Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

adjj adopted by E adopted from F adopted from OF-F agent akin to Gr akin to OE akin to OFris akin to Skt anglicizes aphesis becomes OF-F cf Gr cf OFris cf OHG cf Skt cf the element cognates comes contr derivative MF-F derivative ML derives from MF-F derives from OE dial earlier echoic EF-F etymon extn freq Gmc origin hence hence n influenced L word late MF-F later Lith MD-D mdfn MF-EF MHG-G obsol OF-EF OF-MF OHG-MHG OProv orig perh akin perh cf perh via MF-F pet-form prec prefix prefix-cpds presp prob akin prob derives prob via MF-F pron SciL sense suffix tive trln of Gr varr Walshe Webster whence E whence F whence MF-F whence the E word yields