The Online
Etymology

Etymology
Dictionary

Dictionary is a free online dictionary that
describes the origins of English-language words.[2]
Contents
1 Description
2 Reviews and reputation
3 References
4 External links
Description[edit]
Douglas Harper compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history
and evolution of more than 30,000 words, including slang and technical
terms.[3] The core body of its etymology information stems from Ernest
Weekley's An Etymological
Dictionary

Dictionary of Modern English (1921). Other
sources include the Middle English
Dictionary

Dictionary and the Barnhart
Dictionary

Dictionary of
Etymology

Etymology (by
Robert Barnhart and others), although the
sources for each entry are not stated. In producing his large
dictionary, Harper says that he is essentially and for the most part a
compiler, an evaluator of etymology reports which others have made.[4]
Harper works as a Copy editor/Page designer for LNP Media Group.[5][6]
As of June 2015, there were nearly 50,000 entries in the
dictionary.[5]
Reviews and reputation[edit]
The Online
Etymology

Etymology
Dictionary

Dictionary has been referenced by Oxford
University's "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an
excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words"[7] and cited in
the
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune as one of the "best resources for finding just the
right word".[8] It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not
definitive, reference for etymology.[9][10][11] In addition, it has
also been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly
research.[12][13]
References[edit]
^ "Alexa Ranking". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ "Online
Etymology

Etymology Dictionary". Ohio University. 2003. Archived from
the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
^ "Home Page". Online
Etymology

Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved
2006-12-31.
^ The dictionary's principal sources appear at Sources @ Online
Etymology

Etymology Dictionary.
^ a b "Q&A With Douglas Harper: Creator of the Online Etymology
Dictionary

Dictionary - IMSE - Journal". 18 June 2015. Retrieved
2018-03-23.
^ "Contact Us". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
^ "Online etymology dictionary". Arts and Humanities Community
Resource. Oxford University. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
^ Bierma, Nathan (2007-01-03). "Internet has best resources for
finding just the right word". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved
2018-03-22.
^ Paluzzi, Alessandro; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan; Torrenti, Matthew;
Gardner, Paul (2012). "Retracing the etymology of terms in
neuroanatomy". Clinical Anatomy. 25: 1005–1014.
doi:10.1002/ca.22053.
^ Hultgren, Anna Kristina (2013). "Lexical borrowing from English into
Danish in the Sciences: An empirical investigation of 'domain loss'".
International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 23: 166–182.
doi:10.1111/j.1473-4192.2012.00324.x.
^ Mair, Victor (2015-04-10). "Farsi shekar ast". Language Log.
Retrieved 2018-03-23.
Mair, Victor (2016-01-28). ""Butterfly" words as a source of
etymological confusion". Language Log. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
^ Lieberman, Erez; Michel, Jean-Baptiste; Jackson, Joe; Tang, Tina;
Nowak, Martin A. (2007). "Quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of
language". Nature. 449: 713–716. doi:10.1038/nature06137.
PMC 2460562 .
^ Jatowt, Adam; Duh, Kevin (2014). "A framework for analyzing semantic
change of words across time" (PDF). 2014 IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on
Digital Libraries. doi:10.1109/JCDL.2014.6970173.
External links[edit]
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