- A Word with You - A daily on-line column, featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases.
- American Dialect Society - A scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.
- An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - The influence of classical mythology on the English language, astronomy, calendar terms, personal names, phrases and conversation, and pop culture.
- Dave Wilton's Etymology Page - Devoted to etymology of common words and slang phrases.
- Etymologic - The brain-twisting etymology game.
- Etymologically Speaking - A list of some curious word origins.
- Etymology - Word origins and links.
- Etymology : The Science of Word Histories. - Contains several interesting and intriguing word histories.
- Exploring English Words - Exploring English words that are derived from Latin and Greek sources with etymologies and vocabulary activities.
- Focusing on Words - An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with thematic units of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and vocabulary quizzes.
- 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."
- MooT - The game of grammar, semantics, and etymology. Play online the game that investigates the history and meaning of English words.
- 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.
- 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.
- New York State Facts - The origins of New York State's county names.
- Online Etymology Dictionary - History and evolution of more than 30,000 words, including slang and technical terms.
- Origin of Phrases - Categorized etymologies of phrases.
- Oxford English Dictionary - Presents a word a day complete with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, quotations and date chart.
- Pandora's Word Box - Relates medical terminology to the humanities, offering a weekly overview with references to classical etymology.
- 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 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 Phrase Finder - The meanings and origins of thousands of English phrases and sayings. Also contains a discussion forum to ask a panel questions on the meaning and origin of phrases.
- The Word Detective - Words and language in a humorous vein. The online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. Written by Evan Morris.
- What's The Meaning of This? - The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail."
- Word and Phrase Origins - Directory. Part of the Internet Public Library. Describes books and web sites that might be helpful. Offers a hint on how to use an ordinary search engine when looking for etymology.
- Word Origins - This regularly updated page, provided by The Writer's Place, focuses on a word and its spelling, pronunciation, and derivation.
- 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 Spy - Collection of recently coined words, existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance, and older words that are now being used in new ways.
- 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 - Michael Quinion writes about International English from a British viewpoint. Hundreds of pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English, with features on new words and words in the news.
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