Category:Middle English terms by etymology
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Fundamental » All languages » Middle English » Terms by etymology
Middle English terms categorized by their etymologies.
- Category:Middle English back-formations: Middle English words formed by reversing a supposed regular formation, removing part of an older term.
- Category:Middle English borrowed terms: Middle English terms that are loanwords, i.e. words that were directly incorporated from another language.
- Category:Middle English calques: Middle English terms formed by piece-by-piece translations of terms from other languages.
- Category:Middle English clippings: Middle English words that were formed from another word by removing part of it, but without changing the part of speech.
- Category:Middle English compound words: Middle English words composed of two or more stems.
- Category:Middle English doublets: Middle English terms that trace their etymology from ultimately the same source as other terms in the same language, but by different routes, and often with subtly or substantially different meanings.
- Category:Middle English inherited terms: Middle English terms that were inherited from an earlier stage of the language.
- Category:Middle English words by interfix: Middle English words categorized by their interfixes.
- Category:Middle English nonce terms: Middle English terms that have been invented for a single occasion.
- Category:Middle English onomatopoeias: Middle English words that were coined to sound like what they represent.
- Category:Middle English words by prefix: Middle English words categorized by their prefixes.
- Category:Middle English reconstructed terms: Middle English terms that are not directly attested, but have been reconstructed through other evidence.
- Category:Middle English words by suffix: Middle English words categorized by their suffixes.
- Category:Middle English terms by PIE root: Middle English terms categorized by the Proto-Indo-European root they originate from.
- Category:Middle English terms derived from other languages: Middle English terms that originate from other languages.
- Category:Middle English terms with multiple etymologies: Middle English terms that are derived from multiple origins.
- Category:Middle English terms with unknown etymologies: Middle English terms whose etymologies have not yet been established.
Subcategories
This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.
