abyss
abyssabyss: [16] English borrowed abyss from late Latin abyssus, which in turn derived from Greek áb...
acacia
acaciaacacia: [16] Acacia comes via Latin from Greek akakía, a word for the shittah. This is a tree...
academic
academic (adj.)1580s, \\\"relating to an academy,\\\" also \\\"collegiate, scholarly,\\\" from Latin...
academic
academic (adj.)1580s, \\\"relating to an academy,\\\" also \\\"collegiate, scholarly,\\\" from Latin...
anteater
anteater (n.)also ant-eater, 1764, in reference to the South American species; 1868 of the Australia...
armadillo
armadillo (n.)1570s, from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado \\\"armored,\\\" from Latin armatu...
badger
badgerbadger: [16] The Old English term for a ‘badger’ was brock, a word of Celtic origin, and badge...
bat
batbat: Bat as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. B...
bear
bearbear: [OE] The two English words bear ‘carry’ and bear the animal come from completely different...