Online Etymology Dictionary
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Etymological dictionary |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | c. 2000 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Owner | Harper Family LLC |
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| Employees | 1 |
| URL | www |
| Registration | no |
| Current status | active |
TheOnline Etymology DictionaryorEtymonline,sometimes abbreviated asOED(not to be confused with theOxford English Dictionary,which the site often cites), is a freeonline dictionarythat describes theoriginsofEnglishwords,written and compiled byDouglas R. Harper.[1]
Description
[edit]Douglas R. Harper, anAmerican Civil Warhistorian and copy editor forLNP Media Group,[2][3]compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history and evolution of more than 50,000 words, including slang and technical terms.[4]The core body of its etymology information stems fromThe Barnhart Dictionary of EtymologybyRobert Barnhart,Ernest Klein'sComprehensive Etymology Dictionary of the English Language,The Middle English Compendium,The Oxford English Dictionary,and the 1889–1902Century Dictionary.[5]Harper also researches ondigital archives.On theEtymonlinehomepage, Harper says that he considers himself "essentially and for the most part" a compiler and evaluator of etymology research made by others.
Reviews and reputation
[edit]TheOnline Etymology Dictionaryhas been referenced byOxford University's "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words"[6]and cited in theChicago Tribuneas one of the "best resources for finding just the right word".[7]It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not definitive, reference for etymology.[8][9][10]In addition, it has been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly research.[11][12]
References
[edit]- ^"Online Etymology Dictionary".Ohio University.2003. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-11.Retrieved2007-01-05.
- ^"Q&A With Douglas Harper: Creator of the Online Etymology Dictionary – IMSE – Journal".18 June 2015.Retrieved2018-03-23.
- ^"Contact Us".LancasterOnline.Retrieved2018-03-23.
- ^"Home Page".Online Etymology Dictionary.Retrieved2020-10-15.
- ^The dictionary's principal sources appear atSources @ Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^"Online etymology dictionary".Arts and Humanities Community Resource.Oxford University.Retrieved2018-03-22.
- ^Bierma, Nathan (2007-01-03)."Internet has best resources for finding just the right word".Chicago Tribune.Retrieved2018-03-22.
- ^Paluzzi, Alessandro; Fernandez-Miranda, Juan; Torrenti, Matthew; Gardner, Paul (2012). "Retracing the etymology of terms in neuroanatomy".Clinical Anatomy.25(8): 1005–1014.doi:10.1002/ca.22053.PMID23112209.S2CID19961679.
- ^Hultgren, Anna Kristina (2013). "Lexical borrowing from English into Danish in the Sciences: An empirical investigation of 'domain loss'".International Journal of Applied Linguistics.23(2): 166–182.doi:10.1111/j.1473-4192.2012.00324.x.
- ^Mair, Victor(2015-04-10)."Farsi shekar ast".Language Log.Retrieved2018-03-23.
Mair, Victor(2016-01-28)."'Butterfly' words as a source of etymological confusion ".Language Log.Retrieved2018-03-22. - ^Lieberman, Erez; Michel, Jean-Baptiste; Jackson, Joe; Tang, Tina;Nowak, Martin A.(2007)."Quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of language".Nature.449(7163): 713–716.Bibcode:2007Natur.449..713L.doi:10.1038/nature06137.PMC2460562.PMID17928859.
- ^Jatowt, Adam; Duh, Kevin (2014)."A framework for analyzing semantic change of words across time"(PDF).IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries.pp. 229–238.CiteSeerX10.1.1.678.3584.doi:10.1109/JCDL.2014.6970173.ISBN978-1-4799-5569-5.S2CID12357037.