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Useful etymology links

Faith · 2006-09-25 14:04:05

http://www.etymonline.com/ - Online etymology dictionary. http://www.bartleby.com/61/ - Like a normal dictionary, and also provides the eytomology of the word. http://www.takeourword.com/ - A weekly word-origin webzine http://www.wordorigins.org/ - Pretty self-explanatory name http://www.behindthename.com/ - The etymology…

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http://www.etymonline.com/ - Online etymology dictionary.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/ - Like a normal dictionary, and also provides the eytomology of the word.
http://www.takeourword.com/ - A weekly word-origin webzine
http://www.wordorigins.org/ - Pretty self-explanatory name
http://www.behindthename.com/ - The etymology of first names

Feel free to add your own.

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#2 25-09-2006 03:09PM

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Every Monday, Diarmuid Ó Tuama looks at the etymology of certain words in the Irish Times (opposite the Crossword) in a column called "The Words We Use". He's very good, and the words he picks are generally ones with bizarre origins.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiberno-English

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This link is a must, if (like me) you can't keep up with the rapid evolution of contemporary "English".

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

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