 | AllWords.com Links for Word Lovers |
| A history of the roman alphabet |
| American Name Society promotes
onomastics, the study of
names and naming practices, both in the United States and abroad. |
| AskOxford.com's World of Words |
| Behind the Names etymology and history of
first names |
| British-English
vs. American-English |
| chicklit for women who love words |
| The College Slang Page
Cal State Pomona |
| E.L. Easton's Etymology |
| The Electric Eclectic Jim's Word /
Writer's Links |
| Eponyms |
| Etymologic the
brain-twisting etymology game! |
| Evolution of Alphabets
(from University of Maryland) |
| Forthright's Phrontistery: Dictionary of
Obscure Words and Word Lists words relating to a single topic: e.g. -phobia, -ology, -isms, shapes, etc |
| Funwords Archives |
| Gary Fung's English Etymology
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| Idiom of the Week |
| Jan Freeman's Column (Boston
Globe) well-known word column |
| JCROnline Archives -
Language Articles scroll down to Language |
| Etymologically Speaking |
| An Etymological Dictionary of
Classical Mythology |
| The Etymology of First Names |
| Mr. Foster's Etymology Site |
| I'd like to have a Word with You! |
| IPL Pathfinder: Word and Phrase
Origins |
| List of Yiddish Words and Expressions
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| Literary Dictionary
an assortment of words that first made an appearance in books, plays, poems, comic strips and mythology |
| Origins of Phrases |
| The Origins of Various
Economic-related Terms |
| New Words in English
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| Pandora's Word Box Desktop
Encyclopedic Word Etymology and Mythology |
| Phobias words for almost
every phobia imaginable!
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| Richard Lederer's Verbivore
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| Roots of English Dictionary
"free software will help you find
the Greek and Latin roots of thousands of words in the English language" |
| Sayings Sites |
| Sayings and Everyday
Expressions |
| Sounds of the World's
Animals Can you say "moo' |
| Speaking of
Language from Yahooligan's ...
great collection of links |
| Standard English words which
have a Scandinavian Etymology |
| Take Our Word For It "The
web's only etymology magazine" |
| Urban Legend Language Page |
| Urban Dictionary |
| WA's Curious
Words Page Strange words and/or words with good stories behind them. |
| Wilton's Word & Phrase Origins
good reference site |
| Word and Phrase Origins by David
Wilton at UselessKnowledge.com |
| The Word Detective online version of
newspaper column |
| Word Explorations A program of
Latin-Greek cross references that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills and word
studies! |
| Word for Word "origins
of unusual words and phrases" |
| A Word with You "a daily on-line column,
featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases" |
| A World of Words (Professor
Lawler, Univ. of Mich.) |
| Word Sleuth "origins,
derivations, etymon" |
| World Wide Words
Investigating international English from a British viewpoint (Michael Quinion) |
| Wordwizard Portal for lovers of the English Language |
| Brian Kelk's Page wordlists |
| Wordwatch weekly
commentary on current English |
| Ye Olde English Sayings |
| Ye Olde Wive's Tales |
