Englishetymology is the study of where English words came from. It may refer to: History of the English language English words of Greek origin List of...
Etymology (/ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/, ET-im-OL-ə-jee) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its...
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often...
Folk etymology – also known as (generative) popular etymology, analogical reformation, (morphological) reanalysis and etymological reinterpretation –...
An Universal EtymologicalEnglish Dictionary was a dictionary compiled by Nathan Bailey (or Nathaniel Bailey) and first published in London in 1721. It...
The Oxford Dictionary of EnglishEtymology is an etymological dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press. The first editor...
to be exhaustive. This is a list of common contemporary false etymologies for English words. Crap: The word "crap" did not originate as a back-formation...
etymology (fake etymology or pseudo-etymology) is a false theory about the origin or derivation of a specific word or phrase. When a false etymology becomes...
A Dictionary of EnglishEtymology is an etymological dictionary of the English language written by Hensleigh Wedgwood and published by Trübner and Company...
describes the etymology of Wales, a country of the United Kingdom. The English words "Wales" and "Welsh" derive from the same Old English root (singular...
Dictionary of EnglishEtymology (1993) Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-283098-8 Hoad, T.F. (ed) (1986) Oxford Concise Dictionary of EnglishEtymology Oxford...
Principles of Englishetymology: The native element – Walter William Skeat. At the Clarendon Press. p. 1. Retrieved June 1, 2015. moose etymology. "You Already...
An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's...
and word accent are reliable for most English words. Moreover, standard English spelling shows etymological relationships between related words that...
An etymological fallacy is an argument of equivocation, arguing that a word is defined by its etymology, and that its customary usage is therefore incorrect...
September 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in English) Etymology of the word the on the Online Etymology Dictionary Mastering A, An, The: English Articles Solved...
Early Modern English spelling was similar to Middle English orthography. Certain changes were made, however, sometimes for reasons of etymology (as with the...
Several etymologies have been proposed for the word OK or okay. The majority can be easily classified as false etymologies, or possibly folk etymologies. H...
loanwords in English List of chemical element name etymologies Encyclopedia Britannica, 2002 Edition, CD-ROM "alchemy", entry in The Oxford English Dictionary...
of EnglishEtymology. Wordsworth. p. 415. ISBN 978-1-85326-311-8. T. F. Hoad (2008). "Saturday". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of EnglishEtymology. Oxford...
morphemes used in the English language. English words of Greek origin Greek Morphemes, Khoff, Mountainside Middle School English vocabulary elements, Keith...
commercial centre in Roman Britain. The etymology of the name is uncertain. There is a long history of mythicising etymologies, such as the twelfth-century Historia...
Dictionary of EnglishEtymology Oxford University Press (1996) ISBN 0-19-283098-8. Hoad, T. F.; The Concise Oxford Dictionary of EnglishEtymology Oxford University...
practitioner of witchcraft. The most commonly accepted etymology derives warlock from the Old English wǣrloga, which meant "breaker of oaths" or "deceiver"...
George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus Harper, Douglas. "Goblin". The Online Etymological Dictionary. Retrieved 2011-12-20. Albert...
the English textile trade abandoned Calais and moved to the Habsburg Netherlands. The pale is a "jurisdiction, area" (see 'pale', English: Etymology 2.6...
This is a list of etymological lists. List of company name etymologies List of computer term etymologies List of band name etymologies List of chemical...
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of EnglishEtymology (1993) Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-283098-8 Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper Ó Muirithe...
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