- A Comparative Dictionary of Indo-Aryan Languages
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Online version of the indexes of R.L. Turner's 1962-1985 dictionary from the Digital Dictionaries of South Asia.
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/soas/
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- Altaic Etymology
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Online database version of the Altaic Etymological Dictionary by S. Starostin, A. Dybo and O. Mudrak.
http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/startq.cgi?flags=eygtnnl&root=config&basename=%5Cdata%5Calt%5Caltet
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- American Dialect Society
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A scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
http://www.americandialect.org/
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- An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology
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The influence of classical mythology on the English language, astronomy, calendar terms, personal names, phrases and conversation, and pop culture.
http://www.kl.oakland.edu/kraemer/edcm/
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- Businessballs.com - Etymology of Clichés, Expressions and Words Etymology
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English language terms and expressions.
http://www.businessballs.com/clichesorigins.htm
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- Dave Wilton's Etymology Page
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Devoted to etymology of common words and slang phrases.
http://www.wordorigins.org/
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- English Language Roots: The Meanings of Word Prefixes, Suffixes and Syllables
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Reference chart for Greek, Latin, and other roots of the English language. Understanding such roots can help guessing the meaning of words and creating neologisms or brand names.
http://www.prefixsuffix.com
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- Etymologically Speaking
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A list of some curious word origins.
http://www.westegg.com/etymology/
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- Etymology
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Word origins and links.
http://members.tripod.com/~itsmagic/ETYMOLGY.HTML
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- European Sayings & Idiomatic Expressions
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Dedicated to gathering sayings and idioms and their translation/explanation from all over Europe. User contributions welcome.
http://sayings.jacomac.de/
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- Focusing on Words
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An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with thematic units of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and vocabulary quizzes.
http://www.wordfocus.com/
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- Phrase Finder
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Enter a single word and it will return a list of phrases and sayings that are related to the word in some way.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/
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- Etymologic
In this game you'll be presented with 10 randomly selected word origin or word definition puzzles to solve; in each case the word or phrase is highlighted in bold, and a number of possible answers will be presented.
http://www.etymologic.com/
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- Exploring English Words
Exploring English words that are derived from Latin and Greek sources with etymologies and vocabulary activities.
http://www.wordexplorations.info
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- Fun With Word Origins
Samples of the etymological books from word-lover Martha Barnette, author of "Ladyfingers & Nun's Tummies" and "A Garden of Words."
http://www.funwords.com/
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- MooT
The game of grammar, semantics, and etymology. Play online the game that investigates the history and meaning of English words.
http://www.mootgame.com/
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- Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular
Myriad expressions in everyday English have nautical origins. This web page lists expressions and definitions mentioned by listswains, members of the Patrick O'Brian Mailing List, also known as the Gunroom.
http://www.io.com/gibbonsb/words.words.words.html
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- New Words In English
Neologisms and novel uses of words in English collected by members of the class Linguistics/English 215, Words in English: Structure, History and Use, taught by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice University.
http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ling215/NewWords/index.html
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- New York State Facts
The origins of New York State's county names.
http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/counties.html
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- Online Etymology Dictionary
History and evolution of more than 30,000 words, including slang and technical terms.
http://www.etymonline.com/
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- Origin of Phrases
Categorized etymologies of phrases.
http://members.aol.com/MorelandC/Phrases.htm
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- Oxford English Dictionary
Presents a word a day complete with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, quotations and date chart.
http://oed.com/cgi/display/wotd
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- Pandora's Word Box
Relates medical terminology to the humanities, offering a weekly overview with references to classical etymology.
http://pandorawordbox.com/
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- Richard Lederer's Verbivore
Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
http://www.verbivore.com/
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- Roots of English
An etymological dictionary you can download by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University.
http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/roots.html
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