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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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