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Etymonline is all mine
I remember one time cold back in the day when I saw vanilla ice on the TV OK? and then I was like hey man what’s this guy doing here? it seems kind of weird yes it seems kind of weird … so I clicked the clicker and I went to another channel, wearing all the pajamas that you know are mos def flannel … and I checked the scene at the age of 14 (quoting’ those lyrics if you know what I mean) but I’m not from the area, so I’m just a newbie - watching all the cartoons like my main man Scooby… Payce…Show lessuomoefalacce
June Lowry
This has been an indispensable resource for my language, medical, biology and physiology science courses. The international language of science is Latin so studying the historical breakdown of modern language gives a personality to unfamiliar words which makes them not only more memorable but it also makes the roots easier to recognize in new unfamiliar words, therefore expanding my comprehension vocabulary exponentially. I have been a student for several years and searched high and low for etymology resources and this is by far the most accurate, useful, and thorough site and app available. Please keep up the great work. I am your biggest fan!Show lessJuneBug ChemistryOleMiss
POWER & PROTECTION
About 1 1/2 years ago I discovered Etymonline and my life has not been the same. The Holy Bible (Hosea 4:6) our Heavenly Father states that, “My people suffer for the lack of knowledge”, our inability to know the root of most words creates a type of secret bondage. When you can discover the right concept you have the ability to free your mind. By looking up words and gaining a historical origin I have been able to live a life of wisdom. Most of the English words within our society that we define are depreciated because of our lack of historical perspective.Show lessLee'sCook
Fantastic resource: full of insights!
I stumbled upon Etymonline almost 20 years ago and continue to be delighted in the insights into our common linguistic heritage, which reveals so much about our history and culture. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised to find it in the App Store, where the experience is even better! Download, and let your mind grow with each entry you uncover, like an archaeologist perusing a museum and seeing connections between the artifacts on display that are hidden to the average observer. Good luck, Indy!Show lesslux_clericus
Helpful and interesting
I find this app both helpful and interesting. I use it at least several times every week.
I feel it offers an excellent service. Hopefully it’ll continue for a very long time, so I’m pleased to contribute the subscription fee.
A big thanks to all y’all who’ve helped make this excellent app!Smells like... vanilla?
Excellent resource for language nerds
I’ve always valued entomology. Maybe it’s the six years of Latin I had to endure in secondary school. But this background has clearly been an advantage over the years. This online dictionary makes it convenient to check my current understanding as well as enhance it.ProfessorJerry
Puts Oxford to shame
I paid ten bucks for the Oxford Etymological Dictionary app and was appalled at how meager its entries were. This app is free and rarely gives me less than what I’m looking for. I use it all the time and would love for there to be a browser-extension version so I could just tap on words to get their etymology while browsing online. (I haven’t yet given a good look to see if this exists)Show lessLampwyck
I love this app
I almost never write reviews, but with the amount that I have used this app combined with its positive impact on me, I feel compelled to in this case.
This dictionary provides a gateway to deeper understanding of language, not only by finding the roots of words, but by finding the root connections to other words. Just type *(root) and you can find out all the words that are connected to that (root).
It has been so great that I’ve even considered getting a dedicated Proto-Indo European textbook to go further. I hope they continue to build and develop this resource. It really is useful. Highly recommend.Show lessHud.Pepper
honorable appellation
outstanding (adj.)
1610s, "projecting, prominent, detached," from out- + standing (adj.) "having an erect position, upright." Figurative sense of "conspicuous, striking" is recorded from 1830. Meaning "unpaid, unsettled" is from 1797. The verb outstand is attested in 16c. as "endure successfully, hold out against," now obsolete; the intransitive sense of "to project outward from the main body, stand out prominently" is by 1755 and probably is a back-formation from outstanding. Earlier were outstonden "to stand up" (mid-13c.); outstonding (verbal noun) "a prominence or protuberance" (early 15c.), but these seem not to have survived Middle English. Related: Outstandingly.
informative (adj.)
1650s, "instructive, didactic," from Medieval Latin informativus, from Latin informatus, past participle of informare "to train, instruct, educate" (see inform). In Middle English, the same word meant "formative, shaping, plastic, having power to form or animate" (late 14c.). Related: Informatively.
swell (adj.)
"fashionably dressed or equipped," 1810, from swell (n.) in the "stylish person" sense. As "good, excellent," by 1897; as a stand-alone expression of satisfaction it is recorded from 1930 in American English.Show lessProvidence Althea
Don’t walk— run at the speed of light to get this app!
Without this app we become prone to letting ourselves fall to the condition of apes; with it we rise to the condition of language-users capable of reenchanting humanity— insofar as the only thing that differentiates the human from the ape or from any animal is that the human can speak, can do things with language. And what we humans can do with language will indeed be greatly enriched by what we can do with this app. I adore it.Show lessmvp202020
