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. 

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