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Etymonline — Online Etymology Dictionary
A dictionary that tells you not what a word means but where it came from: which roots, which languages it passed through, and how its meaning shifted along the way.
Etymology websites: where words come from
A normal dictionary tells you what a word means. An etymology source tells you where it came from — which roots, which languages it passed through, how the meaning drifted on the way.
These are the etymology sites and channels we picked for foundaday, from the standard reference to dictionaries where every place or name comes with its origin.
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The standard reference in English: look up a word and get its roots, the languages it travelled through and how its meaning shifted.
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Etymology Nerd: word origins on TikTok
Linguist Adam Aleksic traces where words come from, from ancient roots to slang that appeared on social media last week.
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Etymology in short videos: linguist Adam Aleksic traces words from ancient roots to slang that appeared on social media last week.
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