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List of English words of Nahuatl (Aztec) origin:

* Avocado (āhuacatl)
* Cacao (cacahuatl)
* Chipotle (chilpoctli)
* Chocolate (xocolātl)
* Coyote (coyōtl)
* Guacamole (āhuacamōlli)
* Mole (mōlli)
* Taco (tlahco)
* Tequila (téquitl)
* Tomato (tomatl)

List of English words of Quechuan (the main language family of the Inca Empire) origin:

* Coca (kuka)
* Cocaine (kuka)
* Condor (kuntur)
* Jerky (ch'arki)
* Llama
* Puma
* Quinoa (kinwa)

List of English words of Arawak (one of indigenous languages of the Americas) origin:

* Barbecue (barbakoa)
* Buccaneer (buccan)
* Canoe (canoa)
* Guava (guayaba)
* Hammock (hamaca)
* Iguana (iwana)
* Maize (mahis)
* Potato (papa)
* Savanna (zabana)

List of English words of Tupi-Guarani (one of indigenous languages of the Americas) origin:

* Capybara (kapibari)
* Cashew (acaîu)
* Cougar (guaçu ara)
* Jaguar (ja' war)
* Macaw (macavuana)
* Maraca (maraka)
* Piranha
* Toucan

List of English words of other indigenous languages of the Americas origin:

* Cannibal (karipona, means "person")
* Chinook (ts'inuk)
* Geoduck (gwideq)
* Manatee (manati, from a word in a Cariban language meaning "(woman's) breast)
* Poncho (pontho, means "woolen fabric")

List of English words of Persian origin:

* Caviar (from Pers. khaviyar (خاویار), from خیا khaya "egg"+ در dar "bearing, holder")
* Pakistan (From پاکستان; the Persian word of "Land of the Pure)
* Shah (from Old Persian 𐏋 χšāyaþiya (="king")

List of English words of Arabic origin:

* Albatross (الغطّاس al-ghattās, "the diver)
* Alchemy, chemistry (الكيمياء al-kīmīāʾ)
* Arsenal (دار صناعة dār sināʿa, literally "house of manufacturing")
* Gazelle (غزال ghazāl)
* Lime (ليم līm)
* Saffron (زعفران zaʿfarān)

List of English words of Japanese origin:

* Anime (アニメ)
* Karaoke (カラオケ, "empty orchestra")
* Kamikaze (神風, "divine wind")
* Karate (空手)
* Manga (まんが)
* Tsunami (津波, literally "harbor wave")
* Tycoon (大君 ("taikun"), "great prince" or "high commander")

List of English words of Chinese origin:

* China (秦)
* Chopsticks(筷子)
* Feng shui (風水, from feng, wind and shui, water)
* Ginseng (人參)
* Gung-ho (工合)
* Kung fu (功夫)
* Monsoon (滿水)
* Tai Chi(太極, "Great Ultimate")
* Typhoon (颱風)
* Wok (鑊)
* Zen (禪)

List of English words of Turkic origin:

* Cossack (from Turkic "quzzaq" which means "adventurer, guerilla, nomad)
* Janissary (from Turkish yeniçeri, which means "a new soldier")
* Kiosk (from Turkish "köşk")
* Shawarma (from Turkish "çevirme", which literally means "turning")

List of English words of Russian origin:

* Bolshevik (большеви́к)
* Cosmonaut (космона́вт)
* Kompromat (компрометирующий материал)
* Pogrom (from Russian: погро́м; from "громи́ть" gromit "to destroy")

List of English words of Sanskrit origin:

* Avatar (from Sanskrit अवतार avatāra, which means "descent")
* Cheetah ( from Sanskrit चित्रस chitra-s "uniquely marked")
* Juggernaut (y from Sanskrit जगन्नाथ jagat-natha-s, which means "lord of the world")

List of English words of Malay origin:

* Durian (from Malay duri ('thorn') with noun-building suffix -an, thus durian means 'thorny')
* Gong
* Rambutan (from Malay rambūtan; rambūt ('hairy') + noun-building suffix -an.)
* Orangutan (from Malay ōrang ('man') + hūtan ('forest'))

List of English words of Korean origin:

* Bibimbap (비빔밥)
* Hanbok (한복)
* Hangul (hangeul 한글)
* Hantavirus (Hantan-gang 한탄강)
* Kimchi (gimchi 김치)
* Korea (Goryeo 고려)
* Mukbang (meokbang 먹방)
* Soju (소주)
* Taekwando (taegwondo 태권도)

List of English words of Hindi & Urdu origin:

* Bungalow (rom बंगला banglA and Urdu بنگلہ banglA, literally, "(house) in the Bengal style")
* Dungaree (from Hindi डूंगरी (ḍūṅgrī, “coarse calico”)
* Loot (from Loot لوٹ लूट, meaning 'steal')
* Nirvana
* Thug (from Thagi ठग,ٹھگ)

List of English words of Hebrew origin:

* Cherub (from כרוב kerubh 'celestial hierarchy angel')
* Golem (from גולם golem, 'shapeless mass' )
* Jubilee (from יובל yobhel 'ram's horn')
* Leviathan (from לויתן liwyathan 'sea monster, whale')
* Rabbi (from רב rabh 'master')

List of English words of Dravidian origin:

* Bandicoot (from పందికొక్కు, pandi-kokku 'pig-rat')
* Jackfruit (from ചക്ക Chakka)
* Pariah (from Tamil paṟaiyar (பறையர்) or Malayalam paṟayan (പറയൻ), "drummer")

List of English words of Hawaiian origin:

* Hula
* Kahuna
* Mana
* Taboo (kapu)
* Ukulele

List of English words of Afrikaans origin:

* Aaardvark (literally "earth pig")
* Apartheid (literally "apart-ness")
* Hartebeest (modern Afrikaans equivalent is hartebees)
* Meerkat (literally "lake cat")
* Springbok (literally "jumping buck")

List of English words of Bantu origin:

* Banjo (mbanza)
* Chimpanzee (from Kivili ci-mpenzi)
* Gumbo (ngombo meaning "okra")
* Macaque (makaku)
* Mamba
* Zombie (from West African. Either from Kikongo - zumbi "fetish", or Kimbundu - nzambi "god")

List of English words of West African (non-Bantu) origin:

* Cola (from Temne 'kola', or Mandinka'kolo')
* Jazz (from Mandinka 'jasi', Temne 'yas')
* Mojo (from Kongo “moyo” meaning “spirit”)
* Tango (from Ibibio 'tamgu')
* Yam (from Fula 'nyami', Twi 'anyinam')

List of English words of Philippine origin:

* Yo-yo (from Ilocano word yoyo)

List of English words of Māori origin:

* Haka
* Kiwi
* Waka

List of English words of Romani origin:

* Chav (from the Romani word chavi meaning child)
* Lollipop (from the Romani "loli phabai", meaning red apple)

List of English words of Hungarian origin:

* Coach (kocsi)
* Goulash (gulyás)

List of English words of Polish origin:

* Kevlar (from the name of Stephanie Kwolek, Polish scientist)

List of English words of Yiddish origin:

* Bagel (from Yiddish: בײגל, romanized: beygl)
* Glitch (from rom גליטשן, glitshn, 'slide'; cf. German: glitschen, 'slither')
* Klutz (from קלאָץ, klots, 'wooden beam'; cf. German: Klotz, 'block')

List of English words of Czech origin:

* Howitzer (from houfnice, a 15th-century Hussite catapult; houf meaning crowd or band)
* Robot (introduced in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. from the 1920s)

List of English words of Spanish origin:

* Alligator (from el lagarto, "the lizard")
* Mosquito (literally "little fly")
* Salsa (from salsa, "sauce")
* Tornado (from Spanish tronada, "thunderstorm", influenced by tornar, "to turn")
* Vertigo

List of English words of Portuguese origin:

* Bossa nova (literally "new trend" or "new wave")
* Breeze (from Old Spanish and Portuguese briza 'northeastern wind')
* Caramel (via French and Spanish, from Portuguese caramelo)

List of English words of Swedish origin:

* Moped
* Ombudsman
* Orienteering
* Tungsten

English words of Norwegian origin:

* Fjord
* Ski
* Slalom

English words of Danish origin:

* Flense

List of English words of Greek origin:

* Sarcasm (‘flesh-eating’, with the idea that a caustic remark tears the skin. It’s a sibling of ‘sarcophagus’, once made of stone believed to consume the flesh of any dead body it encountered)

List of English words of German origin:

* Antifa (short for "Antifaschistische Aktion" (anti-fascist action)
* Blietzkrieg (literally "lightning war")
* LSD (from German abbreviation of "Lysergsäurediethylamid")
* Pretzel (Brezel)
* Rucksack

List of English words of Dutch origin:

* Booze (from Middle Dutch busen (="to drink in excess")
* Gin (from 'jenever')
* Iceberg (from Dutch ijsberg (literally ice mountain)
* Yacht (from Dutch jacht, short for jachtschip (literally "hunting ship")

List of English words of French origin:

* Boudoir (from the French for 'pout')
* Dandelion (a mangling of the French ‘dent de lion’, ‘lion’s tooth’, named for the plant’s jagged leaves)
* Heyday (from the French 'm'aidez!', 'help me')

List of English words of Italian origin:

* Influenza (Italian for 'influence', as the virus was thought to be caused by the influence of the stars over human life)
* Jerusalem (a mangling of the Italian 'girasole', sunflower)

List of English words of Latin origin:

* Remorse (from the Latin for 'biting hard', referring to the bite of regret that eats away at you)
* Pavilion (from the Latin 'papilio', a butterfly, because a large tent was thought to resemble the stretched wings of the insect)