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- A Word with You - A daily on-line column, featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases.
www.wordwithyou.com/index.html#COLUMN
- Altaic Etymology - Online version of the Altaic Etymological Dictionary by S. Starostin, A. Dybo and O. Mudrak.
starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/startq.cgi?flags=eygtnnl&root=config&basename=%5Cdata%5Calt%5Caltet
- American Dialect Society - A scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
www.americandialect.org
- An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - The influence of classical mythology on the English language, astronomy, calendar terms, personal names, phrases and conversation, and pop culture.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/1664/contents.html
- Behind the Name - The etymology and history of first names.
www.behindthename.com
- Books about Etymology - Recommended by fun-with-words.com.
fun-with-words.com/etym_books.html
- Butterfly Etymology - The etymology of butterfly, moth and caterpillar in several languages.
www.bugbios.com/ced4/etymology.html
- Curiosities of Biological Taxonomy - Etymology of biology terminology.
www.best.com/~atta/taxonomy.html
- Dave Wilton's Etymology Page - Devoted to etymology of common words and slang phrases.
www.wordorigins.org/home.htm
- English words from Latin-Greek etymology - Word source for English vocabulary derived from Latin and Greek etymological origins.
www.wordquest.info
- Etymologic - The brain-twisting etymology game.
www.intuitive.com/cgi-local/etymologic.cgi
- Etymologically Speaking - A list of some curious word origins.
www.westegg.com/etymology
- Etymology - Word origins and links.
members.tripod.com/~itsmagic/ETYMOLGY.HTML
- Etymology : The Science of Word Histories. - Contains several interesting and intriguing word histories.
www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/4195/words.htm
- Focusing on Words - An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with thematic units of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and vocabulary quizzes.
www.wordfocus.com
- Fun With Word Origins - Samples of the etymological books from word-lover Martha Barnette, author of "Ladyfingers & Nun's Tummies" and "A Garden of Words."
www.funwords.com
- MooT - The game of grammar, semantics, and etymology. Play online the game that investigates the history and meaning of English words.
www.mootgame.com
- Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular - Myriad expressions in everyday English have nautical origins. This web page lists expressions and definitions mentioned by listswains, members of the Patrick O'Brian Mailing List, also known as the Gunroom.
www.io.com/gibbonsb/words.words.words.html
- New Words In English - Neologisms and novel uses of words in English collected by members of the class Linguistics/English 215, Words in English: Structure, History and Use, taught by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice University.
www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling215/NewWords/index.html
- New York State Facts - The origins of New York State's county names.
www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/counties.html
- Online Etymology Dictionary - History and evolution of more than 30,000 words, including slang and technical terms.
www.geocities.com/etymonline
- Origin of Phrases - Categorized etymologies of phrases.
members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm
- Oxford English Dictionary - Presents a word a day complete with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, quotations and date chart.
oed.com/cgi/display/wotd
- Pandora's Word Box - Relates medical terminology to the humanities, offering a weekly overview with references to classical etymology.
pandorawordbox.com
- Phrase Finder - An A to Z list of the origins and meanings of English phrases and sayings with bibliography of etymological reference works.
phrases.shu.ac.uk/meanings/index.html
- Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Linguistic fun from, Richard Lederer, the best-selling author of The Word Circus and the new Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay, a helpful guide for grappling with vexing grammar questions.
pw1.netcom.com/~rlederer/index.htm
- Roots of English - An etymological dictionary you can download by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University.
ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/roots.html
- Sayings and Everyday Expressions - Your online source for the sayings and expressions you use everyday. Search for their meaning, history and origin, find sayings, expressions, phrases, quotations, cliches, unusual words, and wordplay.
www.geocities.com/PicketFence/7608/index.html
- Taiwan Teacher - A new word or phrase posted every week giving you the meaning, origin and an example of the usage of the word or phrase.
www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/1979/trivia.html
- Take Our Word for It - Weekly etymology magazine.
www.takeourword.com
- The Etymology of Noid - The story of noid, from its birth on the Merv Griffin TV show to the present.
www.geocities.com/noid2001
- The Mavens' Word of the Day - Daily explanation about new words, word origins, and slang expressions from Jesse Sheidlower, a senior editor in Random House's Reference Division.
www.randomhouse.com/wotd
- The Word Detective - Words and language in a humorous vein. The online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. Written by Evan Morris.
www.word-detective.com
- What's In Your Name ? Dictionary of Last Names - A database on last names, providing information on etymology and history of surnames
www.vitalog.net
- What's The Meaning of This? - The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail."
www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/meanings.htm
- Where Do Plants Get Their Names From? - A brief anaylaia of the origins of common plant names.
www.algonet.se/~davies/Robyn.htm
- Word and Phrase Origins - Guide designed for anyone who is looking for the origin of words and/or phrases.
www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/PF/etymology.html
- Word Origins - This regularly updated page, provided by The Writer's Place, focuses on a word and its spelling, pronunciation, and derivation.
www.thewritersplace.com/writestuff/origins.htm
- Word Origins and Meanings of Economic Terms - A handy word origins list. Click on the word and you'll go right to a brief discussion of its origin.
cbpa.louisville.edu/econpage/meanings.html
- Word Philes for Word Files - A rich source of English words that are derived from Latin and Greek elements.
www.wordphiles.com
- Word Spy - Collection of recently coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are now being used in new ways.
www.logophilia.com/WordSpy
- Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures - An etymological study of numerous words used in churches and Scriptures that have their origin in pagan religions.
www.innvista.com/scriptures/compare/heathen.htm
- World Wide Words - More than 400 pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. New words and words in the news regularly featured.
www.quinion.com/words
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