The Online Etymology Dictionary is an online dictionary A dictionary, also referred to as a lexicon, wordbook, or vocabulary, is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically, with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a that describes the origins of Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time English-language words.[1] The abbreviation, OED, coincides with the frequently used acronym for the Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is a dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. As of December 2008[update], the editors had completed one quarter of a third edition.
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Description
Douglas Harper originally created the online dictionary as a website where he could share some information on books and writers. Since then it has evolved into the etymology dictionary. Harper says that it has become a site for people "...who are curious about what sort of no-life obsessive-compulsive would do something like that."[2] The dictionary uses the "history and evolution of more than 30,000 words, including slang and technical terms."[3] It is described on its home page The home page or homepage is the URL or local file that automatically loads when a web browser starts or when the browser's "home" button is pressed. One can turn this feature off and on, as well as specify a URL for the page to be loaded as:
| “ | ... a map of the wheel-ruts A rut is a depression or groove worn into a road or path by the travel of wheels or skis or by erosion from flowing water. In cold climate areas, such as Scandinavia, studded tires cause significant road surface wear in terms of rutting. Ruts can be removed by grading a road surface of modern English. Etymologies are not definitions; they're explanations of what our words meant and how they sounded 600 or 2,000 years ago.
The dates beside a word indicate the earliest year for which there is a surviving written record of that word (in English, unless otherwise indicated). This should be taken as approximate, especially before about 1700, since a word may have been used in conversation for hundreds of years before it turns up in a manuscript that has had the good fortune to survive the centuries.[4] |
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Reviews and reputation
The Online Etymology Dictionary has been referenced by Ohio University Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio, situated on an 1,800 acre campus. Founded in 1804, it is the oldest university in the Northwest Territory, and ninth oldest public university in the United States's Library as a relevant etymological resource[1] and cited in the Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is currently the eighth largest newspaper in as one of the “best resources for finding just the right word.”[5] It is used by many etymologists and is cited in numerous articles as a reliable source for explaining the history and evolution of words.[6][7][8] Worldstart.com describes that “...this site is all about a love of language, and will teach you how it all began for each word.”[9] A further proof of the site's reach is its Sponsor page, which frequently receives new sponsors[10].
- In 2007 etymonline.com was the first search result returned for the term etymology from Google Google Search or Google Web Search is a web search engine owned by Google Inc. and is the most-used search engine on the Web. Google receives several hundred million queries each day through its various services. The main purpose of Google Search is to hunt for text in webpages, as opposed to other data, such as with Google Image Search. Google[11] and Yahoo Yahoo! Inc. is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search), Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping (Yahoo! Maps), video sharing (Yahoo! Video).[12]
- In 2009 the website was valued at approximately $118,841 based on its statistics.[13]
References
- ^ a b Ohio University, Online Etymology Dictionary. Created 2003, http://infotree.library.ohiou.edu/single-records/2705.html, accessed 2007-01-05.
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary Biography of Douglas Harper, Accessed 2007-01-05
- ^ Google Inc., Google Directory - Reference > Dictionaries > Etymology. Accessed 2007-10-14.
- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary. Accessed December 31, 2006
- ^ Bierma, Nathan. Internet has best resources for finding just the right word. Chicago Tribune, January 3, 2007, republished by www.factiva.com, http://proxy.bib.uottawa.ca:2241/sb/default.aspx?NAPC=S&fcpil=en, accessed 2007-01-05.
- ^ Rudeen, Mike. Any questions?; Ask! away on the News' new blog. Rocky Mountain News, December 18, 2006, republished by www.factiva.com, accessed 2007-01-05
- ^ Murali, D. Big results require big ambitions. Business Line (The Hindu), July 21, 2006, Section:Opinion, republished by Factiva.com, accessed 2007-01-05
- ^ Whyte, Ellen. Online resources to help improve your vocabulary. New Straits Times, October 27, 2005, republished by www.factiva.com, accessed 2007-01-05
- ^ Online etymology dictionary. Worldstart.com, http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/1527, accessed 2007-01-05.
- ^ Sponsor a Word. etymonline.com, http://www.etymonline.com/working/sponsors.php
- ^ Google Inc., Google Search. (Search for etymology), http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=etymology&meta=, accessed 2007-01-05 and 2009-12-25 Note: out of approximately 8.68 million hits.
- ^ Yahoo Inc., Yahoo Search. (Search for etymology), http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=etymology&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8, accessed 2007-01-05. Note: out of approximately 5.6 million hits.
- ^ Hotaweb. Published by RanTop.com. Accessed 2009-12-25 15h00 EST. Note: Daily Visits: 8,822 Daily Page Views: 23,580, Monthly Visits: 264,640, Monthly Page Views: 707,383
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