410
aboundabound: [14] Abound has no connection with bind or bound. Its Latin source means literally ‘ov...

403
aboutabout: [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its co...

133
aboveabove: [OE] As in the case of about, the a- in above represents on and the -b- element represen...

801
aboveboard (adj.)1610s, from above and board (n.1). \\\"A figurative expression borrowed from gamest...

294
abrade (v.)1670s, from Latin abradere \\\"to scrape off\\\" (see abrasion). Related: Abraded; abradi...

1043
Abrahammasc. proper name, name of the first of the patriarchs in the Old Testament, from Hebrew Abra...

620
abrasion (n.)1650s, from Medieval Latin abrasionem (nominative abrasio) \\\"a scraping,\\\" noun of...

842
abrasive (n.)\\\"an abrasive substance,\\\" 1853, from abrasive (adj.).abrasive (adj.)1805, from Lat...

159
abreast (adv.)mid-15c., on brest, from a- (1) + breast (n.); the notion is of \\\"with breasts in li...

185
abridgeabridge: see briefabridge (v.)c. 1300, abreggen, \\\"to make shorter, to condense,\\\" from O...

770
abridgement (n.)late 15c., from Old French abregement \\\"shortening, abbreviation,\\\" from abregie...

480
abroadabroad: [13] It was only in the 15th century that abroad came to mean ‘in foreign parts’. Earl...

587
abrogate (v.)1520s, from Latin abrogatus, past participle of abrogare \\\"to annul, repeal (a law),\...

314
abrogation (n.)1530s, from Latin abrogationem (nominative abrogatio) \\\"repeal of a law,\\\" noun o...

1100
abrupt (adj.)1580s, from Latin abruptus \\\"broken off, precipitous, disconnected,\\\" past particip...

681
abscessabscess: [16] Abscess comes, via French abcès, from Latin abscessus, a noun derived from absc...

492
abscissa (n.)1690s, from Latin abscissa (linea) \\\"(a line) cut off,\\\" from fem. past participle...

934
abscission (n.)\\\"removal or cutting away,\\\" early 15c., from Latin abscissionem (nominative absc...

527
abscond (v.)1560s, from Middle French abscondre and directly from Latin abscondere \\\"to hide, conc...

812
absence (n.)late 14c., from Old French absence (14c.), from Latin absentia, noun of state from absen...

457
absentabsent: [14] Absent is based ultimately on the Latin verb ‘to be’, esse. To this was added the...

193
absenteeism (n.)1829, from absentee + -ism; originally in reference to landlords, especially in Irel...

588
absoluteabsolute: [14] Absolute, absolution, and absolve all come ultimately from the same source: L...

945
absolutely (adv.)late 14c., \\\"unconditionally, completely,\\\" from absolute (adj.) + -ly (2). Fro...

759
absolve (v.)early 15c., from Latin absolvere \\\"set free, loosen, acquit,\\\" from ab- \\\"from\\\"...

872
absorbabsorb: [15] Absorb comes, via French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, a compound verb formed f...

778
absorption (n.)1590s, from Latin absorptionem (nominative absorptio), noun of action from past parti...

871
abstainabstain: [14] The literal meaning of this word’s ultimate source, Latin abstinēre, was ‘hold...

223
abstemious (adj.)c. 1600, from Latin abstemius \\\"sober, temperate,\\\" from ab(s)- \\\"from\\\" (s...

417
abstention (n.)1520s, from Middle French abstention (Old French astencion), from Late Latin abstenti...

571
abstinence (n.)mid-14c., \\\"forbearance in indulgence of the appetites,\\\" from Old French abstine...

230
abstinent (adj.)late 14c., from Old French abstinent (earlier astenant) \\\"moderate, abstemious, mo...

459
abstract (adj.)late 14c., originally in grammar (of nouns), from Latin abstractus \\\"drawn away,\\\...

1003
abstraction (n.)c. 1400, \\\"a withdrawal from worldly affairs, asceticism,\\\" from Old French abst...

828
abstruseabstruse: [16] It is not clear whether English borrowed abstruse from French abstrus(e) or d...

273
abstruseabstruse: [16] It is not clear whether English borrowed abstruse from French abstrus(e) or d...

968
absurd (adj.)1550s, from Middle French absurde (16c.), from Latin absurdus \\\"out of tune; foolish\...

724
absurdity (n.)late 15c., from Middle French absurdité, from Late Latin absurditatem (nominative absu...
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