Enables lookup of etymologies of more than 30,000 modern English words. Useful for determining whether a modern English word is descended from Old English.

The Online Etymology Dictionary is a dictionary that describes the origins of English language words. [1]

ability suffix expressing ability or capacity, from L. -abilitas, forming nouns from adjs. ending in -abilis (see -able). Not etymologically related to ability, though popularly ...

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Dictionary that describes the origins of English language words. Based on Ernest Weekley's 1921 An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English and a number of other sources.