840
abbotabbot: [OE] Abbot comes ultimately from abbā, a Syriac word meaning ‘father’ (which itself achi...

216
abbreviateabbreviate: see briefabbreviate (v.)mid-15c., from Latin abbreviatus, past participle of a...

934
abbreviation (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French abréviation (15c.), from Late Latin abbreviationem (no...

499
ABC (n.)\\\"the alphabet,\\\" late 13c., abece. Sense \\\"rudiments or fundamentals (of a subject)\\...

575
abdicateabdicate: see indicateabdicate (v.)1540s, \\\"to disown, disinherit (children),\\\" from Lat...

364
abdication (n.)1550s, \\\"a disowning,\\\" from Latin abdicationem (nominative abdicatio) \\\"renunc...

360
abdomen (n.)1540s, \\\"belly fat,\\\" from Latin abdomen \\\"belly,\\\" which is of unknown origin,...

399
abdominal (adj.)1550s, from medical Latin abdominalis, from abdomen (genitive abdominis); see abdome...

734
abduct (v.)\\\"to kidnap,\\\" 1834, probably a back-formation from abduction; also see abduce. Relat...

777
abduction (n.)1620s, \\\"a leading away,\\\" from Latin abductionem (nominative abductio), noun of a...

919
abeam (adv.)\\\"at right angles to the mainmast,\\\" 1826, nautical, literally \\\"on beam;\\\" see...

859
aberrant (adj.)1798, originally in natural history, from Latin aberrantem (nominative aberrans), pre...

567
aberration (n.)1590s, \\\"a wandering, straying,\\\" from Latin aberrationem (nominative aberratio)...

497
abetabet: see baitabet (v.)late 14c. (implied in abetting), from Old French abeter \\\"to bait, to h...

1073
abeyance (n.)1520s, from Anglo-French abeiance \\\"suspension,\\\" also \\\"expectation (especially...

907
abhorabhor: [15] Abhor comes from Latin abhorrēre, which literally meant ‘shrink back in terror’ (fr...

385
abhorrent (adj.)1610s, \\\"in a position or condition to recoil,\\\" usually with from; from Latin a...

585
abideabide: see bideabide (v.)Old English abidan, gebidan \\\"remain, wait, delay, remain behind,\\\...

905
abiding (adj.)late 14c., \\\"enduring,\\\" present participle adjective from abide (v.). ...

999
ability (n.)late 14c., from Old French ableté \\\"expert at handling (something),\\\" from Latin hab...

739
abject (adj.)early 15c., \\\"cast off, rejected,\\\" from Latin abiectus, past participle of abicere...

476
abjure (v.)early 15c., from Middle French abjurer or directly from Latin abiurare \\\"deny on oath,\...

666
ablaze (adv.)late 14c., from a \\\"on\\\" (see a- (1)) + blaze (n.)....

1056
ableable: [14] Able and ability both come ultimately from the Latin verb habēre ‘have’ or ‘hold’. Fr...

602
ablutionablution: see lavatoryablution (n.)\\\"ritual washing,\\\" late 14c., from Latin ablutionem...

726
abnegate (v.)1650s, from Latin abnegatus, past participle of abnegare \\\"to refuse, deny\\\" (see a...

885
abnegation (n.)late 14c., \\\"a negative assertion,\\\" c. 1500 as \\\"self-denial,\\\" from Latin a...

437
abnormal (adj.)1835, displaced older abnormous (1742) and rival anormal (1835) under influence of La...

1077
abnormality (n.)\\\"quality of being abnormal,\\\" 1854; \\\"abnormal feature or quality,\\\" 1859,...

576
aboard (adv.)late 14c., probably in most cases from Old French à bord, from à \\\"on\\\" + bord \\\"...

1042
abodeabode: see bideabode (n.)mid-13c., \\\"action of waiting,\\\" verbal noun identical with Old En...

217
abolish (v.)mid-15c., from Middle French aboliss-, present participle stem of abolir \\\"to abolish\...

451
abolition (n.)1520s, from Middle French abolition or directly from Latin abolitionem (nominative abo...

943
abolitionist (n.)1792, originally in reference to the slave trade, from abolition + -ist. In Britain...

761
abominableabominable: [14] The Latin original of this word meant ‘shun as an evil omen’. The prefix...

609
abominate (v.)1640s, back-formation from abomination or from Latin abominatus, past participle of ab...

451
aboriginal (adj.)1660s, \\\"first, earliest,\\\" especially in reference to inhabitants of lands col...

1078
aborigine (n.)1858, mistaken singular of aborigines (1540s; the correct singular is aboriginal), fro...

702
abortabort: see originabort (v.)1570s, \\\"to miscarry,\\\" from Latin abortus, past participle of a...

238
abortion (n.)1540s, originally of both deliberate and unintended miscarriages; from Latin abortionem...

307
abortive (adj.)late 14c., \\\"born prematurely or dead,\\\" from Latin abortivus \\\"pertaining to m...
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