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Oxford English Dictionary - Presents a word a day complete with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, quotations and date chart.
 
Pandora's Word Box - Ideas in words, linking biology, medicine, and the humanities.
 
Pennsylvania Town Name Origins / Northeast - Name origins of northeast PA towns by Mike O'Hara slowly expanding to include all of Pennsylvania.
 
Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Linguistic fun from, Richard Lederer, the best-selling author of The Word Circus and the new Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay, a helpful guide for grappling with vexing grammar questions.
 
Roots of English - An etymological dictionary you can download by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University.
 
Sayings and Everyday Expressions - Your online source for the sayings and expressions you use everyday. Search for their meaning, history and origin, find sayings, expressions, phrases, quotations, cliches, unusual words, and wordplay.
 
Taiwan Teacher - A new word or phrase posted every week giving you the meaning, origin and an example of the usage of the word or phrase.
 
Take Our Word for It - Weekly etymology magazine.
 
The Etymology of Noid - The story of noid, from its birth on the Merv Griffin TV show to the present.
 
The Mavens' Word of the Day - Daily explanation about new words, word origins, and slang expressions from Jesse Sheidlower, a senior editor in Random House's Reference Division.
 
The Word Detective - Ezine with column about words and their meanings.
 
What's In Your Name Dictionary of Last Names - A database on last names, providing information on etymology and history of surnames
 
What's The Meaning of This? - The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail."
 
Where Do Plants Get Their Names From? - A brief anaylaia of the origins of common plant names.
 
Word Origins and Meanings of Economic Terms - A handy word origins list. Click on the word and you'll go right to a brief discussion of its origin.
 
Word and Phrase Origins - Guide designed for anyone who is looking for the origin of words and/or phrases.
 
Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures - An etymological study of numerous words used in churches and Scriptures that have their origin in pagan religions.
 
World Wide Words - More than 400 pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. New words and words in the news regularly featured.
 
 

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