English etymologies

Every word traced so far and the root it lands on. The descent, the correspondences and the argument behind each one need an account.

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47 entries

Word
verevato speak, to talk, to converse; standard Shona -reva, to say, to mean, to signify+0-0conf 722026-07-27
windex
kuvhuvhutato blow, of wind; to gust, to puff+0-0conf 612026-07-28
Water
-vhudzato wet, to soak, to moisten (Ndau -vhuza, Karanga -vudza; base -vhu- damp, wet earth)+0-0conf 612026-07-27
Vulnerable
-vhurungato stir up, to churn, to beat about violently, to throw into disorder+0-0conf 572026-07-28
Sister
svitsirato deliver to someone, to make reach+0-0conf 412026-07-26
Silicon
sekato cut, to slice, to cut up+0-0conf 542026-08-02
Schizophrenia
Chekato cut, to slice, to sever; whence mucheka, cloth, that which is cut+0-0conf 622026-08-15
Satan
satato insult, to revile, to speak against, to accuse openly+0-0conf 582026-07-28
Rice
-virudzato sprout, to send out shoots, of grain or seed germinating+0-0conf 442026-07-27
Pray
kupirato offer or dedicate to a spirit or deity+0-0conf 582026-07-27
Pizza
pisato burn, to bake, to make hot+0-0conf 442026-08-02
Petunia
-putato smoke, to draw in smoke (tobacco, pipe, medicinal fumes)+0-0conf 482026-10-11
Oxygen
chachato be sour, to turn acid, to ferment sharply+0-0conf 442026-08-02
Orange
nharaa wild tree fruit, hard and round; by extension a knob or ball+0-0conf 382026-07-27
One
Anachild, offspring; also the diminutive and singulative, the small single one+0-0conf 542026-07-29
Olivia
-rivhato be greasy, to be smeared or slippery with fat or oil+0-0conf 542026-07-29
money
manikato force in; to press; to compel+0-0conf 562026-07-26
Medusa
-mudzato raise up, to lift, to make stand, to elevate in rank+0-0conf 412026-08-01
Man
munhuperson, human being+0-0conf 842026-07-26
Life
ripobe there, be present, exist+0-0conf 722026-07-26
kimono
Kamonasmall wrapped thing, a little coil or covering, from -mona to wind, to coil, to wrap about+0-0conf 312026-07-28
Jesus
Ishelord, chief, master+0-0conf 752026-07-26
Human
dongoclay soil; hard-baked earth+0-0conf 622026-07-26
Helel
Hararethe one who does not sleep; epithet from -rara sleep+0-0conf 482026-07-27
Hebrew
pfuurto pass, go past, exceed+0-0conf 802026-07-27
Heaven
hamenointerjection meaning I do not know; let it be so+0-0conf 472026-07-26
Happy
hwapaarmpit, underarm+0-0conf 482026-07-26
Hair
charafinger, small stick, that which marks or scratches+0-0conf 612026-07-28
God
godojealousy, envy, zeal, the possessive regard of one who will not be shared+0-0conf 722026-07-28
Gehenna
guvagrave, burial pit, the dug hollow in the ground+0-0conf 482026-10-10
Friend
kufarirato like, to be fond of+0-0conf 732026-07-27
Father
poteraseek refuge, take shelter+0-0conf 582026-07-27
English
nyangahorn, antler; animal horn used as a trumpet+0-0conf 602026-07-27
Dollar
durimortar, bowl-shaped hollow+0-0conf 722026-07-26
Devil
kwirato climb, to ascend, to mount, to rise+0-0conf 442026-07-28
Computer
purato winnow, to thresh, to beat out grain and blow the chaff away, to strip clean+0-0conf 542026-08-09