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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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  • FALDISTORYnounGerman2 findersA movable seat place in the chancel, where the bishop sat.
  • FALLverbProto-Indo-European2 findersTo be moved downwards. To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
  • FALLACIOUSadjectiveLatin20 findersCharacterized by fallacy; false or mistaken.
  • FALLACYnounLatin8 findersDeceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
  • FALLOUTnoun1 finderThe event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
  • FALLOWnounRussian22 findersGround ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
  • FALSEadjectiveOld French42 findersUntrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • FALSEDadjective8 findersFeigned, fake.
  • FALSEHOODnounMiddle English64 findersThe property of being false.
  • FALSETTOnounItalian1 finderThe "false" (singing) voice in any human, usually airy and lacking a purity of vowels; created by using the next highest vocal folds above those used for speech and normal range si
  • FALSEWORKnoun2 findersA temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
  • FALSIEnoun10 findersPadding worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts appear larger or appear to exist.
  • FALSINGnoun2 findersFalse decoding (by a telecommunications decoder).
  • FALSITYnounLatin79 findersSomething that is false; an untrue assertion.
  • FALTERnounOld Norse39 findersAn unsteadiness.
  • FALTERINGadjective43 findershesitant, halting
  • FALTERINGLYadverb4 findersIn a faltering manner; hesitantly, making pauses
  • FALXnounLatin102 findersA short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  • FAMEnounProto-Indo-European48 findersSomething said or reported; gossip, rumour.
  • FAMEDadjective9 findersHaving fame; famous or noted.
  • FAMILIARadjectiveLatin87 findersKnown to one, or generally known; commonplace.
  • FAMILISTICadjective1 finderPertaining to familism.
  • FAMILYnounLatin82 findersA group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
  • FAMINEnounLatin65 findersExtreme shortage of food in a region.
  • FAMISHverbLatin47 findersTo starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
  • FAMISHEDverb205 finderssimple past and past participle of famish
  • FAMOUSadjectiveLatin72 findersWell known.
  • FAMOUSEDadjective1 finderfamed; renowned
  • FAMOUSLYadverb114 finders(Can we add an example for this sense?) In a celebrated manner.
  • FAMULUSnounLatin11 findersA close attendant or assistant, especially of a magician or occult scholar.
  • FANALnounAncient Greek9 findersA lighthouse
  • FANATICadjectiveFrench67 findersFanatical.
  • FANATICISMnoun41 findersThe characteristic or practice of being a fanatic.
  • FANATICIZEverb2 findersTo make into a fanatic.
  • FANBOYnoun8 findersA male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, something or someone in popular entertainment media).
  • FANCIABLEadjective6 findersWorthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
  • FANCIEDadjective18 findersExisting only in the fancy (“imagination”) or by social convention; imaginary, imagined; supposed; perceived rather than real.
  • FANCIERnoun35 findersOne who fancies; a person with a special interest, attraction or liking for something.
  • FANCIFULadjective47 findersImaginative or fantastic; ignoring reality.
  • FANCIFULLYadverb46 findersIn a fanciful manner.
  • FANCILYadverb28 findersIn a fancy manner
  • FANCYnounProto-Indo-European80 findersThe imagination.
  • FANCYWORKnoun3 findersOrnamental (as opposed to plain or reparative) work in needlework, knitting or similar handicrafts; decorative embroidery.
  • FANDverbOld English5 finderssimple past of find.
  • FANDOMnoun93 findersThe fans of a sport, activity, work, person etc., taken as a group.
  • FANEnounProto-Indo-European64 findersA weathercock, a weather vane.
  • FANFICnoun3 findersFan fiction.
  • FANGnounOld English27 findersA long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
  • FANGAnounArabic2 findersA traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 50–75 liters at different places and times.
  • FANGEDadjective19 findersEquipped with fangs.
  • FANGLEverbOld English33 findersTo fashion, manufacture, invent, or create.
  • FANGLIKEadjective27 findersResembling a fang.
  • FANGOnounItalian2 findersMud from the thermal springs at Battaglia in Italy, used to treat certain medical complaints such as gout and rheumatism.
  • FANKnounScots16 findersA pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.
  • FANKLEverbScots9 findersTo tangle or entangle.
  • FANKLEDverb2 finderssimple past and past participle of fankle
  • FANLIGHTnoun3 findersA semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom.
  • FANLIKEadjective30 findersResembling a fan (hand-held cooling device).
  • FANSITEnoun1 finderA website aimed at fans of something, such as a singer or football team.
  • FANTABULOUSadjective17 findersWonderful, marvelous, outstanding; both fantastic and fabulous.
  • FANTAILnoun18 findersAny of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
  • FANTAILEDadjective4 findersHaving a fan-shaped tail.
  • FANTASIAnounAncient Greek10 findersA form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
  • FANTASIZEverb7 findersTo indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
  • FANTASIZERnoun8 finderssomeone who indulges in fantasies
  • FANTASYnounProto-Indo-European145 findersThat which comes from one's imagination or the act of imagining things.
  • FANTIGUEnoun7 findersA state of worry or excitement.
  • FANTODnounWelsh40 findersA state of worry or nervous anxiety, irritability.
  • FANTODSnoun41 findersplural of fantod
  • FANUMnounLatin4 findersThe site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine.
  • FANWORTnoun1 finderAny of the genus Cabomba of aquatic plants, having divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan.
  • FAQIRnounArabic69 findersAlternative spelling of fakir.
  • FARADnoun26 findersIn the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one
  • FARADAICadjective3 findersOf or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction
  • FARADICadjective11 findersOf or pertaining to electricity, especially to electrical induction.
  • FARADISMnounFrench5 findersTreatment with faradic electricity; faradization.
  • FARANDOLEnounFrench11 findersA lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin.
  • FARCEnounLatin96 findersA style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
  • FARCEUSEnounFrench5 findersA female farceur
  • FARCYnounLatin6 findersThe horse disease glanders, especially its cutaneous form.
  • FARDverbWelsh32 findersTo paint, as the cheeks or face.
  • FARDAGEnounFrench3 findersScrap material, used to fill space and/or prevent goods from moving about during transport
  • FARDAGESnounFrench1 finderScrap material, used to fill space and/or prevent goods from moving about during transport
  • FARDELnounMiddle English34 findersA fourth part: a quarter of anything.
  • FARDINGverb10 finderspresent participle and gerund of fard
  • FAREnounProto-Indo-European5 findersA going; journey; travel; voyage; course; passage.
  • FAREBOXnoun1 finderA box into which passengers drop their bus or train fare.
  • FARFELnounYiddish3 findersSmall pellet-shaped egg pasta in Ashkenazic Jewish cuisine, made instead out of matzah during Passover.
  • FARINAnounLatin45 findersA fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
  • FARINACEOUSadjectiveLatin21 findersMade from, or rich in, starch or flour.
  • FARINOSEadjectiveLatin3 findersYielding or related to farina
  • FARINOSELYadjectiveLatin2 findersYielding or related to farina
  • FARLnounOld English15 findersA quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
  • FARLESnounOld English1 finderA quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
  • FARMnounIcelandic12 findersA place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
  • FARMABLEadjective3 findersSuitable for farming.
  • FARMERnounLatin2 findersSomeone or something that farms, as: A person who works the land and/or who keeps livestock; anyone engaged in agriculture on a farm.
  • FARMERYnoun1 finderThe premises of a farm
  • FARMHANDnoun8 findersSynonym of farmworker.
  • FARMHOUSEnoun19 findersA house (usually the main house) on a farm; thus: A farmer's residence. A house that was once a farmer's residence albeit today lived in by residents whose occupation is not farmin

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