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The words we have an etymology for, grouped by where they came from. Every ancestry percentage on the report divides by this list, not by the word count.

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  • AGRYPNIAnounAncient Greek18 findersPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
  • AGRYPNIASnounAncient Greek9 findersPersistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
  • AUTACOIDnounAncient Greek14 findersA hormone or similar compound that has a short-term, local effect
  • BATRACHIANnounAncient Greek6 findersAny frog or toad.
  • GLYPHICadjectiveAncient Greek297 findersCarved, sculpted.
  • GNOMICadjectiveAncient Greek411 findersOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
  • HUBRISnounAncient Greek489 findersExcessive arrogance or pride, or presumption; originally toward the gods; a feeling of overwhelming and all-encompassing pride.
  • IATRICadjectiveAncient Greek12 findersOf or pertaining to a physician or physicians.
  • KRYPTONnounAncient Greek124 findersThe chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's a
  • MALVOISIEnounAncient Greek5 findersSynonym of malmsey (“wine”).
  • MYTHOPOEIAnounAncient Greek25 findersCreation of any myth.
  • MYTHOPOEICadjectiveAncient Greek20 findersGiving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth.
  • PHATICadjectiveAncient Greek141 findersPertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship and whose meaning is otherwise either deemphasized or absent.
  • PHOCOMELIAnounAncient Greek8 findersA congenital disorder of the limbs, the affected person being born with abnormally short or missing bones and flipper-like hands or feet.
  • PROTHALAMIONnounAncient Greek3 findersA song or poem in honour of a bride and bridegroom about to be married.
  • RHOEADINEnounAncient Greek13 findersAny of a group of benzazepine alkaloids found in the poppy.
  • STRONGYLEnounAncient Greek8 findersA nematode worm of the family Strongylidae, often parasitic in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, especially horses
  • TRICHOLOGYnounAncient Greek26 findersThe science or study of hair.
  • MAINPRISEnounAnglo-Norman1 finderA writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large.
  • SOUKnounArabic146 findersAlternative spelling of souq.
  • ATAVISMnounFrench214 findersThe reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
  • DEMIJOHNnounFrench15 findersA large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
  • DEMILUNEadjectiveFrench21 findersIn the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.
  • DROITnounFrench82 findersA legal right or entitlement.
  • FOUDROYANTadjectiveFrench17 findersHaving an awesome and overwhelming effect.
  • FRICANDEAUnounFrench14 findersThinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee.
  • GLYPTICSnounFrench84 findersThe art of engraving on precious stones.
  • HARLEQUINADEnounFrench5 findersA pantomime-like comedy featuring the harlequin or clown.
  • LIBERTINAGEnounFrench4 findersThe conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.
  • MACEDOINEnounFrench12 findersA mixture of diced vegetables or fruit served as a salad.
  • PALYadjectiveFrench18 findersPalewise; vertically striped.
  • PARBUCKLEnounFrench5 findersA kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is fastened aloft, and both ends of the rope are looped under, then over the
  • TOURNEDOSnounFrench7 findersFilet mignon.
  • FASTLYadverbGerman8 findersIn a secure or firm manner; securely
  • GAUFFERverbGerman7 findersTo plait, crimp, or flute
  • KIESELGUHRnounGerman8 findersDiatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.
  • KRIEGSPIELnounGerman6 findersA board game used to train military tactics and strategy.
  • DEBOUCHnounItalian17 findersA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
  • PASQUINADEnounItalian6 findersA lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
  • ALBEDOnounLatin94 findersThe fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
  • CALTROPnounLatin72 findersA metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heral
  • CANITIESnounLatin3 findersThe condition of having gray hair.
  • CAUDALadjectiveLatin244 findersPertaining to the tail or posterior or hind part of a body.
  • CRISPATEadjectiveLatin4 findersHaving curled, wavy or notched edges.
  • DAMNIFYverbLatin12 findersTo damage physically; to injure.
  • DEFALCATIONnounLatin17 findersThe act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
  • DENTIGEROUSadjectiveLatin10 findersBearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
  • DESQUAMATEverbLatin24 findersTo remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
  • DISTRAINverbLatin9 findersTo squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress.
  • EDENTULOUSadjectiveLatin13 findersToothless.
  • EXIGUOUSadjectiveLatin51 findersScanty; meager.
  • FAUCALadjectiveLatin8 findersRelating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
  • FLOURISHverbLatin115 findersTo thrive or grow well.
  • FULGURATEverbLatin23 findersTo flash or emit flashes like lightning.
  • GALANTINEnounLatin5 findersA spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry.
  • HABITUDEnounLatin22 findersThe essential character of one's being or existence; native or normal constitution; mental or moral constitution; bodily condition; native temperament.
  • INGLUVIESnounLatin7 findersThe crop, or craw, of birds.
  • INTUMESCEverbLatin9 findersTo swell or enlarge (abnormally)
  • INVOLUCRUMnounLatin12 findersA sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.
  • LANIFEROUSadjectiveLatin7 findersBearing or producing wool.
  • LANIGEROUSadjectiveLatin6 findersBearing or producing wool.
  • LENTIFORMadjectiveLatin15 findersShaped like a biconvex lens.
  • LIQUESCENTadjectiveLatin20 findersMelting.
  • MALVERSATIONnounLatin17 findersCorrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority.
  • MEDICABLEadjectiveLatin1 finderCapable of being medicated
  • MIRABLEadjectiveLatin12 finderswonderful; admirable
  • MOSCHATELnounLatin2 findersA plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.
  • OBVIATEverbLatin346 findersTo anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.
  • PAUCITYnounLatin739 findersFewness in number; too few.
  • PEDICULOUSadjectiveLatin3 findersAlternative form of pedicular.
  • PERAMBULATEverbLatin137 findersTo walk around, roam, or stroll.
  • RASUREnounLatin3 findersScraping the surface of a parchment etc. in order to erase something from the document; erasure, more generally.
  • RISIBLEadjectiveLatin152 findersOf or pertaining to laughter.
  • RUBESCENTadjectiveLatin17 findersturning red; reddening
  • SEPTENARYadjectiveLatin12 findersConsisting of or containing seven.
  • SERGEANCYnounLatin3 findersThe role, rank or office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
  • SORTITIONnounLatin6 findersSelection by drawing lots.
  • SUCTORIALadjectiveLatin19 findersAdapted for sucking; living by sucking.
  • UBERTIESnounLatin3 findersFertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.
  • UBERTYnounLatin11 findersFertile growth, abundance, fruitfulness; copiousness, plenty.
  • ULTRONEOUSadjectiveLatin14 findersspontaneous; voluntary
  • VALETUDINARYadjectiveLatin24 findersSickly, infirm, valetudinarian.
  • VENERYnounLatin30 findersThe hunting of wild animals.
  • VERIDICALadjectiveLatin44 findersTrue.
  • VIDUALadjectiveLatin8 findersRelating to widowhood, or widowed.
  • QUACKSALVERnounMiddle Dutch53 findersOne falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
  • UNFREEadjectiveMiddle Dutch9 findersNot free; lacking freedom, especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
  • BYPATHnounMiddle English14 findersAn unfrequented path; an indirect route; a byway.
  • FINDABLEadjectiveMiddle English11 findersAble to be found.
  • FORETOPnounMiddle English7 findersThe top of the head; the top of the forehead.
  • OVERABOUNDverbMiddle English3 findersTo be too abundant or plentiful.
  • OVERCOLDadjectiveMiddle English5 findersExcessively cold.
  • OVERGETverbMiddle English2 findersTo get more than expected or due.
  • OVERHALEverbMiddle English1 finderTo draw or haul over; overhaul.
  • OVERMANnounMiddle English5 findersA person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine.
  • POETICALadjectiveMiddle English58 findersSynonym of poetic.
  • TOWARDLYadjectiveMiddle English8 findersPromising, propitious.
  • UNCHASTELYadverbMiddle English21 findersIn an unchaste manner.
  • UNGETverbMiddle English9 findersThe opposite action of get (in various senses) To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn. To unacquire; relinquish; release; get rid of; lose; lose hold of
  • UNPICKverbMiddle English7 findersTo undo sewing stitches.

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