Etymology Dictionaries
Etymology is the study of the origin of words.
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Word Origins and Meanings of Economic Terms - Click on a word and go dictionaries right to a brief discussion of its origin.
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Oxford English Dictionary - Presents a word a day complete with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, reference quotations and date chart.
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Word and Phrase Origins - Directory. Part of the Internet Public Library. Describes dictionaries books and web sites that might be helpful. dictionaries Offers a hint on how to use dictionaries an ordinary search engine when looking for etymology.
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Word Sources - Includes a searchable database of Latin and Greek roots and dictionaries affixes, a free newsletter, and links to other sites.
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Taiwan Teacher - A new word or phrase posted every week giving you reference the meaning, origin and an example of the usage of reference the word or phrase.
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European Sayings & Idiomatic Expressions - Dedicated to gathering sayings and idioms and their translation/explanation from etymology all over Europe. User contributions welcome.
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Dave Wilton's Etymology Page - Devoted to etymology of common words and slang phrases.
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A Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages - Online version of the indexes of R.L. Turner\\'s dictionaries 1962-1985 dictionary from the Digital Dictionaries of South dictionaries Asia.
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Sayings and Everyday Expressions - Your online source for the sayings and reference expressions you use everyday. Search for their reference meaning, history and origin, find sayings, expressions, phrases, reference quotations, cliches, unusual words, and wordplay.
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American Dialect Society - A scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English dictionaries language in North America.
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Altaic Etymology - Online database version of the Altaic Etymological Dictionary by S. Starostin, A. Dybo and O. Mudrak.
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The Word Detective - Words and language in a humorous vein. dictionaries The online dictionaries version of The Word Detective, a dictionaries newspaper column answering readers\\' dictionaries questions about words and dictionaries language. Written by Evan Morris.
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Etymologic - The brain-twisting etymology game.
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Word Spy - Collection of recently coined words, existing words that dictionaries have enjoyed a recent Renaissance, and older words dictionaries that are now being used in new ways.
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New Words In English - Neologisms and novel uses of words in English etymology collected by etymology members of the class Linguistics/English 215, etymology Words in English: Structure, etymology History and Use, taught etymology by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice University.
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MooT - The game of grammar, semantics, and etymology. Play dictionaries online the dictionaries game that investigates the history and dictionaries meaning of English words.
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Focusing on Words - An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with reference thematic units reference of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and reference vocabulary quizzes.
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Pandora's Word Box - Relates medical terminology to the humanities, offering a weekly overview etymology with references to classical etymology.
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Etymology - Word origins and links.
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English Language Roots: The Meanings of Word Prefixes, Suffixes and Syllables - Reference chart for Greek, Latin, and other roots dictionaries of the English language. Understanding such roots can dictionaries help guessing the meaning of words and creating dictionaries neologisms or brand names.
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Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Linguistic fun from, Richard Lederer, the best-selling author of The dictionaries Word Circus and the new Sleeping Dogs Don\\'t Lay, a dictionaries helpful guide for grappling with vexing grammar questions.
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Etymologically Speaking - A list of some curious word origins.
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World Wide Words - Michael Quinion writes about International English from a reference British viewpoint. reference Hundreds of pages on the history, reference origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies reference of English, with features reference on new words and words in reference the news.
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Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures - An etymological study of numerous words used in reference churches and Scriptures that have their origin in reference pagan religions.
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The Phrase Finder - The meanings and origins of thousands of English dictionaries phrases and etymology sayings. Also includes a discussion forum dictionaries to ask a panel etymology questions on the meaning dictionaries and origin of phrases.
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Exploring English Words - Exploring English words that are derived from Latin reference and Greek sources with etymologies and vocabulary activities.
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What's The Meaning of This? - The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail."
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Online Etymology Dictionary - History and evolution of more than 30,000 words, etymology including slang etymology and technical terms.
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Roots of English - An etymological dictionary you can download by Prof. Eugene Cotter, reference Seton Hall University.
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Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular - Myriad expressions in everyday English have nautical origins. This web dictionaries page lists expressions and definitions mentioned by listswains, members of dictionaries the Patrick O\'Brian Mailing List, also known as the Gunroom.
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languagehat.com - Erudite blog on word origins and definitions, with dozens of links to dictionaries, commentaries, linguistic reference sites, and personal favorites of the author.
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Take Our Word for It - Weekly etymology magazine.
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Businessballs.com - Etymology of Clichés, Expressions and Words Etymology - English language terms and expressions.
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Word Quests for Word Seekers - Searchable dictionary of word origins, organized in cross-referenced dictionaries thematic lists by Latin and/or Greek roots. English dictionaries entries are also defined.
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