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List of English words that may be spelled with a ligature

This list of words that may be spelled with a ligature in English encompasses words which have letters that may, in modern usage, either be rendered as two distinct letters or as a single, combined letter. This includes AE being rendered as Æ and OE being rendered as Œ.

Until the early twentieth century, the œ and æ ligatures had been commonly used to indicate an etymological connection with Latin or Greek. Since then they have fallen out of fashion almost completely and are now only used occasionally. They are more commonly used for the names of historical people, to evoke archaism, or in literal quotations of historical sources. These ligatures are proper letters in some Scandinavian languages, and so are used to render names from those languages, and likewise names from Old English. Some American spellings replace ligatured vowels with a single letter; for example, gynæcology or gynaecology is spelled gynecology.

The fl and fi ligatures, among others, are still commonly used to render modern text in fine typography. Page-layout programs such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign can be configured to automatically replace the individual characters with the appropriate ligatures. However this is a typographic feature and not part of the spelling.

Given names edit

Note: The variants Ædith, Cœline and Matthœo were a used[clarification needed] (see citations), hypercorrected form of the names.

Non-ligature form Ligature form Other forms
Alfred Ælfred
Ethel-
Aethel-
Oethel-
Æthel-
Œthel-
(prefix of various names, e.g. Æthelthryth)
Aesop Æsop
Cecil Cæcil
Cecilia Cæcilia [1]
Caesar Cæsar
Celine Cæline, Cœline [2]
Cornelius Cornælius [3]
Edith Ædith [4]
Emilia Æmilia [5]
Emilian Æmilian
Ethel Œthel, Æthel
Hephaestus
Hephaestos
Hephæstus
Hephæstos
Hephaistus, Hephestus, Hephaistos, Hephestos[6]
Letitia Lætitia Leticia, Letizia[7]
Mattheo Matthæo, Matthœo [8][9]
Edipus Œdipus Oedipus
Phoebe Phœbe Phoebë, Phœbë

ß edit

The grapheme ß was originally made out of the characters long s (ſ) and z, the latter of which evolved into s. In Germany, the grapheme is still used today. Throughout history, various names have been spelled with ß. Many of the spelling variations are hypercorrected variants of other spellings of the name. Nowadays, most of the spelling variations and names are considered archaic or obsolete.

Non-ligated form Ligated form Other forms Gender Etymology
Agnes Agneß[10] Agnesse f Derived from the Greek Ἁγνή Hagnḗ, meaning 'pure' or 'holy'.
Andreas Andreaß[11] Andreiß, Dreiß, Dreß m From the Greek word "andreios", "manly"
Ansgar Anßgar[12] Ansgarius (Latinized) m From the Old Norse word "Ásgeirr", "God + Spear"
Balthazar Balthaßar[13] Balthasar, Baltazar m From Akkadian "𒂗𒈗𒋀", "Bel protects the king"
Bartholomäus Bartholomeiß[14] Barthelmeß, Bartholomæus,[15] Bartholomeß,[16] Berthelmeß m From the Apostle Bartholomew
Klaus Clauß[17] Claiß, Clauß, Clawß, Klaß m A contraction of "Nicholas"
Elsbeth Elßbeth[18] Elßgen, Elßlin, Elße f Derivative of "Elisabeth"
Endres Endreß Enderß, Endereß, Enndreß[19] m Derivative of "Andreas"
Erasmus Eraßmus[20] Eraßmuß, Aßmus m Derived from Greek ἐράσμιος (erasmios) meaning "beloved"
Franz Franß[21] Francesco m From Latin "Francius" meaning "Frank, Frenchman"
Gillis Gilliß[22] Giles f From Latin "Aegidius" meaning "a wearer of goatskin"
Hans Hanß[23] Hannß[24] m A short form of "Johannes"
/ Heinsaß / m (Unknown)
Jarosław Jaroslauß[25] Jarosława m Composed of the elements jar meaning 'strong' or 'powerful' and sława meaning 'glory' or 'fame'
Jasper Jaßper[26] / m From Latin iaspis, from Ancient Greek ἴασπις (íaspis)
Johannes Johanneß[27] Johann m A variant of the Greek name (Ιωάννης) and Classical Latin (Ioannes), itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious"
Joss Joß[28] / m/f From the Old French name "Gosse", derived from "God"
Mathis Mathiß Matheß, Matheiß, Mattheiß, Matthiß[29] m Means “gift of Yahweh” (from Hebrew “mattath/מַתָּת” = gift + “yah/יָה” = referring to the Hebrew God).
Niels Nielß[30] Nils m Derived from the name Nicholas
Narziss Narziß[31] / m From the Greek Νάρκισσος
Nicolaus Niclauß[32] Nicklaß[33] m Derived from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), understood to mean "victory of the people", being a compound of νίκη nikē "victory" and λαός Laos "people".
Oswald Oßwald Oßwalt m Composed of two Anglo-Saxon elements, Ōs meaning "god" and weald meaning "rule" or "power"
Paul Paulß[34] Paulus, Pauluß m From Latin meaning "Small" or "Humble"
Theuss Theuß[35] Schultheß, Schulthieß, Thieß m From Latin "Thelonius", meaning "Ruler of the people"
Thomas Thomaß[36] / m Derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא /tɑʔwmɑʔ/, meaning "twin" and "leader."
Thonis Thonniß[37] / m Derivate of "Antonius"

Æ edit

Note that some words contain an ae which may not be written æ because the etymology is not from the Greek -αι- or Latin -ae- diphthongs. These include:

  • In instances of aer (starting or within a word) when it makes the sound IPA [ɛə]/[eə] (air). Comes from the Latin āër, Greek ἀήρ.
  • When ae makes the diphthong // (lay) or // (eye).
  • When ae is found in a foreign phrase or loan word and it is unacceptable to use the ligature in that language. For example, when in a German loan word or phrase, if the a with an umlaut (ä) is written as ae, it is incorrect to write it with the ligature.
Normal form Ligature form Other forms Etymology
acanthaesthesia acanthæsthesia acanthesthesia From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”)
Achaean Achæan Achean, Achaian, Akhaian From Latin Achaeus or Achaius, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιός (Akhaiós)
Achaemenid Achæmenid From Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμενίδης
adhesive adhæsive From Latin "adhaerere"
Aeaea Ææa Eëä From Greek Αἰαία (Aiaíā)
aeciospore æciospore aeciospore Neo-Latin aecium from Ancient Greek αἰκία (aikía, “injury, insult”) and Neo-Latin spora from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”)
aecidium æcidium (aecidium) Neo-Latin aecidium, from Greek αἰκία (aikia)
aecium æcium (aecium) Neo-Latin aecidium, from Greek αἰκία (aikia)
aedicule ædicule edicule (AmE) From Latin aedicula (“small house”), diminutive of aedis (“a house”)
Aegis Ægis Egis (archaic in AmE) Latin from Greek Αἰγίς (Aigis)
Aegyptus Ægyptus Egyptus (Biblical) Latin from Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aígyptos)
emulate æmulate From Latin "aemulare"
enigma ænigma From Latin "aenigma" meaning riddle
Aenon Ænon From Greek, Αἰνών
Aeolian Æolian Latin Aeolis from Greek mythology Αἰολίς (Aiolis)
Aeolis Æolis Latin Aeolis, from Greek Αἰολίς (Aiolis)
aeon æon eon (AmE) Late Latin aeon, from Greek αἰών (aion).
equal æqual From Latin "aequus, a, um" meaning equal
aera æra era (AmE)
aerugite ærugite (aerugo) Latin aerugo, from aes
aerugo ærugo (aerugite) Latin aerugo, from aes
aeschynite æschynite eschynite (AmE) Greek αἰσχύνω (aischuno)
aesculin æsculin esculin (AmE)
aesculetin æsculetin esculetin (AmE)
Aespa æspa
aesthetic æsthetic esthetic (AmE - rare) Greek αἰσθετικός (aisthetikos)
estimation æstimation From Latin "aestimare" meaning to guess
aestival æstival estival (AmE) Latin aestivus, from aestas
aestivation æstivation estivation (AmE) Latin aestivare, from aestivus, from aestas
eternity æternity From Latin 'aeternus' meaning without beginning or end
Aether Æther ether (AmE) Latin aether, from Greek αἰθήρ (aither)
aethereal æthereal or ætherial ethereal (AmE), ethereal (AmE - rare), aetherial (BrE - rare)
Aethrioscope Æthrioscope Ethrioscope Greek αἴθριον (aithrion)
aetiology ætiology etiology (AmE)
algae algæ algas[1] (very rare)
Alphaeus Alphæus
ambilevous ambilævous From Latin ambilævus (ambi- ("both") + lævus ("left")), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀμφαρίστερος (ampharisteros).
anaemia anæmia anemia (AmE)
anaesthesia anæsthesia anesthesia (AmE)
anapaest anapæst anapest (AmE)
antennae antennæ antennas[2]
archaeology archæology archeology (AmE)
archaebacteria archæbacteria archaea/archæ
Athenaeum Athenæum Atheneum (AmE)
aurorae auroræ auroras
azotaemia azotæmia azotemia (AmE)
bacteraemia bacteræmia bacteremia (AmE)
Caedmon Cædmon Cadmon
caesium[3] cæsium cesium (AmE)
Chaldaea Chaldæa Chaldea
chaetophorous chætophorous chetophorous
chamaeleon chamæleon chameleon
chimaera chimæra chimera (AmE)
coaeval coæval coeval
curriculum vitae curriculum vitæ Latin meaning ‘course of life’, vitæ
cyclopaedia cyclopædia cyclopedia
daedal dædal dedal
daemon dæmon demon Greek: δαιμων (daimon)
diaeresis diæresis dieresis (AmE)
Egypt Ægypt Aegypt (Archaic) From the Latinised Ægyptus
encyclopaedia encyclopædia encyclopedia (AmE)
Epaenetus Epænetus
equal æqual aequal (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequus"
equasion æquasion aequasion (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequare", "to make equal"
equator æquator aequator (BrE - obsolete) The name is derived from medieval Latin word aequator, in the phrase circulus aequator diei et noctis, meaning 'circle equalizing day and night', from the Latin word aequare meaning 'make equal'.
equilateral æquilateral aequilateral (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequus"
equinox æquinox aequinox (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequi + nocta"
equity æquity aequal (BrE - obsolete) from Latin "aequitas"
equivalent æquivalent aequivalent (BrE - obsolete) f from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’
era æra aera (BrE - rare) Late Latin aera, probably from Latin æs (plural æra)
et cetera et cætera et caetera, etc., &c. Latin phrase
esteem æsteem aesteem (BrE - obsolete) Latin aestimare, "to guess"
estimation æstimation aestimation (BrE - obsolete) Latin aestimare, "to guess"
eternal æternal aeternal
Ethiopia Æthiopia Aethiopia
Eudaemonic eudæmonic eudemonic
faeces fæces feces (AmE)
fairy færie faerie
formulae formulæ formulas[4]
fraenum frænum Frenum
Gaea Gæa Gaia
Graeco-Roman Græco-Roman Greco-Roman (AmE)
haemoglobin hæmoglobin hemoglobin (AmE)
haemolysis hæmolysis hemolysis (AmE)
haemophilia hæmophilia hemophilia (AmE)
haemorrhage hæmorrhage hemorrhage (AmE)
haemorrhoid hæmorrhoid hemorrhoid (AmE)
hyaena hyæna hyena
Hymenaeus Hymenæus
hypaethral hypæthral hypethral
hyperbolae hyperbolæ hyperbolas (AmE)[5]
hypnopedia hypnopædia
Idumaea Idumæa Idumea From "Edom" (Esau).
Irenaeus Irenæus
ischaemia ischæmia ischemia (AmE)
Ituraea Ituræa Iturea
Judaeo- Judæo- Judeo-
judaeophobe judæophobe judeophobe (AmE)
larvae larvæ larvas[6]
leukaemia leukæmia leukemia (AmE)
medieval mediæval mediaeval (BrE)
nebulae nebulæ nebulas[7] plural – Neo-LatinLatin ("mist"); akin to Old High German nebul ("fog") → Greek nephelē, nephos ("cloud")
nymphae nymphæ nymphs[8]
nymphaea nymphæa
orthopaedic orthopædic orthopedic (AmE)
paean pæan pean (AmE)
paeon pæon
pedagogue pædagogue or pædagog pedagog (AmE), (paedagogue and paedagog exist but are both somewhat archaic)
pederasty pæderasty paederasty
paediatrics pædiatrics pediatrics (AmE)
paediatrician pædiatrician pediatrician (AmE)
paediatrist pædiatrist pediatrist (AmE)
paedophile pædophile pedophile (AmE)
palaeobotany palæobotany paleobotany (AmE)
palaeocene palæocene paleocene (AmE)
palaeoclimatology palæoclimatology paleoclimatology (AmE)
palaeography palæography palaeography (AmE)
palaeolithic palæolithic paleolithic (AmE)
palaeography palæography paleography (AmE)
palaeontology palæontology paleontology (AmE)
palaeozoic palæozoic paleozoic (AmE)
Panacaea Panacæa Panacea (AmE)
pandemonium pandæmonium pandaemonium
Pangaea Pangæa Pangea (AmE)
parabolae parabolæ parabolas (AmE)[9]
personae personæ personas[10]
Plantae Plantæ
premium præmium praemium
pretorium prætorium praetorium, also prœtorium Both forms with æ and œ seen, from Latin, praetōrium
primeval primæval primaeval (BrE - rare)
Quaestor Quæstor
Rhaetia Rhætia
septicaemia septicæmia septicemia (AmE)
scarabaeid scarabæid
scarabaeoid scarabæoid
subpoenae subpœnæ
supernovae supernovæ supernovas[11]
synaeresis synæresis syneresis (AmE)
synaesthesia synæsthesia synesthesia (AmE)
Thaddaeus Thaddæus Thaddeus
toxaemia toxæmia toxemia (AmE)
uraemia uræmia uremia (AmE)
vertebrae vertebræ
viraemia viræmia viremia (AmE)
Zacchaeus Zacchæus Zaccheus
zoogloeae zoöglœæ [12]

Πedit

Common form Ligature form Other forms Etymology
amenorrhoea amenorrhœa amenorrhea (AmE) From Greek α (a) + μένόρροια (mēnorroia)
amoeba amœba ameba (AmE—rare) Neo-Latin amoeba, from Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibē)
apnea apnœa apnoea (BrE) Neo-Latin apnoea, from Greek απνοια (apnoia)
coelacanth cœlacanth From Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”) + ἄκανθα (ákantha, “spine”)
coeliac cœliac celiac (AmE) Latin coeliacus, from Greek κοιλιακος (koiliakos)
coeptis cœptis On the Great Seal of the United States, Annuit cœptis from Latin, coeptum.
Confoederatio Helvetica Confœderatio Helvetica Latin for "Helvetic Confederation". The Roman and now formal name for Switzerland. The abbreviation CH is derived from the initialization of this Latin phrase.
diarrhoea diarrhœa diarrhea (AmE) Middle English diaria, from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Greek διάρροια (diarroia)
dyspnea dyspnœa dyspnoea
ecology œcology oecology
economics œconomics oeconomics
economy œconomy oeconomy
ecumenism œcumenism oecumenism, rarely ocumenism
esophagus œsophagus oesophagus (BrE)
estrogen œstrogen oestrogen (BrE)
estrus œstrus oestrus
federal fœderal foederal – archaic; thus virtually never found Latin foedus
fetid fœtid foetid (BrE) Latin fētidus
fetor fœtor foetor (BrE) Middle English fetoure, from Latin fētor
fetus fœtus foetus (BrE) Middle English fetus, from Latin fētus
gonorrhoea gonorrhœa gonorrhea (AmE) Greek γονόρροια (gonorrhoia)
homeomorphism homœomorphism homoeomorphism (BrE) From Greek ὅμοιος (homoios) + μορφος (morphos)
homeopath homœopath homoeopath (BrE) From Greek ὅμοιος (homoios) + πάθος (pathos)
homeostasis homœostasis homoeostasis (BrE) From Greek ὅμοιος (homoios) + στάσις (stasis)
homoeozoic homœozoic homeozoic (AmE—rare) From Greek ὅμοιος (homoios) + ζωικός (zōikos)
hors d'oeuvre hors d'œuvre French hors d'œuvre
logorrhoea logorrhœa logorrhea (AmE) From Greek
maneuver manœuvre manoeuvre (BrE) French manœuvre, from Old French maneuvre, from Medieval Latin manuopera, from Latin manū operārī
oedema œdema edema (AmE)
oeillade œillade
oenology œnology enology (AmE) From Greek οίνος (oinos) + λόγος (logos)
oenomel œnomel
oenothera œnothera
oesophagus œsophagus esophagus (AmE)
oestrus œstrus estrus (AmE) Greek οἶστρος (oistros) ‘gadfly or frenzy’
Oethelwald Œthelwald Œthelwald of Deira
oeuvre œuvre French œuvre, from Old French uevre, from Latin opera
onomatopoeia onomatopœia
penology pœnology
phoenix phœnix phenix (rare)
pretorium prœtorium prætorium or praetorium Both forms with œ and æ seen, from Latin, praetōrium.
subpoena subpœna subpena (rare)
tragedy tragœdy tragoedy
zoogloea zoöglœa -

Notes edit

  1. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ The variants that change '-æ' or '-ae' to '-s' are not variants in spelling, but the same meaning of the word with a different way of forming plurals.
  2. ^ "caesium" (see article) is preferred by the IUPAC.

Also, ligatures may be used in personal names as well, i.e. Maecenus as Mæcenus etc.

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This list of words that may be spelled with a ligature in English encompasses words which have letters that may in modern usage either be rendered as two distinct letters or as a single combined letter This includes AE being rendered as AE and OE being rendered as Œ Until the early twentieth century the œ and ae ligatures had been commonly used to indicate an etymological connection with Latin or Greek Since then they have fallen out of fashion almost completely and are now only used occasionally They are more commonly used for the names of historical people to evoke archaism or in literal quotations of historical sources These ligatures are proper letters in some Scandinavian languages and so are used to render names from those languages and likewise names from Old English Some American spellings replace ligatured vowels with a single letter for example gynaecology or gynaecology is spelled gynecology The fl and fi ligatures among others are still commonly used to render modern text in fine typography Page layout programs such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign can be configured to automatically replace the individual characters with the appropriate ligatures However this is a typographic feature and not part of the spelling This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Contents 1 Given names 1 1 ss 2 AE 3 Œ 4 Notes 5 ReferencesGiven names editNote The variants AEdith Cœline and Matthœo were a used clarification needed see citations hypercorrected form of the names Non ligature form Ligature form Other forms Alfred AElfred Ethel Aethel Oethel AEthel Œthel prefix of various names e g AEthelthryth Aesop AEsop Cecil Caecil Cecilia Caecilia 1 Caesar Caesar Celine Caeline Cœline 2 Cornelius Cornaelius 3 Edith AEdith 4 Emilia AEmilia 5 Emilian AEmilian Ethel Œthel AEthel HephaestusHephaestos HephaestusHephaestos Hephaistus Hephestus Hephaistos Hephestos 6 Letitia Laetitia Leticia Letizia 7 Mattheo Matthaeo Matthœo 8 9 Edipus Œdipus Oedipus Phoebe Phœbe Phoebe Phœbe ss edit The grapheme ss was originally made out of the characters long s ſ and z the latter of which evolved into s In Germany the grapheme is still used today Throughout history various names have been spelled with ss Many of the spelling variations are hypercorrected variants of other spellings of the name Nowadays most of the spelling variations and names are considered archaic or obsolete Non ligated form Ligated form Other forms Gender Etymology Agnes Agness 10 Agnesse f Derived from the Greek Ἁgnh Hagnḗ meaning pure or holy Andreas Andreass 11 Andreiss Dreiss Dress m From the Greek word andreios manly Ansgar Anssgar 12 Ansgarius Latinized m From the Old Norse word Asgeirr God Spear Balthazar Balthassar 13 Balthasar Baltazar m From Akkadian 𒂗𒈗𒋀 Bel protects the king Bartholomaus Bartholomeiss 14 Barthelmess Bartholomaeus 15 Bartholomess 16 Berthelmess m From the Apostle Bartholomew Klaus Clauss 17 Claiss Clauss Clawss Klass m A contraction of Nicholas Elsbeth Elssbeth 18 Elssgen Elsslin Elsse f Derivative of Elisabeth Endres Endress Enderss Enderess Enndress 19 m Derivative of Andreas Erasmus Erassmus 20 Erassmuss Assmus m Derived from Greek ἐrasmios erasmios meaning beloved Franz Franss 21 Francesco m From Latin Francius meaning Frank Frenchman Gillis Gilliss 22 Giles f From Latin Aegidius meaning a wearer of goatskin Hans Hanss 23 Hannss 24 m A short form of Johannes Heinsass m Unknown Jaroslaw Jaroslauss 25 Jaroslawa m Composed of the elements jar meaning strong or powerful and slawa meaning glory or fame Jasper Jassper 26 m From Latin iaspis from Ancient Greek ἴaspis iaspis Johannes Johanness 27 Johann m A variant of the Greek name Iwannhs and Classical Latin Ioannes itself derived from the Hebrew name Yehochanan meaning Yahweh is gracious Joss Joss 28 m f From the Old French name Gosse derived from God Mathis Mathiss Mathess Matheiss Mattheiss Matthiss 29 m Means gift of Yahweh from Hebrew mattath מ ת ת gift yah י ה referring to the Hebrew God Niels Nielss 30 Nils m Derived from the name Nicholas Narziss Narziss 31 m From the Greek Narkissos Nicolaus Niclauss 32 Nicklass 33 m Derived from the Greek name Nikolaos Nikolaos understood to mean victory of the people being a compound of nikh nike victory and laos Laos people Oswald Osswald Osswalt m Composed of two Anglo Saxon elements Ōs meaning god and weald meaning rule or power Paul Paulss 34 Paulus Pauluss m From Latin meaning Small or Humble Theuss Theuss 35 Schulthess Schulthiess Thiess m From Latin Thelonius meaning Ruler of the people Thomas Thomass 36 m Derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא tɑʔwmɑʔ meaning twin and leader Thonis Thonniss 37 m Derivate of Antonius AE editNote that some words contain an ae which may not be written ae because the etymology is not from the Greek ai or Latin ae diphthongs These include In instances of aer starting or within a word when it makes the sound IPA ɛe ee air Comes from the Latin aer Greek ἀhr When ae makes the diphthong eɪ lay or aɪ eye When ae is found in a foreign phrase or loan word and it is unacceptable to use the ligature in that language For example when in a German loan word or phrase if the a with an umlaut a is written as ae it is incorrect to write it with the ligature Normal form Ligature form Other forms Etymology acanthaesthesia acanthaesthesia acanthesthesia From Ancient Greek ἄkan8a akantha thorn aἴs8hsis aisthesis sensation Achaean Achaean Achean Achaian Akhaian From Latin Achaeus or Achaius from Ancient Greek Ἀxaios Akhaios Achaemenid Achaemenid From Ancient Greek Ἀxaimenidhs adhesive adhaesive From Latin adhaerere Aeaea AEaea Eea From Greek Aἰaia Aiaia aeciospore aeciospore aeciospore Neo Latin aecium from Ancient Greek aἰkia aikia injury insult and Neo Latin spora from Ancient Greek spora spora seed a sowing aecidium aecidium aecidium Neo Latin aecidium from Greek aἰkia aikia aecium aecium aecium Neo Latin aecidium from Greek aἰkia aikia aedicule aedicule edicule AmE From Latin aedicula small house diminutive of aedis a house Aegis AEgis Egis archaic in AmE Latin from Greek Aἰgis Aigis Aegyptus AEgyptus Egyptus Biblical Latin from Greek Aἴgyptos Aigyptos emulate aemulate From Latin aemulare enigma aenigma From Latin aenigma meaning riddle Aenon AEnon From Greek Aἰnwn Aeolian AEolian Latin Aeolis from Greek mythology Aἰolis Aiolis Aeolis AEolis Latin Aeolis from Greek Aἰolis Aiolis aeon aeon eon AmE Late Latin aeon from Greek aἰwn aion equal aequal From Latin aequus a um meaning equal aera aera era AmE aerugite aerugite aerugo Latin aerugo from aes aerugo aerugo aerugite Latin aerugo from aes aeschynite aeschynite eschynite AmE Greek aἰsxynw aischuno aesculin aesculin esculin AmE aesculetin aesculetin esculetin AmE Aespa aespa aesthetic aesthetic esthetic AmE rare Greek aἰs8etikos aisthetikos estimation aestimation From Latin aestimare meaning to guess aestival aestival estival AmE Latin aestivus from aestas aestivation aestivation estivation AmE Latin aestivare from aestivus from aestas eternity aeternity From Latin aeternus meaning without beginning or end Aether AEther ether AmE Latin aether from Greek aἰ8hr aither aethereal aethereal or aetherial ethereal AmE ethereal AmE rare aetherial BrE rare Aethrioscope AEthrioscope Ethrioscope Greek aἴ8rion aithrion aetiology aetiology etiology AmE algae algae algas 1 very rare Alphaeus Alphaeus ambilevous ambilaevous From Latin ambilaevus ambi both laevus left a calque of Ancient Greek ἀmfaristeros ampharisteros anaemia anaemia anemia AmE anaesthesia anaesthesia anesthesia AmE anapaest anapaest anapest AmE antennae antennae antennas 2 archaeology archaeology archeology AmE archaebacteria archaebacteria archaea archae Athenaeum Athenaeum Atheneum AmE aurorae aurorae auroras azotaemia azotaemia azotemia AmE bacteraemia bacteraemia bacteremia AmE Caedmon Caedmon Cadmon caesium 3 caesium cesium AmE Chaldaea Chaldaea Chaldea chaetophorous chaetophorous chetophorous chamaeleon chamaeleon chameleon chimaera chimaera chimera AmE coaeval coaeval coeval curriculum vitae curriculum vitae Latin meaning course of life vitae cyclopaedia cyclopaedia cyclopedia daedal daedal dedal daemon daemon demon Greek daimwn daimon diaeresis diaeresis dieresis AmE Egypt AEgypt Aegypt Archaic From the Latinised AEgyptus encyclopaedia encyclopaedia encyclopedia AmE Epaenetus Epaenetus equal aequal aequal BrE obsolete from Latin aequus equasion aequasion aequasion BrE obsolete from Latin aequare to make equal equator aequator aequator BrE obsolete The name is derived from medieval Latin word aequator in the phrase circulus aequator diei et noctis meaning circle equalizing day and night from the Latin word aequare meaning make equal equilateral aequilateral aequilateral BrE obsolete from Latin aequus equinox aequinox aequinox BrE obsolete from Latin aequi nocta equity aequity aequal BrE obsolete from Latin aequitas equivalent aequivalent aequivalent BrE obsolete f from late Latin aequivalent being of equal worth era aera aera BrE rare Late Latin aera probably from Latin aes plural aera et cetera et caetera et caetera etc amp c Latin phrase esteem aesteem aesteem BrE obsolete Latin aestimare to guess estimation aestimation aestimation BrE obsolete Latin aestimare to guess eternal aeternal aeternal Ethiopia AEthiopia Aethiopia Eudaemonic eudaemonic eudemonic faeces faeces feces AmE fairy faerie faerie formulae formulae formulas 4 fraenum fraenum Frenum Gaea Gaea Gaia Graeco Roman Graeco Roman Greco Roman AmE haemoglobin haemoglobin hemoglobin AmE haemolysis haemolysis hemolysis AmE haemophilia haemophilia hemophilia AmE haemorrhage haemorrhage hemorrhage AmE haemorrhoid haemorrhoid hemorrhoid AmE hyaena hyaena hyena Hymenaeus Hymenaeus hypaethral hypaethral hypethral hyperbolae hyperbolae hyperbolas AmE 5 hypnopedia hypnopaedia Idumaea Idumaea Idumea From Edom Esau Irenaeus Irenaeus ischaemia ischaemia ischemia AmE Ituraea Ituraea Iturea Judaeo Judaeo Judeo judaeophobe judaeophobe judeophobe AmE larvae larvae larvas 6 leukaemia leukaemia leukemia AmE medieval mediaeval mediaeval BrE nebulae nebulae nebulas 7 plural Neo Latin Latin mist akin to Old High German nebul fog Greek nephele nephos cloud nymphae nymphae nymphs 8 nymphaea nymphaea orthopaedic orthopaedic orthopedic AmE paean paean pean AmE paeon paeon pedagogue paedagogue or paedagog pedagog AmE paedagogue and paedagog exist but are both somewhat archaic pederasty paederasty paederasty paediatrics paediatrics pediatrics AmE paediatrician paediatrician pediatrician AmE paediatrist paediatrist pediatrist AmE paedophile paedophile pedophile AmE palaeobotany palaeobotany paleobotany AmE palaeocene palaeocene paleocene AmE palaeoclimatology palaeoclimatology paleoclimatology AmE palaeography palaeography palaeography AmE palaeolithic palaeolithic paleolithic AmE palaeography palaeography paleography AmE palaeontology palaeontology paleontology AmE palaeozoic palaeozoic paleozoic AmE Panacaea Panacaea Panacea AmE pandemonium pandaemonium pandaemonium Pangaea Pangaea Pangea AmE parabolae parabolae parabolas AmE 9 personae personae personas 10 Plantae Plantae premium praemium praemium pretorium praetorium praetorium also prœtorium Both forms with ae and œ seen from Latin praetōrium primeval primaeval primaeval BrE rare Quaestor Quaestor Rhaetia Rhaetia septicaemia septicaemia septicemia AmE scarabaeid scarabaeid scarabaeoid scarabaeoid subpoenae subpœnae supernovae supernovae supernovas 11 synaeresis synaeresis syneresis AmE synaesthesia synaesthesia synesthesia AmE Thaddaeus Thaddaeus Thaddeus toxaemia toxaemia toxemia AmE uraemia uraemia uremia AmE vertebrae vertebrae viraemia viraemia viremia AmE Zacchaeus Zacchaeus Zaccheus zoogloeae zooglœae 12 Œ editCommon form Ligature form Other forms Etymology amenorrhoea amenorrhœa amenorrhea AmE From Greek a a menorroia menorroia amoeba amœba ameba AmE rare Neo Latin amoeba from Greek ἀmoibh amoibe apnea apnœa apnoea BrE Neo Latin apnoea from Greek apnoia apnoia coelacanth cœlacanth From Greek koῖlos koilos hollow ἄkan8a akantha spine coeliac cœliac celiac AmE Latin coeliacus from Greek koiliakos koiliakos coeptis cœptis On the Great Seal of the United States Annuit cœptis from Latin coeptum Confoederatio Helvetica Confœderatio Helvetica Latin for Helvetic Confederation The Roman and now formal name for Switzerland The abbreviation CH is derived from the initialization of this Latin phrase diarrhoea diarrhœa diarrhea AmE Middle English diaria from Late Latin diarrhoea from Greek diarroia diarroia dyspnea dyspnœa dyspnoea ecology œcology oecology economics œconomics oeconomics economy œconomy oeconomy ecumenism œcumenism oecumenism rarely ocumenism esophagus œsophagus oesophagus BrE estrogen œstrogen oestrogen BrE estrus œstrus oestrus federal fœderal foederal archaic thus virtually never found Latin foedus fetid fœtid foetid BrE Latin fetidus fetor fœtor foetor BrE Middle English fetoure from Latin fetor fetus fœtus foetus BrE Middle English fetus from Latin fetus gonorrhoea gonorrhœa gonorrhea AmE Greek gonorroia gonorrhoia homeomorphism homœomorphism homoeomorphism BrE From Greek ὅmoios homoios morfos morphos homeopath homœopath homoeopath BrE From Greek ὅmoios homoios pa8os pathos homeostasis homœostasis homoeostasis BrE From Greek ὅmoios homoios stasis stasis homoeozoic homœozoic homeozoic AmE rare From Greek ὅmoios homoios zwikos zōikos hors d oeuvre hors d œuvre French hors d œuvre logorrhoea logorrhœa logorrhea AmE From Greek maneuver manœuvre manoeuvre BrE French manœuvre from Old French maneuvre from Medieval Latin manuopera from Latin manu operari oedema œdema edema AmE oeillade œillade oenology œnology enology AmE From Greek oinos oinos logos logos oenomel œnomel oenothera œnothera oesophagus œsophagus esophagus AmE oestrus œstrus estrus AmE Greek oἶstros oistros gadfly or frenzy Oethelwald Œthelwald Œthelwald of Deira oeuvre œuvre French œuvre from Old French uevre from Latin opera onomatopoeia onomatopœia penology pœnology phoenix phœnix phenix rare pretorium prœtorium praetorium or praetorium Both forms with œ and ae seen from Latin praetōrium subpoena subpœna subpena rare tragedy tragœdy tragoedy zoogloea zooglœa Notes edit The variants that change ae or ae to s are not variants in spelling but the same meaning of the word with a different way of forming plurals caesium see article is preferred by the IUPAC Also ligatures may be used in personal names as well i e Maecenus as Maecenus etc References edit An Ode on Saint Caecilia s Day adapted to the antient British Musick Viz The Salt Box the Jews Harp the Marrow Bones and Cleavers the Hum Strum or Hurdy amp c With an introduction giving some account of these truly British Instruments 1763 Mayo Herbert 1851 On the Truths Contained in Popular Superstitions With an Account of Mesmerism Petra Vestvik born 1909 Ancestry Ancestry com Adra 1881 Legends of Lakeland Ballad lyrics Forbes George Forbes Susan Janet 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