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Take Our Word for It Weekly etymology magazine. The Word Detective Words and language in a humorous vein. The online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. Written by Evan Morris. MooT The game of grammar, semantics, and etymology. Play online the game that investigates the history and meaning of English words. Fun With Word Origins Samples of the etymological books from word-lover Martha Barnette, author of "Ladyfingers & Nun's Tummies" and "A Garden of Words." Focusing on Words An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with thematic units of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and vocabulary quizzes. What's The Meaning of This? The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail." Origin of Phrases Categorized etymologies of phrases. Etymologically Speaking A list of some curious word origins. Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular Myriad expressions in everyday English have nautical origins. This web page lists expressions and definitions mentioned by listswains, members of the Patrick O'Brian Mailing List, also known as the Gunroom. New Words In English Neologisms and novel uses of words in English collected by members of the class Linguistics/English 215, Words in English: Structure, History and Use, taught by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice University. |
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