WOW24 words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology (per kaikki.org) traces directly to each language. Covers direct borrowings only — words that arrived in English via an intermediary language (e.g. Nahuatl words that came through Spanish) appear under that intermediary.
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WOW24 words whose most recent Wiktionary etymology (per kaikki.org) traces directly to each language. Covers direct borrowings only.
| List | Entries | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WOW24 Words from Middle French | 1,292 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Middle French |
| WOW24 Words from Ancient Greek | 1,203 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Ancient Greek |
| WOW24 Words from Spanish | 669 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Spanish |
| WOW24 Words from Italian | 658 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Italian |
| WOW24 Words from German | 527 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from German |
| WOW24 Words from Old French | 523 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Old French |
| WOW24 Words from New Latin | 479 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from New Latin |
| WOW24 Words from Late Latin | 420 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Late Latin |
| WOW24 Words from Medieval Latin | 355 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Medieval Latin |
| WOW24 Words from Hindi | 294 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Hindi |
| WOW24 Words from Hebrew | 280 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Hebrew |
| WOW24 Words from Anglo-Norman | 248 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Anglo-Norman |
| WOW24 Words from Dutch | 242 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Dutch |
| WOW24 Words from Arabic | 212 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Arabic |
| WOW24 Words from Japanese | 208 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Japanese |
| WOW24 Words from Yiddish | 178 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Yiddish |
| WOW24 Words from Russian | 156 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Russian |
| WOW24 Words from Scots | 150 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Scots |
| WOW24 Words from Portuguese | 144 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Portuguese |
| WOW24 Words from North Germanic | 91 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from North Germanic |
| WOW24 Words from Irish | 90 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Irish |
| WOW24 Words from Chinese | 86 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Chinese |
| WOW24 Words from Low German | 84 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Low German |
| WOW24 Words from Sanskrit | 77 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Sanskrit |
| WOW24 Words from Urdu | 76 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Urdu |
| WOW24 Words from Turkish | 72 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Turkish |
| WOW24 Words from Germanic | 65 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Germanic |
| WOW24 Words from Algonquian | 63 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Algonquian |
| WOW24 Words from Persian | 61 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Persian |
| WOW24 Words from Malay | 56 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Malay |
| WOW24 Words from Afrikaans | 54 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Afrikaans |
| WOW24 Words from Old Norse | 46 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Old Norse |
| WOW24 Words from Swedish | 39 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Swedish |
| WOW24 Words from Celtic | 36 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Celtic |
| WOW24 Words from Modern Greek | 35 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Modern Greek |
| WOW24 Words from Middle English | 34 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Middle English |
| WOW24 Words from Proto-Indo-European | 33 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Proto-Indo-European |
| WOW24 Words from Scottish Gaelic | 33 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Scottish Gaelic |
| WOW24 Words from Gaulish | 31 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Gaulish |
| WOW24 Words from Hawaiian | 27 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Hawaiian |
| WOW24 Words from Australian Aboriginal | 26 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Australian Aboriginal |
| WOW24 Words from Vulgar Latin | 25 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Vulgar Latin |
| WOW24 Words from Norwegian | 23 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Norwegian |
| WOW24 Words from Etruscan | 22 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Etruscan |
| WOW24 Words from Maori | 22 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Maori |
| WOW24 Words from Ecclesiastical Latin | 21 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Ecclesiastical Latin |
| WOW24 Words from Tamil | 21 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Tamil |
| WOW24 Words from Polish | 20 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Polish |
| WOW24 Words from Proto-Semitic | 19 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Proto-Semitic |
| WOW24 Words from Ukrainian | 18 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Ukrainian |
| WOW24 Words from Inuktitut | 17 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Inuktitut |
| WOW24 Words from Taíno | 17 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Taíno |
| WOW24 Words from Hungarian | 16 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Hungarian |
| WOW24 Words from Old English | 15 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Old English |
| WOW24 Words from Proto-Germanic | 15 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Proto-Germanic |
| WOW24 Words from Canadian French | 15 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Canadian French |
| WOW24 Words from Chinook Jargon | 15 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Chinook Jargon |
| WOW24 Words from Frankish | 14 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Frankish |
| WOW24 Words from Bengali | 14 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Bengali |
| WOW24 Words from Nahuatl | 14 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Nahuatl |
| WOW24 Words from Swahili | 13 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Swahili |
| WOW24 Words from Danish | 13 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Danish |
| WOW24 Words from Neapolitan | 12 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Neapolitan |
| WOW24 Words from Korean | 12 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Korean |
| WOW24 Words from Occitan | 12 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Occitan |
| WOW24 Words from Semitic | 11 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Semitic |
| WOW24 Words from Louisiana Creole | 11 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Louisiana Creole |
| WOW24 Words from Thai | 10 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Thai |
| WOW24 Words from Tagalog | 10 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Tagalog |
| WOW24 Words from Iranian | 9 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Iranian |
| WOW24 Words from Serbo-Croatian | 9 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Serbo-Croatian |
| WOW24 Words from Romani | 8 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Romani |
| WOW24 Words from Cornish | 8 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Cornish |
| WOW24 Words from Amharic | 8 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Amharic |
| WOW24 Words from Marathi | 8 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Marathi |
| WOW24 Words from Aramaic | 7 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Aramaic |
| WOW24 Words from Zulu | 7 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Zulu |
| WOW24 Words from Bantu | 7 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Bantu |
| WOW24 Words from Yoruba | 7 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Yoruba |
| WOW24 Words from Tupi | 7 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Tupi |
| WOW24 Words from Tibetan | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Tibetan |
| WOW24 Words from Classical Latin | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Classical Latin |
| WOW24 Words from Finnish | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Finnish |
| WOW24 Words from Javanese | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Javanese |
| WOW24 Words from Welsh | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Welsh |
| WOW24 Words from Malagasy | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Malagasy |
| WOW24 Words from Gujarati | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Gujarati |
| WOW24 Words from Sicilian | 6 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Sicilian |
| WOW24 Words from Jamaican Creole | 5 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Jamaican Creole |
| WOW24 Words from Punjabi | 5 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Punjabi |
| WOW24 Words from Gullah | 5 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Gullah |
| WOW24 Words from Vietnamese | 5 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Vietnamese |
| WOW24 Words from Malayalam | 4 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Malayalam |
| WOW24 Words from Romanian | 4 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Romanian |
| WOW24 Words from Greenlandic | 4 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Greenlandic |
| WOW24 Words from Indonesian | 4 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Indonesian |
| WOW24 Words from Icelandic | 3 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Icelandic |
| WOW24 Words from Carib | 2 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Carib |
| WOW24 Words from Quechua | 1 entries | WOW24 words borrowed directly from Quechua |