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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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  • BOONLESSadjective2 findersNot having a boon.
  • BOORnounProto-Indo-European49 findersA peasant.
  • BOORISHadjective307 findersBehaving as a boor; rough in manners.
  • BOORISHLYadverb200 findersIn a boorish manner; uncultured.
  • BOOSEnounProto-Indo-European5 findersA stall for an animal (usually a cow).
  • BOOSTnounMiddle English4 findersA push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
  • BOOSTERnoun29 findersSomething that boosts.
  • BOOSTERISHadjective2 findersPromotional; acting as or like a booster for a particular community or group
  • BOOSTERISMnoun1 finderPromotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
  • BOOTnounProto-Indo-European42 findersA heavy shoe that covers part of the leg. A kind of sports shoe worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football (historically in the form of boots, now shorter, but s
  • BOOTABLEadjective1 finderThat can be booted; from which one can boot the system.
  • BOOTBLACKnoun4 findersA shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation.
  • BOOTEDadjective12 findersWearing a boot or boots.
  • BOOTERYnoun1 finderA shop selling boots.
  • BOOTHnounProto-Indo-European40 findersA small stall for the display and sale of goods.
  • BOOTJACKnoun5 findersA V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
  • BOOTLACEnoun2 findersA long lace for fastening boots.
  • BOOTLEGverb24 findersTo engage in bootlegging. To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
  • BOOTLEGGERnoun1 finderSomeone who bootlegs. One who is illegally a producer and/or trader of goods, especially of alcohol. One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works withou
  • BOOTLESSadjectiveMiddle English13 findersWithout boots.
  • BOOTLICKverb4 findersTo seek favor from by fawning, servile behavior.
  • BOOTLICKERnoun17 findersA person who behaves in a servile or obsequious manner; a toady.
  • BOOTYnounOld French44 findersA form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
  • BOOZEnoun10 findersAny alcoholic beverage.
  • BOOZERnoun18 findersOne who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard.
  • BOOZILYadverb14 findersIn a boozy way.
  • BOOZYadjective28 findersIntoxicated by alcohol.
  • BOPPERnoun2 findersA person who dances the bop.
  • BORAnoun8 findersAn initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales.
  • BORACHIOnounAncient Greek4 findersA drunkard.
  • BORAGEnounLatin61 findersBorago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
  • BORALnoun5 findersaluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
  • BORALSnoun1 finderaluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
  • BORANEnoun1 finderAny binary compound of boron and hydrogen.
  • BORATEnoun25 findersThe oxyanion BO3 or any of several more complex derivatives.
  • BORATEDadjective5 findersHaving been treated with borate
  • BORAXnounLatin234 findersA white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on por
  • BORDnoun12 findersObsolete form of board.
  • BORDELnounLatin5 findersA brothel.
  • BORDELLOnounProto-Indo-European2 findersA brothel.
  • BOREverbProto-Germanic22 findersTo inspire boredom in somebody.
  • BOREALadjectiveAncient Greek155 findersOf, relating to, or coming from the north.
  • BOREASnounAncient Greek7 findersThe north wind.
  • BOREDverb20 finderssimple past and past participle of bore
  • BOREDOMnoun27 findersThe state of being bored.
  • BOREENnounIrish8 findersA narrow, frequently unpaved, rural road in Ireland, often characterised by a ridge of grass growing in the middle.
  • BOREHOLEnoun3 findersA hole bored into the ground to collect samples for analysis or to extract oil or water.
  • BORESOMEadjective1 finderMarked by boredom; boring; uninteresting
  • BORIDEnoun11 findersThe B anion.
  • BORINGnounMiddle English36 findersThe act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing. Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually wi
  • BORINGLYadverb32 findersIn a boring manner.
  • BORKverb31 findersTo defeat a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
  • BORKEDadjective26 findersParticularly of computers or other complex devices: broken, damaged, out of order.
  • BORKINGnoun8 findersThe act of defeating a person's appointment or election, judicial nomination, etc., through a concerted attack on the person's character, background, and philosophy.
  • BORNverbProto-Germanic25 finderspast participle of bear; given birth to.
  • BORNEverbOld English30 finderspast participle of bear
  • BORNEOLnoun5 findersA bicyclic organic compound and a terpene, easily oxidized to the ketone yielding camphor.
  • BORNITEnoun2 findersA reddish mineral that tarnishes on exposure to air; it is a mixed sulfide of iron and copper with the chemical formula Cu5FeS and is an important ore of copper.
  • BORONnoun123 findersThe chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder. An atom of this element.
  • BORONIAnoun3 findersAny of several aromatic herbs, of the genus Boronia, used in perfumery.
  • BORONICadjective72 findersOf or pertaining to the boronic acids or their derivatives
  • BOROSILICATEnoun56 findersAny of various minerals whose structure is formally that of a dual salt of boric and silicic acids.
  • BOROUGHnounProto-Germanic89 findersA town having a municipal corporation and certain traditional rights.
  • BORROWverbProto-Indo-European1 finderTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
  • BORSCHnounRussian25 findersAlternative spelling of borscht.
  • BORSCHTnounYiddish93 findersA beetroot soup that can be served hot or cold, usually with sour cream, called borsch in its countries of origin.
  • BORSHCHnounRussian1 finderAlternative spelling of borscht.
  • BORSTALnounOld English24 findersA way up a hill in the South Downs.
  • BORZOInounProto-Indo-European26 findersA dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.
  • BOSCAGEnounProto-Germanic20 findersA place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
  • BOSHnounTurkish67 findersNonsense.
  • BOSHTERadjective1 finderExcellent; wonderful.
  • BOSKnounProto-Indo-European22 findersA bush.
  • BOSKETnounProto-Germanic6 findersA small grove or copse of trees, a thicket.
  • BOSKYadjective61 findersHaving abundant bushes, shrubs or trees.
  • BOSOMnounProto-Indo-European19 findersThe breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
  • BOSOMEDadjective4 findersHaving a bosom (of a specified kind).
  • BOSOMYadjective12 findersFull of sheltered hollows or recesses.
  • BOSONnoun80 findersA particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein statistics. They have integer
  • BOSONICadjective47 findersOf, pertaining to, or resembling a boson.
  • BOSQUEnoun13 findersRare spelling of bosk.
  • BOSSnounProto-Germanic1 finderOne who is in charge of something. One who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
  • BOSSETnoun1 finderA small boss or knob, especially one in a series.
  • BOSSILYadverb8 findersIn a bossy manner.
  • BOSSYadjective2 findersTending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
  • BOSUNnoun138 findersAlternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
  • BOTANICadjectiveAncient Greek96 findersOf or pertaining to botany.
  • BOTANICALadjective73 findersOf or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
  • BOTANICALLYadverb2 findersin a botanical manner
  • BOTANISTnoun2 findersA person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
  • BOTANIZEverb4 findersTo do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.
  • BOTANIZERnoun5 findersAn amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
  • BOTANYnoun101 findersA branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
  • BOTCHverbOld English114 findersTo perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
  • BOTCHEDLYadverb7 findersIn a botched manner.
  • BOTCHERnounMiddle English7 findersA person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
  • BOTCHERYnoun1 finderAn act of botching, or being sloppy.
  • BOTCHILYadverb2 findersIn a botchy manner.
  • BOTCHINESSnoun3 findersThe state of being botchy
  • BOTCHINGSverbOld English7 findersTo perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.

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