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Etymology Page
This is the list, some 400 words and phrase origins. The words and phrases are selected because their origins are inherently interesting or because some bit of folklore, sometimes true and sometimes false, is associated with the origin. The etymologies of common words with straightforward explanations can be found in any good dictionary and I do not attempt to reproduce them here.
Online Etymology Dictionary
This is a map of the wheel-ruts of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
Glossary Etymology
This glossary provides definitions, etymologies, and meanings of select words from all forms of science, philosophy, religion, ...
The Roots of English
Roots of English: an Etymological Dictionary* Update! by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University.
Etymological Dictionary
Revised Etymological Dictionary for English.
Database query to Altaic etymology
Online database version of the Altaic Etymological Dictionary.
A Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages
Online version of R.L. Turner's ‘A Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages’ from the Digital Dictionaries of South Asia.
Etymologic: the toughest etymology (word origin) game on the Web
If you think you know a lot about word origins and etymology, it's the perfect time for you to try ETYMOLOGIC, a tough and educational word game ...
cliches and expressions origins
Free expressions meanings, words, phrases origins and derivations.
Etymological Dictionary
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology.
An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology
This site dedicated to the study of word origins.
Etymology
What's in a word?
Etymologically Speaking
A list of some curious word origins.
World Wide Words
Michael Quinion writes about International English from a British viewpoint.
New York State Facts
Sketches of New York State's colorful early history are wrapped up in the everyday words that name our 62 counties.
Pandora Word Box
Medical Humanities Visual Fine Arts Etymology Pandora Word Box PandoraWordBox.
Richard Lederer's Verbivore
Welcome to the web site woven for wordaholics, logolepts, and verbivores. Carnivores eat meat; herbivores eat plants and vegetables; verbivores devour words.
Focusing on Words
English vocabulary words derived from Latin and Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes and other dictionary info.

European Sayings & Idiomatic Expressions
There are currently 314 European sayings in the database.
MooT
MooT is the etymology, semantics, and grammar game - The critically-acclaimed board game MooT consists of tough questions about the etymology of English words.
Origin of Phrases
Knock on wood, Red letter day, The life of Riley ...
The Phrase Finder
Meanings and origins of sayings and phrases: List of sayings, English sayings, Idiom definitions, Idiom examples, Idiom origins, List of idioms, Idiom dictionary and Meaning of idioms.
Etymology of Geometry Terms
Etymology of Geometry Terms An article by N.S. Gill, Ancient/Classical History Guide.
Take Our Word for It
Take Our Word For It, the weekly word-origin webzine.
Taiwan Teacher
Word origin, etymology or word history quiz. - Taiwan Teacher - If your interests include etymology, word and phrase origins or word and phrase history then the Lingua Trivia word and phrase origin quiz is the place for you.
Exploring English Words
Explore English Words Derived from Latin-Greek Origins.
What's The Meaning of This?
The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail.".
Word Origins
The Write Stuff provides free resources and features of interest to writers and research professionals.
Word Quests for Word Seekers
An online dictionary of English word origins that are derived from Latin and Greek sources with definitions and several self-scoring quizzes that function as valuable vocabulary resources for home schooling, public schools, life-learning, colleges, and universities.
The Word Detective
The Word Detective on the Web is the online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers’ questions about words and language. The Word Detective is written by Evan Morris and appears in finer newspapers in the U.S., Mexico and Japan.
Word Origins and Meanings of Economic Terms
The Origins of Various Economic-related Terms.
Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures
Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures.
Word Spy
Each weekday, a new and insanely interesting word or phrase.
Word and Phrase Origins
This guide is designed for anyone who is looking for the origin of words and/or phrases, also called etymology (these terms will be used interchangeably in this pathfinder). Both print-based and Web-based sources are included.
Etymology of some names of places
This page concentrates on the origin of common components in names of places in the Jura, the French speaking parts of the Valais and the Mt Blanc area.
French Etymologies
Selected French Etymologies.
The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel Switch to Russian An Etymological Database Project.
Archive of Your Etymology Questions
Take Our Word For It Archives A-D.
English etymology
Phrase Thesaurus - ideas generator for writers | online thesaurus.