ONLINE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY

etymological dictionary

a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word
An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the OED and Webster’s, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology.

online

Connected to the Internet or World Wide Web
on-line: on a regular route of a railroad or bus or airline system; “on-line industries”
Controlled by or connected to another computer or to a network
on-line(a): being in progress now; “on-line editorial projects”
on-line: connected to a computer network or accessible by computer; “an on-line database”

online etymological dictionary – The Oxford

The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

This comprehensive dictionary by one of our century’s greatest language scholars provides a clear and brief account of the origins, history, and sense-development of more than 38,000 words.

Dr. C.T. Onions first joined the staff of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1895. He worked on the OED, the Shorter OED, and then published his Shakespeare Glossary in 1911. A wonderful and learned scholar, he died in 1966 as the first edition of The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology was going to press. Assisted by G.W.S. Friedrichsen and R.W. Burchfield, Onions created a magnificent work of erudition, with 24,000 main entries. Including their derivatives, the dictionary delves into the origins of more than 38,000 words.
For each entry, the dictionary provides the correct pronunciation, followed by a short definition, and the century and source of the word’s first recording. Then come the etymological notes. Thus one learns that “froth” (an aggregation of small bubbles on liquid) was first noted in the 14th century, in Sir Gawain and the Bible, that it comes from the Old Norse frooa, and was taken from there into German (fraup) and Old English (froth). Now in its fifth printing and a standard reference for scholars, Onions’s opus is still the most comprehensive etymological dictionary of English ever to be published. –Stephanie Gold

THE SILLY SYCLOPEDIA

" A terrible thing in the form of a literary torpedo which is launched for hilarious purposes only inaccurate in every particular containing copious etymological derivations and other useless things "
Dean & Son Ltd 1905

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Rick Derksen, Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon, Brill, Leiden-Boston 2008

online etymological dictionary

Where did the words bungalow and assassin derive? What did nice mean in the Middle Ages? How were adder, anger, and umpire originally spelled? The answers can be found in this essential companion to any popular dictionary.
With over 17,000 entries, this is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide to word origins available in paperback. Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, it contains a wealth of information about our language and its history. For example, readers will learn that bungalow originally meant “belonging to Bengal,” that assassin comes from the Arabic for “Hashish-eater,” and that nice meant “foolish or stupid” in the thirteenth century, “coy or shy” in the fifteenth. And adder, anger, and umpire were originally spelled with an initial “n.” These are but a few of the fascinating tidbits found in this dictionary, which is a must for anyone interested in the richness of the English language.