always < OE ealne + weg all the time, every time; orig. denoting extent of space or distance
away < OE on weg
barn < OE ber(e)n barley + ern house a house for barley
breakfast < OE break + fast stop fasting
bridal < OE brydealu < bryd marriage + ealu ale wedding feast
cupboard < ME cuppebord a board for cups
dairy < ME deierie, dayerie < deie, daye female servant, dairy-woman, OE dage female kneader of bread < dag dough + -erie -ery < Sc deigja
daisy < OE dages day + eage eye days eye; so named from its covering the yellow disc in the evening and disclosing it in the morning
elbow < OE el(n) + boga bending of the arm
England < OE Engla land; orig. country of the Angles, later of the Germanic inhabitants of Great Britain
forehead < OE for + heafod
Friday < OE frige + day day of the goddess Frig (Sc Frigg), wife of Odin < Lat Veneris dies day of the planet Venus
gossip < OE god + sibbe a person related to someone in god
han(d)sel < OE hand + sellan delivery in the hand, and Sc giving of the hand, esp. in a promise or bargain
husband < OE husbonda < Sc husbondi master of a house
lady < OE hlafdige bread kneader
lord < OE hlaford bread keeper (i.e. one who feeds dependents)
maintain < L manutenere < manu hand + tenere hold to hold by the hand
mermaid < OE mermayde mere sea, lake + magden maid
Monday < OE monandag < monan, gen. of mona moon + dag day
mortify < L mors death + facere to make
necklace < OE hnecca neck + OFr laz, las noose
neighbour < OE neah near + gebur farmer
nightingale < OE nihtegala < niht night + galan sing
perhaps < per haps by chance haps pl. of hap chance
Saturday < OE Satern(es)dag < L Saturni dies day of the planet Saturn
sheriff < OE scirgerefa < scir shire + gerefa numberer > shire-reeve (reeve an officer)
typhoon < perh. of Chinese origin a violent whirlwind < tai big + fung wind
verdict < L veredictum true saying < vere truly + dictum a thing said
welcome < Sk vel + kominn
whether < OE hwather < hwo who + ther comparative suffix as in other
window < Sc vindauga < vindr wind + auga eye an eye for wind
world < OE weorold, wor(o)ld < wer man (Icel verr, Goth wair) + oeldu age an age of a man, a course of mans life
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| -dom noun-forming | the state of being ─ freedom) the rank of a ─ (dukedom) an area ruled by a ─ (kingdom) collectivity (yuppiedom, officialdom) | adj-stems noun-stems noun-stems noun-stems, adj-stems | neutral neutral neutral informal |
| -en verb-forming | the idea of making into or making like (brighten) | adj-stems | neutral |
| -er noun-forming | the agent of the action (dancer) the object of the action (lander) | verb-stems noun-stems | neutral neutral |
| -ful adj-forming | the idea of presence of some quality (powerful) | noun-stems | neutral |
| -hood noun-forming | state, condition, quality, character (childhood) | noun-stems | neutral |
| -ie/-y noun-forming | the idea of diminutiveness (birdie) | noun-stems | evaluative |
| -ing noun-forming | action, process (learning) | verb-stems | neutral |
| -ish adj-forming | the idea of being similar to the idea of depreciatory meaning (childish, snobbish) | adj-stems noun-stems | neutral evaluative |
| -less adj-forming | the idea of absence of some quality (senseless) | noun-stems | neutral |
| -like adj-forming | the idea of being similar to, characteristic of (businesslike) | noun-stems | neutral |
| -ling noun-forming | the idea of diminutiveness, depreciation (duckling) | noun-stems | evaluative |
| -ly adj-forming adv-forming | the idea of having the manner of, the characteristic of (friendly, cleverly) every (weekly) | noun-stems adj-stems | neutral |
| -ness noun-forming | state, condition, quality, degree (kindness, forgiveness) | adj-stems verb-stems | neutral |
| -ship noun-forming | position, state, condition (friendship) | noun-stems | neutral |
| -ster noun-forming | orig. the female agent (spinster) the idea of a person with often a depreciatory meaning (gangster, youngster) | noun-stems adj-stems | derogatory |
| -wise adv-forming | the way, manner (clockwise, fashionwise) | noun-stems | neutral |
| -y adj-forming | full of, characterized by, having (dirty, sleepy, wintry) | noun-stems | neutral |
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| -able adj-forming | the idea of ability of the action (washable, saleable) | verb-stems noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -al adj-forming | the idea of being the kind of, pertaining to (comical) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -an/-ian/-ean adj-forming | belonging or pertaining to (American) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ation/-tion/ -ion noun-forming | action, state, concrete instance or result (combination, completion, election) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ee noun-forming | the object of the action (trainee) | verb-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -eer noun-forming | the agent of the action (auctioneer, profiteer, racketeer) | noun-stems | oft. derogatory Romanic |
| -ery/-ry noun-forming | collectivity, state, condition (machinery, poetry) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ese noun-forming adjective-forming | people or language belonging to the country (journalese, officialese, Japanese, Viennese) | noun-stems | neutral, Romanic |
| -ess noun-forming | the idea of feminine derivatives (poetess) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ette noun-forming | diminutive meaning (kitchenette) female agent of the action (usherette) imitation (leatherette) | noun-stems noun-stems noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ics noun-forming | art or science (mathematics) | noun-stems | neutral Greek |
| -ify/-fy verb-forming | to make or become, to bring to a certain state (purify, terrify, intensify) | adj-stems noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ise/-ize verb-forming | to make, to cause to be, to become (modernize) | noun-stems adj-stems | neutral Greek |
| -ism noun-forming | the idea of system, trend, theory, movement (criticism) | noun-stems | neutral Greek |
| -ist noun-forming | the idea of a person advocating a doctrine, system (linguist) | adj-stems | neutral Greek |
| -ite noun-forming | the idea of a supporter, follower (Thatcherite) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ity/-ty noun-forming | quality, state, condition (regularity, stupidity, liberty) | adj-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -let noun-forming | the idea of diminutiveness (booklet) | noun-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -ment noun-forming | state, quality, condition, action, process (government) | verb-stems adj-stems | neutral Romanic |
| -nik noun-forming | a person who is connected with or keen on (computernik) | noun-stems | informal Russian |
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