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Word Origins

Words starting with u

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WordOrigins
ultimate

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu aakhir means ‘end’, ‘final’, ‘last’.

Arabic aakir ‘ultimate’ derives from it.

uncle

-noun

Indian Tamil word is  maaman.

an is just a suffix for masculine nouns. The basic word is maama.

Indian Hindi maama derives from it.

Indian Brahui  maamaa ‘maternal uncle’ also derives from it.
up

-Indian Urdu oopar means ‘above’.

English up (abridged from oopar) derives from it
up

Indian Hindi/Urdu oopar means ’above’, ‘higher’ etc.

English up derives from it (r sound dropped).

upper

Indian Hindi/Urdu oopar means ’above’, ‘higher’ etc.

English upper derives from it.

uppermost

Indian Hindi/Urdu oopar means ’above’, ‘higher’ etc.

English uppermost derives from it.

upscale

Indian Hindi/Urdu oopar means ’above’, ‘higher’ etc.

English upscale derives from it (r sound dropped)

utmost

-noun

Indian Hindi/Urdu aakhir means ‘end’, ‘final’, ‘last’.

Arabic aakir ‘utmost’ derives from it.

Uzbekistan

-noun

Indian Sanskrit sthaan means ‘place’.

Uzbekistan ‘land of the Uzbeks’ derives from it.

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