| A | B |
|---|
| affinity | Latin-affinis=adjacent |
| bilious | Latin-bilis=bile |
| cognate | Latin-co=together+gnaci=to be born |
| corollaray | Latin-corona=crown |
| culde-sac | French=bottom of a sack |
| derring-do | Ne=daring to do |
| divination | Latin-divus=God |
| elixir | Arabic-al-iksir=alchemist's solution |
| folderol | from Nunsense refrain of some old songs |
| gamut | Greek letter gamma for the lowest note of the midieval scale |
| hoi polloi | Greek-the many |
| ineffable | latin-in=not+effabilis=utterable |
| lucubration | Latin-lucubrare=to work by candlelight |
| mnemonic | Greek-mnemon=mindful |
| obloquy | latin-ob=agcunst+loqui=speak |
| parameter | Greek-para=beside+metron=a measure |
| pundit | Sanscrit-pandita=learned one |
| risible | latin-ridere=laugh |
| symptomatic | Greek-syn=together+piptein=to fall |
| volte-face | Italian-voltafaccia-turnabout |
