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		⚫	The '''''Online Etymology Dictionary''''' or '''''Etymonline''''', sometimes abbreviated as '''OED''' (not to be confused with the '']'', which the site often cites), is a free ] that describes the ] of ] ]s, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.<ref name="Ohio U">{{cite web \|publisher=] \|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 }}</ref>
⚫	==Description==
⚫	Douglas Harper compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history and evolution of more than 50,000 words, including slang and technical terms<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.etymonline.com/ \|title=Home Page \|publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary \|~~accessdate~~=~~2006~~-12-31}}</ref>. The core body of its etymology information stems from ''The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology'' by ], ]'s ''Comprehensive Etymology Dictionary of the English Language'', ''The Middle English Compendium'', '']'', and the ~~1889-1902~~ '']''<ref>The dictionary's principal sources appear at </ref> . Harper also researches ~~online~~ on ]. 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.

		⚫	==Description==
	Harper works as a ] and page designer for ].<ref name="journal.orton-gillingham.com">{{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\|publisher=\|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lancasteronline.com/site/contact.html\|title=Contact Us\|website=LancasterOnline \|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref>
		⚫	Douglas R. Harper, an ] historian and copy editor for ],<ref name="journal.orton-gillingham.com">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lancasteronline.com/site/contact.html\|title=Contact Us\|website=LancasterOnline \|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history and evolution of more than 50,000 words, including slang and technical terms.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.etymonline.com/ \|title=Home Page \|publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary \|access-date=2020-10-15}}</ref> The core body of its etymology information stems from ''The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology'' by ], ]'s ''Comprehensive Etymology Dictionary of the English Language'', ''The Middle English Compendium'', '']'', and the 1889–1902 '']''.<ref>The dictionary's principal sources appear at </ref> Harper also researches on ]s. 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==		==Reviews and reputation==
	The ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' has been referenced by ]'s "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://arch.oucs.ox.ac.uk/detail/96011/index.html\|title=Online etymology dictionary \|website=Arts and Humanities Community Resource \|publisher=] \|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> and cited in the '']'' as one of the "best resources for finding just the right word".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Bierma \|first=Nathan \|title=Internet has best resources for finding just the right word \|work=] \|date=2007-01-03 \|url=~~http~~://~~articles~~.chicagotribune.com/2007-01-03/~~features/0701020248_1_language~~-~~log~~-~~language~~-~~lover~~-~~european~~-~~languages~~ \|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not definitive, reference for etymology.<ref>{{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=] \|volume=25 \|issue=8 \|year=2012 \|pages=1005–1014 \|doi=10.1002/ca.22053\|pmid=23112209 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|first=Victor \|last=Mair \|author-link=Victor Mair \|url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18580 \|website=] \|title=Farsi shekar ast \|date=2015-04-10 \|access-date=2018-03-23}}<br />{{cite web\|first=Victor \|last=Mair \|author-link=Victor Mair \|url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=23775 \|website=] \|title='Butterfly' words as a source of etymological confusion \|date=2016-01-28 \|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> In addition, it has been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly research.<ref>{{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=] \|volume=449 \|issue=7163 \|year=2007 \|pages=713–716 \|doi=10.1038/nature06137 \|pmid=17928859 \|pmc=2460562\|bibcode=2007Natur.449..713L }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>		The ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' has been referenced by ]'s "Arts and Humanities Community Resource" catalog as "an excellent tool for those seeking the origins of words"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://arch.oucs.ox.ac.uk/detail/96011/index.html\|title=Online etymology dictionary \|website=Arts and Humanities Community Resource \|publisher=] \|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> and cited in the '']'' as one of the "best resources for finding just the right word".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Bierma \|first=Nathan \|title=Internet has best resources for finding just the right word \|work=] \|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}}</ref> It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not definitive, reference for etymology.<ref>{{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=] \|volume=25 \|issue=8 \|year=2012 \|pages=1005–1014 \|doi=10.1002/ca.22053\|pmid=23112209 \|s2cid=19961679 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|first=Victor \|last=Mair \|author-link=Victor Mair \|url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=18580 \|website=] \|title=Farsi shekar ast \|date=2015-04-10 \|access-date=2018-03-23}}<br />{{cite web\|first=Victor \|last=Mair \|author-link=Victor Mair \|url=http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=23775 \|website=] \|title='Butterfly' words as a source of etymological confusion \|date=2016-01-28 \|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref> In addition, it has been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly research.<ref>{{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=] \|volume=449 \|issue=7163 \|year=2007 \|pages=713–716 \|doi=10.1038/nature06137 \|pmid=17928859 \|pmc=2460562\|bibcode=2007Natur.449..713L }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{Official website\|~~http~~://www.etymonline.com/}}		* {{Official website\|https://www.etymonline.com/}}

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Free online English-language dictionary

*Online Etymology Dictionary*

Screenshot of the homepage in 2007
Type of business	Private
Type of site	Etymological dictionary
Available in	English
Founded	c. 2000
Headquarters	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Owner	Harper Family LLC
Key people	Douglas Harper (Founder) Dan McCormack (web design and coding)
Employees	1
URL	www.etymonline.com
Registration	no
Current status	active

The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, 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.

Description

Douglas R. Harper, an American Civil War historian and copy editor for LNP Media Group, compiled the etymology dictionary to record the history and evolution of more than 50,000 words, including slang and technical terms. 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. 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" and cited in the Chicago Tribune as one of the "best resources for finding just the right word". It is cited in academic work as a useful, though not definitive, reference for etymology. In addition, it has been used as a data source for quantitative scholarly research.

References

"Online Etymology Dictionary". Ohio University. 2003. Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. Retrieved 2007-01-05.
"Q&A With Douglas Harper: Creator of the Online Etymology Dictionary – IMSE – Journal". 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
"Contact Us". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
"Home Page". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
The dictionary's principal sources appear at Sources @ Online Etymology Dictionary
"Online etymology dictionary". Arts and Humanities Community Resource. Oxford University. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
Bierma, Nathan (2007-01-03). "Internet has best resources for finding just the right word". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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. PMID 23112209. S2CID 19961679.
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. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
Mair, Victor (2016-01-28). "'Butterfly' words as a source of etymological confusion". Language Log. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
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. PMC 2460562. PMID 17928859.
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. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.678.3584. doi:10.1109/JCDL.2014.6970173. ISBN 978-1-4799-5569-5. S2CID 12357037.

External links

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