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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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  • BELIEverbProto-Germanic100 findersTo lie around; encompass.
  • BELIEFnounProto-Germanic18 findersMental acceptance of a claim as true.
  • BELIERnoun7 findersOne who or that which belies.
  • BELIEVEverbProto-Germanic3 findersTo accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
  • BELIEVERnounMiddle English5 findersA person who believes; especially regarding religion.
  • BELIEVINGverbOld English32 finderspresent participle and gerund of believe
  • BELIKEverbMiddle English19 findersTo make like; simulate.
  • BELIQUOREDadjective2 findersDrunken.
  • BELITTLEverb4 findersTo disparage, depreciate, or minimize the importance, value, merit, or significance of someone or something.
  • BELITTLERnoun2 findersOne who belittles.
  • BELIVEverbProto-Indo-European6 findersTo remain, stay.
  • BELLBOYnoun1 finderA male worker, usually at a hotel, who carries luggage and runs errands.
  • BELLEnounLatin2 findersAn attractive woman.
  • BELLETRISTnounGerman2 findersA person who writes or is concerned with belles-lettres
  • BELLETRISTICadjective3 findersOf, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
  • BELLHOPnoun6 findersAn employee of a hotel who carries a guest's luggage and runs errands.
  • BELLIBONEnounMiddle French2 findersA beautiful and nice woman.
  • BELLICOSEadjectiveLatin83 findersWarlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
  • BELLOWnounProto-Indo-European6 findersThe deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise.
  • BELLOWSnounProto-Germanic6 findersA device for delivering pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location. At its most simple terms a bellows is a container which is deformable in such a way as to
  • BELLYnounProto-Indo-European1 finderThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
  • BELOMANCIESnounAncient Greek1 finderStudying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
  • BELOMANCYnounAncient Greek20 findersStudying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
  • BELONGverbOld English16 findersTo have its proper place.
  • BELONGERnoun3 findersOne who belongs; a member.
  • BELOVEverbOld English1 findersimple past of belive
  • BELOVEDadjectiveMiddle English82 findersMuch loved, dearly loved.
  • BELOWprepositionMiddle English23 findersLower in spatial position than.
  • BELOWDECKSadverb14 findersBelow the main deck of a ship.
  • BELOWGROUNDadjective1 finderBeneath the surface of the ground; underground.
  • BELOWSprepositionMiddle English12 findersLower in spatial position than.
  • BELTnounProto-Germanic20 findersA band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
  • BELTEDverb3 finderssimple past and past participle of belt
  • BELTERnounMiddle English7 findersA maker or worker of belts.
  • BELTLESSadjective3 findersNot wearing or not possessing a belt. Not wearing a seatbelt.
  • BELTMANnoun2 findersA person who operates and maintains a conveyor belt.
  • BELTWAYnoun18 findersA freeway that encircles a city.
  • BELUGAnounRussian110 findersA whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
  • BELVEDEREnounItalian5 findersA turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
  • BEMAnounAncient Greek9 findersA platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
  • BEMADverb1 finderTo make mad.
  • BEMAULverb1 finderTo maul thoroughly or completely.
  • BEMEANverbMiddle English2 findersTo mean; signify; inform.
  • BEMEDALverb2 findersTo award a medal to; to adorn with a medal.
  • BEMETEverbOld English1 finderTo measure.
  • BEMIREverbMiddle English6 findersTo soil with mud or a similar substance.
  • BEMISTverb1 finderTo cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
  • BEMIXverb4 findersTo mix around or about; mingle.
  • BEMOANverbOld English89 findersTo moan or complain about (something).
  • BEMOANERnoun13 findersOne who bemoans.
  • BEMOCKverb2 findersTo ridicule or mock.
  • BEMOUTHverb4 findersTo mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
  • BEMUSEverb32 findersTo confuse or bewilder.
  • BEMUSEDLYadverb29 findersIn a bemused manner
  • BENAMEverbOld English1 finderTo swear on oath; to solemnly declare; promise; give.
  • BENCHnounProto-Indo-European8 findersA long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
  • BENCHERnoun3 findersA senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
  • BENCHIERadjective2 findersResembling or characteristic of a bench.
  • BENCHIESTadjective2 findersResembling or characteristic of a bench.
  • BENCHLESSadjective3 findersWithout a bench or benches.
  • BENCHMARKnoun5 findersA standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
  • BENCHTOPnoun1 finderThe surface of a bench or workbench.
  • BENCHYadjective13 findersResembling or characteristic of a bench.
  • BENDverbProto-Indo-European11 findersTo cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
  • BENDAYverb1 finderTo use the Ben Day printing and photoengraving technique.
  • BENDERnoun6 findersOne who, or that which, bends.
  • BENDLETnoun1 finderA diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.
  • BENDWISEadverb1 finderDiagonally; placed like a bend, i.e. running from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
  • BENDYadjective22 findersHaving the ability to be bent easily.
  • BENEnounProto-Germanic8 findersA prayer, especially to God; a petition; a boon.
  • BENEATHadverbOld English25 findersBelow or underneath.
  • BENEDICKnoun1 finderA recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
  • BENEDICTnoun38 findersA newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
  • BENEDICTIVEadjective1 finderOf, relating to, or being a benediction or blessing.
  • BENEDIGHTadjectiveLatin2 findersBlessed; benedict.
  • BENEFACTverb2 findersTo benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
  • BENEFACTORnounLatin26 findersSomebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
  • BENEFICadjectiveLatin11 findersFavorable; beneficent.
  • BENEFICEnounLatin6 findersLand granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
  • BENEFICIALadjectiveLatin27 findersHelpful or good to something or someone.
  • BENEFICIARYnounLatin24 findersOne who benefits or receives an advantage.
  • BENEFITnounLatin7 findersAn advantage; help or aid from something.
  • BENETverb1 finderTo catch in a net; ensnare.
  • BENIGHTverbMiddle English24 findersTo overtake (a traveller etc) with the darkness of night, especially before shelter is reached.
  • BENIGHTEDadjective67 findersOvertaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
  • BENIGHTEDLYadverb20 findersIn a benighted manner.
  • BENIGHTERnoun4 findersOne who benights or keeps others in darkness.
  • BENTverbMiddle English10 finderssimple past and past participle of bend
  • BENTHICadjective166 findersPertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.
  • BENTHOSnounAncient Greek30 findersThe flora and fauna at the bottom of a body of water.
  • BENTHOSCOPEnoun3 findersA deep-sea submersible, consisting of a hollow sphere made of steel, able to bring a person to depths of a few thousand feet.
  • BENTOnounJapanese13 findersA Japanese takeaway lunch served in a box, often with the food arranged into an elaborate design.
  • BENTWOODnoun2 findersLengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
  • BENTYadjective4 findersAbounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass.
  • BENUMBverb2 findersTo make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
  • BENZALnoun3 findersA transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO. NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia on benzoyl chloride and by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.
  • BENZOATEnoun26 findersAny salt or ester of benzoic acid.
  • BENZOICadjectiveFrench13 findersPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
  • BENZOLnoun2 findersAn impure benzene (mixed with toluene etc), used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes.
  • BENZOYLnoun10 findersA univalent radical formally derived from benzoic acid, C6H5CO-, by removal of the hydroxyl group.

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