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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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  • APHONIAnounAncient Greek31 findersLoss of voice; the inability to speak.
  • APHONYnoun24 findersDated form of aphonia.
  • APHORISMnounProto-Indo-European159 findersA concise expression of a principle in an area of knowledge; an axiom, a precept.
  • APHORISTICadjectiveAncient Greek53 findersOf, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
  • APHOTICadjective123 findersHaving no light, especially no sunlight.
  • APHRODISIACadjectiveAncient Greek64 findersArousing or intensifying sexual desire.
  • APHRODITEnounAncient Greek44 findersA soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
  • APHRODITESnounAncient Greek10 findersA soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
  • APHTHAnounAncient Greek5 findersCandidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida).
  • APHYLLOUSadjectiveAncient Greek2 findersHaving no leaves; leafless.
  • APIACEOUSadjective4 findersOf or relating to the family Apiaceae, including the carrots.
  • APIANadjectiveLatin69 findersRelating to bees.
  • APIARISTnoun90 findersbeekeeper
  • APIARYnounLatin236 findersA place where bees and their hives are kept.
  • APICALadjective103 findersOf or connected with the apex.
  • APICALLYadverb2 findersIn an apical manner or direction; towards an apex.
  • APICULATEadjectiveLatin8 findersHaving a short, sharply pointed tip.
  • APICULTUREnoun10 findersThe keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
  • APICULTURESnoun4 findersThe keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
  • APICULUSnounLatin2 findersThe part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.
  • APIECEadverbLatin3 findersFollowing a noun or noun phrase: by, for, or to each one; each by itself.
  • APIOLOGIESnounLatin6 findersThe scientific study of bees and honey-making.
  • APIOLOGISTnoun3 findersA person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
  • APIOLOGYnounLatin35 findersThe scientific study of bees and honey-making.
  • APISHadjective13 findersResembling or characteristic of an ape.
  • APISHLYadverb11 findersIn an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
  • APIVOROUSadjectiveLatin9 findersThat feeds on bees
  • APLENTYadjective25 findersIn a generous or overlarge quantity.
  • APLITICadjective2 findersComposed of, or relating to, aplite.
  • APLOMBnounFrench244 findersSelf-confidence; poise; composure.
  • APLUSTREnounLatin3 findersAn ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
  • APNEAnounAncient Greek27 findersThe cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
  • APNEICadjective31 findersExhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
  • APNEUSTICadjectiveAncient Greek7 findersOf or relating to apneusis.
  • APNOEAnoun10 findersAlternative form of apnea.
  • APNOEALadjective4 findersOf or characterized by apnoea.
  • APOCALYPSEnounAncient Greek13 findersA revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
  • APOCHROMATnoun1 finderA kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration.
  • APOCOPATEadjectiveAncient Greek2 findersShortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
  • APOCOPEnounAncient Greek2 findersThe loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
  • APOCRINEadjectiveAncient Greek17 findersOf or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
  • APOCRYPHAnounAncient Greek3 findersplural of apocryphon
  • APOCRYPHALadjective11 findersOf, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.
  • APOCYNTHIONnoun6 findersThe point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
  • APODadjective5 findersLacking feet; apodal.
  • APODALadjective4 findersWithout feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.
  • APODOUSadjective1 finderapodal
  • APODYTERIUMnounAncient Greek9 findersThe apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
  • APOGAMICadjective1 finderOf or relating to apogamy.
  • APOGAMIESnoun1 finderAsexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
  • APOGAMOUSLYadverb3 findersBy means of apogamy.
  • APOGAMYnoun4 findersAsexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
  • APOGEALadjectiveAncient Greek7 findersConnected with the apogee; apogeic.
  • APOGEANadjective10 findersConnected with the apogee.
  • APOGEEnounAncient Greek307 findersThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
  • APOGEICadjective22 findersPertaining to the apogee.
  • APOLAUSTICadjectiveAncient Greek6 findersDedicated to enjoyment.
  • APOLOGETICadjectiveAncient Greek27 findersHaving the character of apology; regretfully excusing.
  • APOLOGETICSnounAncient Greek25 findersA systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrine.
  • APOLOGIAnounAncient Greek48 findersA written defense of a position or belief.
  • APOLOGISEverb3 findersNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
  • APOLOGISERnoun8 findersNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
  • APOLOGISTnoun54 findersOne who makes an apology. One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. Synonym of apologizer.
  • APOLOGUEnounAncient Greek9 findersA short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
  • APOLOGYnounAncient Greek17 findersAn expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
  • APOLUNEnounLatin9 findersThe point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
  • APOMIXISnounGerman4 findersPlant reproduction without fertilization.
  • APONEUROTICadjectiveLatin10 findersOf or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
  • APOPHATICadjectiveAncient Greek3 findersPertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
  • APOPHYGEnounAncient Greek4 findersA curvature found on the top or bottom of certain columns.
  • APORETICadjectiveAncient Greek14 findersTending to doubt.
  • APORIAnounAncient Greek55 findersAn expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
  • APORTadverb12 finderson the left side of the boat
  • APOSEMATICadjective16 findersThat serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
  • APOSTILnounLatin4 findersA marginal note; a gloss.
  • APOSTILLEnounLatin2 findersA special certification established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents.
  • APOSTLEnounAncient Greek80 findersA missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
  • APOSTOLICadjectiveAncient Greek111 findersPertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
  • APOSTROPHEnounAncient Greek1 finderThe text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
  • APOSTROPHICadjective2 findersPertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
  • APOTHECARYnounAncient Greek113 findersSynonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
  • APOTHECIALadjective2 findersRelating to the apothecium.
  • APOTHECIUMnounAncient Greek18 findersA type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
  • APOTHEGMnounAncient Greek24 findersA short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
  • APOTHEMnounAncient Greek9 findersThe perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle.
  • APOTHEOSIZEverb2 findersTo deify; to convert into a god.
  • APOTROPAICadjectiveAncient Greek7 findersIntended to ward off evil.
  • APPALLEDadjective3 findersShocked, horrified by something unpleasant.
  • APPARELnounOld French1 finderClothing.
  • APPARENTLYadverb1 finderPlainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently.
  • APPEALnounProto-Indo-European1 finderAn application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an applica
  • APPELnounFrench5 findersAn act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
  • APPELLANTadjectiveOld French2 findersOf or relating to appeals; appellate.
  • APPELLATIONnounLatin3 findersA name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
  • APPENDverbLatin8 findersTo hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended.
  • APPENDECTOMYnoun18 findersThe surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
  • APPENDICLEnounLatin1 finderA small appendage.
  • APPENDICULARadjectiveLatin1 finderOf or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
  • APPERILnounLatin1 finderperil
  • APPERTAINverbLatin1 finderTo belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.

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