 findersA sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
  • ERODABLEadjective3 findersAlternative form of erodible.
  • ERODEverbLatin12 findersTo wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
  • ERODIUMnoun2 findersAny of the plant genus Erodium, including filarees and storksbills.
  • EROGENOUSadjectiveAncient Greek41 findersSensitive to sexual arousal.
  • EROSnounAncient Greek37 findersA winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
  • EROSIONnounLatin18 findersThe result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face.
  • EROSIONALadjective3 findersPertaining to erosion.
  • EROSIONALLYadverb1 finderIn an erosional manner; by means of erosion.
  • EROSIVITYnoun6 findersA measure of the potential ability of soil, regolith, or other weathered material to be eroded by rain, wind, or surface runoff.
  • EROTETICadjectiveAncient Greek1 finderOf or pertaining to questioning.
  • EROTICadjectiveAncient Greek18 findersRelating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
  • EROTICAnounAncient Greek66 findersErotic literature, art, decoration, or other such work.
  • EROTICALadjective22 findersErotic.
  • EROTICALLYadverb2 findersin an erotic manner
  • EROTICISEverb3 findersAlternative spelling of eroticize.
  • EROTICISMnoun39 findersthe state of being erotic, or of being sexually aroused
  • EROTICISTnoun1 finderOne who takes part in erotic activities.
  • EROTOGENICadjective2 findersThat causes sexual excitement
  • EROTOMANIAnounAncient Greek12 findersA psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person.
  • EROTOMANIACnoun11 findersA person suffering from erotomania (in either sense).
  • ERRANCYnounOld French1 finderthe state of being in error; fallibility
  • ERRANTadjectiveOld French6 findersStraying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
  • ERRANTLYadverb2 findersIn an errant manner.
  • ERRATICadjectiveLatin2 findersUnsteady, random; prone to unexpected changes; not consistent.
  • ERRATICISMnoun2 finderserratic behaviour
  • ERRATUMnounLatin7 findersA published notice reporting an error belatedly discovered in a previous publication.
  • ERRINGverb1 finderpresent participle and gerund of err
  • ERRINGLYadverb1 finderIn an erring manner; with mistakes or sins.
  • ERRONEOUSadjectiveLatin3 findersContaining an error; inaccurate.
  • ERRONEOUSLYadverb4 findersIn an erroneous manner.
  • ERSATZadjectiveGerman88 findersAn inauthentic or inadequate substitute or imitation.
  • ERSTadjectiveGerman31 findersFirst.
  • ERSTWHILEadverb218 findersFormerly; in the past.
  • ERUBESCENTadjectiveLatin3 findersRed; reddish.
  • ERUCICadjective1 finderOf, pertaining to, or derived from plants of the genus Eruca.
  • ERUCIFORMadjectiveLatin1 finderShaped like a caterpillar; the term is loosely applied to some larvae with little resemblance to typical caterpillars.
  • ERUCTverbLatin49 findersTo burp or belch.
  • ERUCTATEverbLatin2 findersTo belch, to burp.
  • ERUCTATIONnounLatin5 findersThe act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
  • ERUDITEadjectiveLatin384 findersLearned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
  • ERUDITELYadverb60 findersIn a learned or scholarly manner.
  • ERUDITIONnounLatin127 findersProfound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
  • ERUMPENTadjectiveLatin10 findersThat emerges, or bursts through; breaking forth.
  • ERUPTverbLatin12 findersTo eject something violently (such as lava or water, as from a volcano or geyser).
  • ERUPTIBLEadjective1 finderAble to be erupted.
  • ERUPTIONnounLatin24 findersA violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
  • ERUPTIONALadjective2 finderseruptive
  • ERUPTIVEadjectiveFrench16 findersThat erupts or bursts forth.
  • ERUPTIVELYadverb6 findersIn an eruptive manner.
  • ERUVnounHebrew6 findersAn eruv chatzerot; ritual aggregation of properties that allows Jews observing traditional Shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines.
  • ERVILnounLatin1 finderbitter vetch, blister vetch (Vicia ervilia).
  • ERYNGIUMnoun2 findersAny of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
  • ERYNGOnounAncient Greek1 finderThe root of sea holly, Eryngium maritimum, formerly candied and taken as confectionery and held to have aphrodisiac properties.
  • ERYTHEMAnounProto-Indo-European21 findersAbnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
  • ERYTHEMALadjective1 finderRelating to, or causing erythema
  • ERYTHEMATOUSadjectiveLatin1 finderOf or pertaining to erythema.
  • ERYTHEMICadjective4 findersErythematous.
  • ERYTHRISMnoun1 finderAn abnormally red or pink pigmentation found in certain animals.
  • ERYTHRISMALadjective1 finderHaving an abnormally prevalent red pigmentation, having the condition erythrism.
  • ERYTHRONIUMnounAncient Greek1 finderA plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.

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