etymonline
{{short description|Free online English-language dictionary}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = Etymonline
| former_name = Online Etymology Dictionary
| logo = Etymonline logo.svg
| company_type = Private
| foundation = {{circa|2000}}
| owner = Harper Family LLC
| location_city = Lancaster, Pennsylvania
| location_country = United States
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Douglas Harper
(Founder)|Dan McCormack
(web design and coding)}}
| products =
| revenue =
| net_income =
| num_employees = 1
| screenshot = Etymonline.png
| caption = Screenshot of the homepage in 2007
| website = {{URL|https://www.etymonline.com/}}
| website_type = Etymological dictionary
| language = English
| registration = no
| launch_date =
| current_status = active
}}
Etymonline, or Online Etymology Dictionary, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.{{cite web |publisher=Ohio University |title=Online Etymology Dictionary |date=2003 |url=http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/single-records/2705.html |access-date=2007-01-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211224701/http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/single-records/2705.html |archive-date=2007-02-11 }}
Description
File:Online Etymology Dictionary.jpg
Douglas R. Harper, an American Civil War historian and copy editor for LNP Media Group,{{cite web|url=https://journal.orton-gillingham.com/qa-with-douglas-harper-creator-of-the-online-etymology-dictionary/|title=Q&A With Douglas Harper: Creator of the Online Etymology Dictionary – IMSE – Journal|date=18 June 2015|access-date=2018-03-23}}{{cite web|url=http://lancasteronline.com/site/contact.html|title=Contact Us|website=LancasterOnline |access-date=2018-03-23}} compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history and evolution of more than 50,000 words, including slang and technical terms.{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/ |title=Home Page |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=2020-10-15}} The core body of its etymology information stems from The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology by Robert Barnhart, Ernest Klein's Comprehensive Etymology Dictionary of the English Language, The Middle English Compendium, The Oxford English Dictionary, and the 1889–1902 Century Dictionary.The dictionary's principal sources appear at [http://www.etymonline.com/sources.php Sources @ Online Etymology Dictionary] Harper also researches on digital archives. On the Etymonline homepage, 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
The Online Etymology Dictionary has been referenced by Oxford University's "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words"{{cite web|url=http://arch.oucs.ox.ac.uk/detail/96011/index.html|title=Online etymology dictionary |website=Arts and Humanities Community Resource |publisher=Oxford University |access-date=2018-03-22}} and cited in the Chicago Tribune as one of the "best resources for finding just the right word".{{cite news |last=Bierma |first=Nathan |title=Internet has best resources for finding just the right word |work=Chicago Tribune |date=2007-01-03 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/01/03/internet-has-best-resources-for-finding-just-the-right-word/ |access-date=2018-03-22}} It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not definitive, reference for etymology.{{cite journal|first1=Alessandro |last1=Paluzzi |first2=Juan |last2=Fernandez-Miranda |first3=Matthew |last3=Torrenti |first4=Paul |last4=Gardner |title=Retracing the etymology of terms in neuroanatomy |journal=Clinical Anatomy |volume=25 |issue=8 |year=2012 |pages=1005–1014 |doi=10.1002/ca.22053|pmid=23112209 |s2cid=19961679 }}{{cite journal|first=Anna Kristina |last=Hultgren |title=Lexical borrowing from English into Danish in the Sciences: An empirical investigation of 'domain loss' |journal=International Journal of Applied Linguistics |volume=23 |issue=2 |year=2013 |doi=10.1111/j.1473-4192.2012.00324.x |pages=166–182}}{{cite web|first=Victor |last=Mair |author-link=Victor Mair |url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18580 |website=Language Log |title=Farsi shekar ast |date=2015-04-10 |access-date=2018-03-23}}
{{cite web|first=Victor |last=Mair |author-link=Victor Mair |url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=23775 |website=Language Log |title='Butterfly' words as a source of etymological confusion |date=2016-01-28 |access-date=2018-03-22}} In addition, it has been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly research.{{cite journal|first1=Erez |last1=Lieberman |first2=Jean-Baptiste |last2=Michel |first3=Joe |last3=Jackson |first4=Tina |last4= Tang |first5=Martin A. |last5=Nowak |author-link5=Martin Nowak |title=Quantifying the evolutionary dynamics of language |journal=Nature |volume=449 |issue=7163 |year=2007 |pages=713–716 |doi=10.1038/nature06137 |pmid=17928859 |pmc=2460562|bibcode=2007Natur.449..713L }}{{cite book |doi= 10.1109/JCDL.2014.6970173 |chapter-url=http://www.dl.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~adam/jcdl14.pdf|isbn=978-1-4799-5569-5 |citeseerx=10.1.1.678.3584 |chapter=A framework for analyzing semantic change of words across time|title=IEEE/ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries|pages=229–238|year=2014|last1=Jatowt|first1=Adam|last2=Duh|first2=Kevin|s2cid=12357037}}
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.etymonline.com/}}
Category:Etymological dictionaries