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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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  • ABLUENTadjectiveLatin12 findersWashing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
  • ABLUSHadjective1 finderBlushing; ruddy.
  • ABLUTIONnounLatin103 findersThe act of washing something. Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or
  • ABLUTIONARYadjective27 findersPertaining to ablution.
  • ABLYadverbMiddle English4 findersIn an able manner; with great ability.
  • ABMHOnoun5 findersA unit of measurement (10 mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
  • ABNEGATEverb45 findersTo deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
  • ABNEGATORnounLatin19 findersOne who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
  • ABNORMALadjectiveAncient Greek19 findersNot conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
  • ABNORMALITYnoun19 findersThe state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
  • ABNORMITYnounLatin2 findersAlternative form of abnormality
  • ABNORMOUSadjectiveLatin4 findersAbnormal; irregular; misshapen.
  • ABOARDadverbMiddle English3 findersOn board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
  • ABODEnounOld English35 findersAct of waiting; delay.
  • ABODEMENTnoun2 findersA foreboding; an omen.
  • ABODINGnoun1 finderA foreboding.
  • ABOHMnoun5 findersA unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10 ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
  • ABOIDEAUnounFrench11 findersA tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
  • ABOILadjective6 findersIn a boil; boiling.
  • ABOLISHverbLatin18 findersTo end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
  • ABOLISHERnoun20 findersAgent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
  • ABOLISHMENTnounMiddle French47 findersThe act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
  • ABOLITIONnounLatin19 findersThe act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
  • ABOLITIONARYadjective7 findersRelating to or favoring abolition.
  • ABOMAnounFrench2 findersAny of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.
  • ABOMINABLEadjectiveLatin10 findersWorthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
  • ABOMINABLYadverb2 findersIn an abominable manner; very odiously; detestably.
  • ABOMINATEadjectiveLatin24 findersAbominable; detested.
  • ABOMINATORnounLatin4 findersOne who abominates.
  • ABOONprepositionOld English9 findersAbove.
  • ABORALadjective12 findersSituated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
  • ABORALLYadverb3 findersIn an aboral way; away from the mouth.
  • ABORDnounFrench3 findersThe act of approaching or arriving; approach.
  • ABORIGINALadjective48 findersFirst according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
  • ABORIGINEnoun6 findersA native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
  • ABORIGINESnounLatin7 findersplural of aborigine
  • ABORTnounLatin20 findersAn early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
  • ABORTEDadjective13 findersStopped before completion; especially because of problems or danger.
  • ABORTEEnoun1 finderThat which was aborted.
  • ABORTICIDEnoun6 findersThe act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
  • ABORTIONnounLatin15 findersThe expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus. A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage. An induced abortion.
  • ABORTIONALadjective2 findersPertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
  • ABORTIVEadjectiveLatin24 findersProduced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
  • ABORTIVELYadverb16 findersIn an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
  • ABORTUSnounLatin1 finderAn abortion.
  • ABOULICadjective4 findersAlternative form of abulic
  • ABOUTprepositionOld English50 findersIn a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of; around.
  • ABOUTSadverb4 findersAbout.
  • ABOVEprepositionOld English10 findersPhysically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
  • ABOVEGROUNDadjective6 findersAlternative spelling of above ground.
  • ABOVESprepositionOld English2 findersPhysically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
  • ABRADEverbLatin44 findersTo rub or wear off; erode.
  • ABRAIDverbProto-Germanic18 findersTo wrench (something) out.
  • ABRAMadjective3 findersAuburn.
  • ABRASIONnounLatin49 findersThe act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
  • ABRASIVEadjectiveLatin58 findersProducing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
  • ABRASIVELYadverb37 findersIn an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
  • ABREACTverbGerman3 findersTo eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
  • ABREACTIONnounGerman4 findersThe re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
  • ABREACTIVEadjective1 finderCapable of producing abreaction.
  • ABREASTadverbMiddle English51 findersSide by side and facing forward.
  • ABRInounOld French4 findersa shelter; a cavity in a hillside; a shelter on the side of hill with an overhung rock as its roof
  • ABRIDGEverbLatin29 findersTo deprive; to cut off.
  • ABRIDGEMENTnoun11 findersAlternative form of abridgment.
  • ABRIDGMENTnounMiddle French2 findersThe act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
  • ABRIMadjective2 findersBrimming, full to the brim.
  • ABRINnoun1 finderA toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius).
  • ABROACHverbOld French1 finderTo set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
  • ABROADadverbMiddle English14 findersBeyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  • ABROADSadverbMiddle English3 findersBeyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
  • ABROGATEverbLatin61 findersTo annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
  • ABROGATIONnounLatin30 findersThe act of abrogating. A repeal by authority; abolition.
  • ABROGATIVEadjective14 findersTending or designed to abrogate.
  • ABROSIAnoun4 findersAbstinence.
  • ABRUPTadjectiveLatin27 findersBroken away (from restraint).
  • ABRUPTIONnounLatin28 findersA sudden termination or interruption.
  • ABRUPTLYadverb47 findersIn an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
  • ABSCINDverbLatin5 findersTo cut off.
  • ABSCONDverbLatin148 findersTo flee, often secretly; to steal away.
  • ABSCONDERnoun95 findersA person who absconds.
  • ABSEILverbGerman26 findersTo descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body.
  • ABSENCEnounLatin1 finderA state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
  • ABSENTadjectiveLatin7 findersBeing away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; missing.
  • ABSENTEEnoun4 findersA person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
  • ABSENTERnoun1 finderOne who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
  • ABSENTLYadverb3 findersIn an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
  • ABSEYnounMiddle English2 findersABC; alphabet.
  • ABSINTHEnounAncient Greek62 findersThe herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
  • ABSITnounLatin5 findersFormal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
  • ABSOLUTEadjectiveLatin63 findersFree of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional. Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimi
  • ABSOLUTELYadverbMiddle English23 findersIn an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.
  • ABSOLUTIONnounLatin164 findersAn absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
  • ABSOLVEverbLatin31 findersTo set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.).
  • ABSOLVENTadjectiveLatin13 findersAbsolving.
  • ABSOLVERnoun29 findersAgent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
  • ABSOLVITORnounLatin4 findersA decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
  • ABSORBANCYnoun1 finderAlternative form of absorbency
  • ABSORBEDadjective2 findersFully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
  • ABSORBENCYnoun1 finderThe quality of being absorbent.
  • ABSORBENTadjectiveLatin1 finderHaving the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.

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