Excellent!
This is exactly the dictionary that I not only needed but also the one I wanted, happy me.
Been using this app for years now, it’s still the only dictionary I need. I love it!
Been using this app for years now, it’s still the only dictionary I need. I love it!
Response from developer
Glad you like it. Thank you very much for your 5-star review!!! Please recommend etymonline to others. -The Etymonline Dev Team
Excellent App
Never lets me down! A wealth of information.
My Go-To Resource
Language is in a constant state of flux and the meanings of words change - sometimes a little and sometimes a lot. It’s important to understand definitions during the times the words were written. This makes our understanding more precise and often richer! This app brings that research right to my fingertips!!! It sits in one of the first groups on my phone - and in front of my dictionary apps!
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Very interesting & well researched
Thanks
Simply Brilliant!
Very easy to use & navigate your way around.
Inaccurate
Why does the website have detail in the letter S and prefixes like ser but here it is no s and no ser just se specific things i always read about until i find something and it just has all of those things not here maybe the app is incomplete the website is much better
Ahmet
the most useful app for English learners by far
Comment from a Wordsmith
I have an interest in the origin of words especially English and its Anglo-Saxon origins . Also common English and German words I find fascinating!
Matthew
How many times do I find myself using words that I don’t really know what they mean, how many times have I used this app to develop my understanding, countless!
Easy, Witty, Enlightening
The modern world has no shortage of dry wit, but Etymonline is both funny and incisive, making the expository paragraphs more compelling by their unique voice. The app itself is bare-bones, but easy to use. The cross-references in the entries are sometimes haphazard, but the ones borne of winding asides are reliably the most interesting, and make for a fun garden path to wander down. I frequently consult it in conversation with family and friends for a steady supply of amusement. (Did you know a “lord” is a bread-guard?) Nothing quite connects one to our linguistic forebears and punctures our pretensions about the hoary past like learning that their silly word-games are our standard English. (Robins are so named because the personal name alliterated with “redbreast;” the people aren’t named for the birds.) In sum, this is one of my most-used apps. It becomes a game all its own, the Pac-Man of language nerds. Follow the trail of tidbits and find the ghosts still wandering through the halls of diction.
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