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From Middle English restreinen, a borrowing from Old French restreindre, from Latin rēstringere, present active infinitive of rēstringō (“fasten, tighten”)...

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”)....

English Wikipedia has an article on: jurisdiction Wikipedia From Latin iūrisdictiō. (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʊɹɪsˈdɪkʃən/, /d͡ʒɝɪsˈdɪkʃən/ (IPA(key):...

See also: Eurásia and Euràsia English Wikipedia has an article on: Eurasia Wikipedia From Euro- +‎ Asia or blend of Europe +‎ Asia. IPA(key): /jʊˈɹeɪ.ʒə/...

See also: Couch WOTD – 2 June 2016 enPR: kouch, IPA(key): /kaʊt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -aʊtʃ From Middle English couche, cowche, from Old French couche, from the verb...

See also: Stars and starš (General American) IPA(key): /stɑɹz/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stɑːz/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z stars plural of star stars pl...

See also: onomatopœic onomatopœic onomatopoetic (less common) From onomatopoeia +‎ -ic. IPA(key): /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˌɒnəmɛtəˈpiːək/...

See also: paul and pa'ul English Wikipedia has an article on: Paul Wikipedia From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo. (Received...

WOTD – 22 February 2021 From Late Middle English deducen (“to demonstrate, prove, show; to argue, infer; to bring, lead; to turn (something) to a use;...

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tʃɪəz/ (General American) enPR: chĭrz, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɪɹz/ Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z cheers third-person singular simple present...

Borrowed from Middle French inepte, from Latin ineptus, from in- + aptus (whence English apt). (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈnɛpt/ (General Australian)...

See also: horse shoe WOTD – 10 June 2009 English Wikipedia has an article on: horseshoe Wikipedia English Wikipedia has an article on: Horseshoe sandwich...

See also: Theorem From Middle French théorème, from Late Latin theōrēma, from Ancient Greek θεώρημα (theṓrēma, “speculation, proposition to be proved”)...

IPA(key): [mo̞] Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 毛 in the cursive sōsho style. も • (mo)  The hiragana syllable も (mo). Its...

See also: Ieren -iren (obsolete, used alternatively until ca. 1900) From Middle High German -ieren, extracted by rebracketing of verbs borrowed from (Old)...

See also: exubérant WOTD – 28 August 2010 From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”)...

gratious (obsolete) From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native...

See also: Glee and g'lée English Wikipedia has an article on: Glee (music) Wikipedia enPR: glē, IPA(key): /ɡliː/ Rhymes: -iː From Middle English gle, from...

See also: Vixen fixen, vixon (obsolete) Alteration of earlier fixen, from Middle English fixen, from Old English fyxe, from Proto-West Germanic *fuhsini...

English Wikipedia has an article on: Bitola Wikipedia From Turkish manastır (“monastery”), from Byzantine Greek μοναστήριον (monastḗrion). Doublet of monastery...