According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word baroque is derived from the Portuguese word " barroco ", Spanish " barroco ", or French " baroque ", all of which refer to a " rough or imperfect pearl ", though whether it entered those languages via Latin, Arabic, or some other source is uncertain.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word is derived from Latin hybrida, meaning the " offspring of an tame sow and a wild boar ", " child of a freeman and slave ", etc.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word pilcrow " apparently " originated in English as an unattested version of the French pelagraphe, a corruption of paragraph ; the earliest reference is c. 1440.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word " toponymy " first appeared in English in 1876 ; since then, toponym has come to replace " place-name " in professional discourse among toponymists.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word tip originated as a slang term, and its etymology is unclear.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word " tangerine " was originally an adjective meaning " Of or pertaining to, or native of Tangier, a seaport in Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar " and " a native of Tangier.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word zoot probably comes from a reduplication of suit.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word bibliomancy ( etymologically from biblio-" books " and-mancy " divination by means of ") " divination by books, or by verses of the Bible " was first recorded in 1753 ( Chambers ' Cyclopedia ).

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word luggage enters printed English in 1596.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word " oriel " is derived from Anglo-Norman oriell and post-classical Latin oriolum, both meaning gallery or porch, perhaps from classical Latin aulaeum, curtain.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word middlebrow first appeared in print in 1925, in Punch: " The BBC claims to have discovered a new type — ' the middlebrow '.

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