Word origins

• etymonThe original or earlier form of an inherited or borrowed word, affix, or morpheme either from an earlier period in a language's development, from an ancestral language, or from a foreign language.
• eu-good, well
• EuantheA goddess sometimes listed as the mother of the Graces.
• eubouliaticPertaining to the modality of safety or prudence.
• eucheA vow or promise.
• EuchiteA member of an ancient mystical sect condemned as heretics.
• euchloricRelating to, or consisting of, euchlorine.
• euchologionA book of prayers or religious ritual.
• euchymyA good state of the blood and other fluids of the body.
• eucrasiaA condition of harmony or balance among the basic components or humours.
• eucrasisbalance; equilibrium
• eucrasyA mixture of qualities that constitutes health or soundness.
• eucriteAn achondritic meteoritic rock consisting chiefly of pigeonite and anorthite
• eudaemonA good or benevolent spirit.
• eudaemonicOf or pertaining to a eudaemon.
• eudaemonicsThat part of ethics that deals with happiness; the science of happiness, contrasted with aretaics.
• eudaemonismA philosophical notion, or system of ethics, which measures happiness in relation to morality.
• eudaimoniaIn Aristotelian ethics, a condition of living a life of the highest virtue; the state of human flourishing, which is desirable in and of itself, rather than as a means towards some other end.
• eudemicEndemic for a long period of time.
• eudialyteA red silicate mineral that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites.
• eudiometerA graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
• EudoxianA follower of Eudoxius of Antioch (died in 370), patriarch of Antioch and Constantinople, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.
• euergesyA good deed, an act of public benefaction by a wealthy individual.
• euergeteA benefactor.
• euergetesAn epithet given to various benefactors, including a number of Hellenistic monarchs.
• euergetismThe practice of the ancient Greek and Roman elite of distributing a part of their wealth to the community; public benefaction.
• euergetistone who practices euergetism
• eugeriaA good quality of life as one grows into old age. it is the ideal condition of old people who are free of physical illness, injury, and dysfunctional psychological or social problems.
• eulytiteeulytine
• eumolpida member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece
• EumolpusThe son of Poseidon and Chione, who became one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the founders of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
• eunoiaGoodwill towards an audience, either perceived or real; the perception that the speaker has the audience's interest at heart.
• EunomiaA minor goddess, governing law, order and lawmaking; one of the Horae, she is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene (Peace) and Dike (Justice); her Roman counterpart is Disciplina.
• euoiA cry of impassioned rapture in ancient Bacchic revels.
• euosmiteA fossil resin with a strong pleasant odour.
• eupatheiaGood feeling; positive emotion.
• EupatridIn Ancient Greece, a member of the noble Attic landowning class.
• eupepsiaGood digestion.
• euphemizeTo utter one or more euphemisms; to speak euphemistically.
• euphonismAn agreeable combination of sounds; euphony.
• euphrasyThe eyebright, Euphrasia officinalis.
• EuphrosyneOne of the three Charites and the goddess of joy.
• euphuismAn ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes.
• eupioneA clear oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
• eupraxiaPositive skills related to movement.
• eupraxyRight action.
• eupyrionA device historically used for obtaining instantaneous light, such as a lucifer match.
• Eureka CountyOne of 16 counties in Nevada, United States. County seat: Eureka.
• EuroclydonA stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
• eury-wide, broad
• EuryaleThe second eldest of the gorgons.
• euryoeciousAble to live in variable habitats or conditions.
• euryphageAny animal that eats a large variety of food.
• eurythermiaThe ability to live in a wide range of temperatures.
• eurythmyThe harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
• eutaxyGood or established order or arrangement.
• eutecto-Well-melted.
• eutelyThe property of a species that all members have the same pattern of cell division, and thus the same number of cells, either in the whole body or in a particular organ system such as the nervous system.
• eutexiaThe principle or process of forming from given components the eutectic alloy, or alloy of maximum fusibility.
• EuthemiaA female given name from Ancient Greek, meaning "of a good disposition".
• eutherianBelonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.
• euthymiaA normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity.
• euthynteriaIn classical Greek architecture, the uppermost course of a building's foundations, partly emerging from the groundline.
• eutopiaA place of ideal well-being, as a practical aspiration (compared with utopia as an impossible concept).
• eutrapelyconversational wit, one of the moral virtues proposed by Aristotle
• eutripsiajoyful fondling or caressing
• EvrotasA river in Laconia, Greece.
• evzoneA member of the Greek presidential guard.
• exa-In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁸ (a short scale quintillion or long scale trillion); one million million million.
• exarchyThe jurisdiction of an exarch (any definition); an exarchate.
• exaspideanHaving the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; said of certain birds.
• exegeticOf or pertaining to exegesis; exegetical; explanatory; interpretive.
• exegetistSynonym of exegete, one skilled in exegesis.
• exeligmosA period of 54 years and 33 days that can be used to predict successive eclipses with similar properties and location.
• exergasiaRestatement, a form of parallelism where an idea is repeated and the only change is in the way it is stated.
• exergonicReleasing energy (especially as heat)
• -exiaForms the names of functional diseases or of conditions such as pyrexia or cachexia.
• exo-outside; external
• exocarpThe outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.
• exoconsciousnessThe study of extraterrestrial dimensions of human consciousness: the origins, dimensions, endowments and abilities of human consciousness that link us directly to the cosmos and its inhabitants.
• exodicConducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor nerves or efferent nerves.
• exodosA final scene or departure in a play, especially a tragedy.
• exomisA sleeveless Ancient Greek tunic worn by workers and light infantry.
• exomologesisThe rite of confession and repentance.
• exorheicExternally drained; having one or more outlets.
• exotropiaA form of strabismus in which the eyes deviate outwards.
• exouthenismosA figure of speech expressing scorn, contempt, or disparagement.
• EzekiasKing Hezekiah, in the New Testament form.
• fall by the waysideTo fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.
• far-feelingTelepathy.
• Farmer GeorgeA nickname for King George III of the United Kingdom.
• faunoiphiliaThe sexual attraction to watching non-human animals copulate.
• fibrinoplastinAn albuminous substance in the blood which, in combination with fibrinogen, forms fibrin. Now understood to be any of a certain group of proteins in the blood, each of whose members has a more modern name.
• flesh glueSynonym of sarcocolla as a resin.
• fluid drachmA British unit of volume equal to 60 minims or 3.55 ml.
• for ever and everEternally; timelessly; with no beginning and no end.
• Fortunate IslesCape Verde.
• from the deadfrom being dead, from death
• fucivoreAn organism which feeds primarily on seaweed.
• fucivorousFeeding primarily on seaweeds.