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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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  • ADHERINGverbLatin13 finderspresent participle and gerund of adhere
  • ADHESIONnounLatin46 findersThe ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
  • ADHESIONALadjective5 findersRelating to adhesion.
  • ADHESIVEadjectiveLatin8 findersSticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
  • ADHESIVELYadverb4 findersIn an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
  • ADHIBITverbLatin4 findersTo allow in; to admit.
  • ADIAPHORONnounAncient Greek4 findersAn indifferent matter. A matter that is morally neutral. Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
  • ADIAPHOROUSadjectiveAncient Greek7 findersneither harmful nor beneficial
  • ADIATHERMICadjective2 findersimpervious to heat
  • ADIEUinterjectionLatin208 findersSaid to wish a final farewell; goodbye.
  • ADIOSinterjectionSpanish8 findersgoodbye
  • ADIPICadjectiveLatin4 findersPertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.
  • ADIPOCEREnounLatin19 findersA brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis.
  • ADIPOCEROUSadjective5 findersLike, or containing, adipocere.
  • ADIPOCYTEnoun16 findersa type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
  • ADIPOSEadjectiveLatin304 findersContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
  • ADIPOSITYnounLatin61 findersObesity; the state of being fat.
  • ADIPOUSadjective3 findersOf or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
  • ADIPSIAnounAncient Greek6 findersAbsence of thirst.
  • ADITnounLatin46 findersA horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage, used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purp
  • ADJACENTadjectiveLatin53 findersLying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
  • ADJACENTLYadverb19 findersIn such a way as to be adjacent.
  • ADJECTIVALadjective12 findersOf or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
  • ADJECTIVEnounAncient Greek14 findersA word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
  • ADJECTIVELYadverb6 findersAs an adjective; adjectivally.
  • ADJOINverbLatin26 findersTo share a common boundary or border with; to be physically contiguous to (a piece of land or property).
  • ADJOINTadjectiveFrench15 findersUsed in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
  • ADJOURNverbOld French84 findersTo postpone.
  • ADJUNCTnounLatin196 findersAn appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
  • ADJUNCTIVEadjective73 findersForming an adjunct. Forming a noun adjunct.
  • ADJUNCTLYadverb24 findersIn an adjunct manner.
  • ADJURATIONnounLatin15 findersA grave warning.
  • ADJUREverbProto-Indo-European42 findersTo formally command or request (someone) to do something, either in the name of a deity, or to suffer a curse or punishment if they do not comply; to bind (someone) under oath; to
  • ADJUSTverbLatin12 findersTo modify.
  • ADJUSTABLEadjective15 findersCapable of being adjusted. Designed to be adjusted without difficulty.
  • ADJUSTABLYadverb5 findersIn a way that is adjustable.
  • ADJUSTERnoun30 findersOne who adjusts something, especially the amount of compensation due in an insurance claim.
  • ADJUSTIVEadjective3 findersTending or serving to adjust.
  • ADJUSTORnoun9 findersAlternative form of adjuster.
  • ADJUTANCYnoun8 findersThe state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
  • ADJUVANCYnoun7 findersThe condition of being adjuvant.
  • ADJUVANTadjectiveProto-Indo-European27 findersProviding assistance or help; assistive, facilitative, helpful.
  • ADMANnoun6 findersA person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
  • ADMEASUREverbLatin1 finderTo measure.
  • ADMINnoun7 findersAdministration, or administrative work.
  • ADMINICLEnounLatin1 finderSomething that aids or supports.
  • ADMINICULARadjectiveLatin4 findersSupplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
  • ADMINISTERverbLatin36 findersTo apportion out, distribute.
  • ADMINISTRABLEadjective3 findersAble to be administered
  • ADMIRABLEadjectiveLatin5 findersDeserving of the highest esteem or admiration; estimable.
  • ADMIRABLYadverb4 findersIn a way worthy of admiration.
  • ADMIRALnounLatin13 findersThe commander of a naval squadron or fleet, regardless of formal rank.
  • ADMIRALSHIPnoun1 finderThe state, property, or office of being an admiral.
  • ADMIRALTYnounLatin30 findersThe office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
  • ADMIRATIONnounLatin8 findersA positive emotion combining wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful; a feeling of respect for another's skills or attributes, as one might look on a he
  • ADMIRATIVEadjectiveLatin1 finderCharacterized by admiration.
  • ADMIREverbLatin11 findersTo be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at.
  • ADMIRINGLYadverb12 findersIn an admiring manner.
  • ADMISSIONnounLatin1 finderThe act or practice of admitting.
  • ADMITverbLatin5 findersTo allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
  • ADMITTEEnoun2 findersOne who is admitted.
  • ADMITTERnoun2 findersSomeone who or something which admits.
  • ADMIXverb24 findersTo mingle with something else; to mix.
  • ADMIXTUREnounLatin44 findersAn instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
  • ADMONISHverbLatin167 findersTo inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke in a serious tone; to tell off.
  • ADMONISHERnoun130 findersOne who admonishes.
  • ADMONITIVEadjective1 finderOf or conveying admonition
  • ADMONITORnounLatin3 findersAn admonisher; a monitor.
  • ADMONITORILYadverb4 findersIn an admonitory manner.
  • ADMONITORYadjectiveLatin8 findersOf or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
  • ADNATEadjectiveLatin5 findersLinked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
  • ADNEXAnounLatin14 findersThe appendages of an organ, such as the Fallopian tubes of the uterus.
  • ADNOUNnounLatin2 findersAn adjective used as a noun (sensu stricto); an absolute adjective (nominalized adjective).
  • ADOBELIKEadjective6 findersResembling the building material adobe.
  • ADOBOnounOld French21 findersA Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
  • ADOLESCENTadjectiveLatin22 findersOf, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
  • ADONISEverb5 findersTo embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.
  • ADOPTverbLatin4 findersTo take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship. To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
  • ADOPTABLEadjective1 finderAble to be adopted.
  • ADOPTEEnounFrench1 finderAn adopted son or daughter.
  • ADOPTERnoun4 findersone who adopts
  • ADOPTIANISMnoun1 finderAlternative form of adoptionism.
  • ADOPTIONnounLatin19 findersThe act of adopting.
  • ADOPTIOUSadjective1 finderAdopted.
  • ADOPTIVEadjective11 findersRelated through adoption.
  • ADOPTIVELYadverb4 findersIn an adoptive manner; by adoption.
  • ADORABILITYnoun12 findersThe quality of being adorable; adorableness.
  • ADORABLEadjectiveLatin67 findersBefitting of being adored; cute or loveable.
  • ADORABLYadverb38 findersIn an adorable manner.
  • ADORATIONnounLatin29 findersAn act of religious worship.
  • ADOREverbLatin19 findersTo worship.
  • ADORINGLYadverb55 findersIn an adoring manner.
  • ADORNverbLatin308 findersTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
  • ADOWNadverbLatin4 findersDown, downward; to or in a lower place.
  • ADOZEadjective1 finderDozing, napping, asleep.
  • ADRENALadjectiveLatin85 findersPertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
  • ADRENALECTOMYnoun5 findersThe removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
  • ADRENALLYadverb2 findersIn adrenal terms.
  • ADRIFTadjective50 findersFloating at random.
  • ADROITadjectiveProto-Indo-European339 findersdeft, dexterous, or skillful

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