Does anyone know of a good website where I can fine the origin of words?
Basically, I want to know which language if any the word originated from.
Thanks.
- Mark
Posted by mesmark · July 29, 2007 · 6 replies
Does anyone know of a good website where I can fine the origin of words?
Basically, I want to know which language if any the word originated from.
Thanks.
- Mark
One good one is :http://www.etymonline.com/
or try typing etymology into Google.
http://www.etymonline.com/ is the best one I've found, but I've long been looking for something more comprehensive.
Some of the dictionaries give short notes on word origins.
Thanks guys, great resource!
I use the Oxford English Dictionary. If anything, there's too much information, but it's nice to see how a word has evolved over the ages.
I haven't heard of etymonline, but it sounds good.
Here's a fun and/or interesting site. It has nothing to do with word origins, but rather word frequency.
Thanks for the resources.
I don't need the information that often but sometimes people ask me if a word was originally from another language or have questions about pronounciation, so it's good to have a couple places to go.
HUE wrote:
Here's a fun and/or interesting site. It has nothing to do with word origins, but rather word frequency.
Yeah, very nice.
I see that love comes between economic and means :-)
Any other nice 'sandwiches' you can find?