Etymology

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Etymology
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Chambers Dictionary of Etymology
by Robert K. Barnhart
279 members
½ 4.5
2 Members
aulsmith, Dilara86
2
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
3,234 members
59 reviews
3.9
2 Members
RoboSchro, John_Vaughan
3
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
by Bill Bryson
4,626 members
51 reviews
3.8
2 Members
RoboSchro, John_Vaughan
4
The Mother Tongue
by Bill Bryson
8,407 members
163 reviews
3.9
Member
John_Vaughan
5
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
by Robert Hendrickson
595 members
1 review
3.9
Member
quantumquota
6
A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
by Carl Darling Buck
140 members
1 review
4.2
Member
kiracle
9
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
by Mark Forsyth
1,671 members
59 reviews
3.9
Member
RoboSchro
10
Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch.
by Julius Pokorny
18 members
1 review
5
Member
kiracle
11
Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words
by Susan Kelz Sperling
183 members
1 review
3.8
Member
RoboSchro
12
Etymological dictionary of Latin and the other Italic languages
by Michiel de Vaan
32 members
Member
kiracle
13
The Story of English
by Robert McCrum
2,935 members
28 reviews
3.9
Member
John_Vaughan
14
A Handbook of Germanic Etymology
by Vladimir E. Orel
18 members
½ 4.3
Member
kiracle
15
Discovering Words
by Julian Walker
8 members
1 review
3
Member
RoboSchro
16
The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language
by Melvyn Bragg
1,847 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan
17
A Bibliography of English Etymology: Sources and Word List
by Anatoly Liberman
14 members
Member
kiracle
18
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by Bill Bryson
2,209 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
John_Vaughan
19
Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon
by Alwin Kloekhorst
8 members
Member
kiracle
20
Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon
by Rick Derksen
6 members
Member
kiracle
21
The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology
by Walter W. Skeat
442 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Member
kiracle
22
Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages
by S. A. Starostin
8 members
Member
kiracle
23
Deutsches Wörterbuch. 2 CD-ROMs. Der digitale Grimm
by Jacob Grimm
65 members
2 reviews
½ 4.6
Member
kiracle
25
Das Herkunftswörterbuch
by Günther Drosdowski
205 members
4.8
26
An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
by Friedrich Kluge
167 members
2 reviews
½ 4.5
27
Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words
by John Ayto
1,092 members
6 reviews
3.9
28
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
by Eric Partridge
382 members
4 reviews
4.1
29
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
by E. Cobham Brewer
3,344 members
28 reviews
4.2
30
The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
by C. T. Onions
514 members
2 reviews
4.2
32
The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
by Merriam-Webster
455 members
1 review
3.9
33
Dictionary of Word Origins
by Joseph T. Shipley
328 members
1 review
3.8
34
Thereby Hangs a Tale
by Charles Earle Funk
482 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
35
Word Origins: An Exploration and History of Words and Language
by Wilfred Funk
491 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
36
Word Origins ... and How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone
by Anatoly Liberman
269 members
4 reviews
3.8
37
The Oxford English Dictionary
by E. S. C. Weiner
1,859 members
31 reviews
4.8
38
The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
by Calvert Watkins
418 members
1 review
½ 4.4
39
Word Mysteries and Histories: From Quiche to Humble Pie
by American Heritage
229 members
1 review
½ 3.5
40
The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories
by Glynnis Chantrell
432 members
2 reviews
4.2
41
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
by John McWhorter
1,437 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
42
Heavens to Betsy!: And Other Curious Sayings
by Charles Earle Funk
495 members
7 reviews
3.2
43
Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
by David Wilton
386 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
44
Dictionary of Word and Phrase Orgins
by William Morris
292 members
2 reviews
3.9
45
English Words from Latin and Greek Elements
by Donald M. Ayers
368 members
5 reviews
3.9
46
The roots of English: a reader's handbook of word origins
by Robert Claiborne
228 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
47
The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
by Mark Forsyth
703 members
19 reviews
4
48
Why Do We Say It?: The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions and Cliches We Use
by Castle Books
591 members
6 reviews
½ 3.3
49
Studies in Words
by C. S. Lewis
810 members
6 reviews
4.2
50
The F-Word
by Jesse Sheidlower
450 members
5 reviews
3.8
51
An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
by Walter W. Skeat
131 members
1 review
½ 4.6
52
The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten
by Jeffrey Kacirk
666 members
6 reviews
3.9
53
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
by Donald J. Borror
385 members
5 reviews
4
54
Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language
by Patricia T. O'Conner
293 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
55
Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words
by Charles Earle Funk
291 members
½ 3.5
57
Port Out, Starboard Home and Other Language Myths
by Michael Quinion
277 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
58
Etymologisch woordenboek
by J. de Vries
129 members
1 review
½ 3.7
59
They Have a Word for It: Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases
by Howard Rheingold
689 members
11 reviews
½ 3.7
60
Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words
by John Marciano
251 members
29 reviews
½ 3.4
62
The Word Detective: Solving the Mysteries Behind Those Pesky Words and Phrases
by Evan Morris
178 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
63
In Other Words
by C. J. Moore
444 members
11 reviews
½ 3.3
64
Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology
by Robert K. Barnhart
271 members
3 reviews
½ 4.4
65
Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
254 members
5 reviews
½ 3.5
66
The Story of English in 100 Words
by David Crystal
489 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
67
A Hog on Ice
by Charles E. Funk
459 members
3 reviews
½ 3.4
68
Words from the Myths
by Isaac Asimov
280 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
69
An Exaltation of Larks
by James Lipton
1,096 members
15 reviews
3.9
70
The Meaning of Tingo: and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World
by Adam Jacot de Boinod
824 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
71
Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases
by Webb Garrison
430 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
73
O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun
by Willard R. Espy
186 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
74
Devious Derivations
by Hugh Rawson
117 members
½ 3.5
75
Red Herrings and White Elephants
by Albert Jack
482 members
2 reviews
3.2
76
History in English Words
by Owen Barfield
381 members
3 reviews
3.9
77
The Secret Lives of Words
by Paul West
122 members
1 review
½ 3.5
78
Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana
by Joan Coromines
117 members
1 review
4.2
79
Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (A-K)
by Ernest Weekley
102 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
80
Etymological Dictionary of Modern English (L-Z) (Dover Language Guides)
by Ernest Weekley
93 members
1 review
3
81
Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja
by Kaisa Häkkinen
42 members
½ 4.7
82
The Story of Language
by Mario Pei
497 members
3 reviews
4
83
The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
by Henry Hitchings
457 members
9 reviews
½ 3.5
85
Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
by Julia Cresswell
113 members
2 reviews
3.1
86
Sanojen synty
by Veijo Meri
67 members
1 review
4
87
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage
by H. W. Fowler
3,274 members
21 reviews
4.1
88
The Stories of English
by David Crystal
1,393 members
19 reviews
3.9
89
Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
by Kory Stamper
1,270 members
73 reviews
4.1
90
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
by John Koenig
870 members
6 reviews
4.1
91
Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages
by Ammon Shea
864 members
41 reviews
½ 3.7
92
The American Language: An Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States
by H. L. Mencken
762 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
93
Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States
by George R. Stewart
665 members
15 reviews
4.2
94
Dictionary of Word Origins
by Linda Flavell
193 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
95
Ord med historia
by Gösta Bergman
57 members
1 review
5
96
Babel, or, The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
by R. F. Kuang
10,132 members
233 reviews
4
97
Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning
by Richard H. Allen
448 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
98
Semantic Antics: How and Why Words Change Meaning
by Sol Steinmetz
184 members
1 review
4
99
Chinese Characters
by Léon Wieger
166 members
1 review
4
100
Word Origins: The Romance of Language
by Cecil Hunt
113 members
1 review
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