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A.Word.A.Day
A long-running email and website tradition delivering one unusual English word each day with its definition, etymology,…
Allusionist 100: The Hundredth
The transcript of the language podcast's 100th episode, a parade of favourite word facts and etymologies gathered over t…
Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
A blog tracing the origins of Hebrew words and phrases and how they connect to English and other languages, written as a…
Behind the Name
An exhaustive etymology and history reference for first names from every culture and era, perfect for rabbit-hole browsi…
British Placename Mapper
Type a fragment like -thorpe or -by and watch every matching British place name light up on a map, revealing Viking, Sax…
Chinese A Day
An interactive guide to the origins of Chinese and Japanese characters, with animated calligraphy and stories that trace…
Etymology Nerd
A blog and video project unpacking the surprising origins of everyday English words and slang for a general audience.
EuroWords
A clickable map of Europe where choosing a country reveals what every other European language calls it, making the odd e…
Fritinancy
A blog on names, branding, and the etymology of trademarks and product names, examining how new words enter everyday spe…
Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru
The historical dictionary of the Welsh language, tracing word origins and usage across centuries of Welsh literature and…
Grammarphobia
A blog by two language writers answering readers' questions about English grammar, usage, and word origins in short, wel…
Green's Dictionary of Slang
A free searchable historical dictionary tracing English slang terms back through centuries of citations from literature…
Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction
A searchable dictionary tracing the history of science-fiction words like robot, ansible and hyperspace, with dated quot…
Inky Fool
The weblog of Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon, delivering witty posts on words, etymology and the strange histo…
Kestrel's Plausible Facts
A personal collection of lightly researched curiosities, from why Canadians call electricity hydro to the last duel in C…
L.A. Street Names
A growing guide to the origin stories of more than 1,000 Los Angeles County street names, from tiny cul-de-sacs to famou…
Language Hat
A veteran linguistics and literature blog covering etymology, translation, endangered tongues, and curious philological…
Linguism
A language and linguistics blog by Graham Pointon exploring words, pronunciation, and phonetics, one word at a time unde…
Namestrace
A baby-name explorer covering more than 17,000 names, with popularity history from birth records, origins, etymology and…
Online Etymology Dictionary
A searchable dictionary that traces the origins and historical development of English words.
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Scrooge McDuck and the Frankish Kings
A rabbit-hole essay on why Scrooge McDuck is called Dagobert in German, tracing the name from a Disney translator back t…
Sesquiotic
A wordsmith's blog of richly written essays on individual English words, their sounds, histories, and sensory associatio…
Starling Database
An etymological database project known as The Tower of Babel, with comparative word lists and reconstructed roots for ma…
Surprising Shared Word Etymologies
A tour of English words that turn out to be secret relatives, tracing pairs with wildly different meanings back to the s…
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