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Take Our Word For It
Take Our Word For It has been on the internet for 18 years! It started as a Q&A site regarding etymology, and it grew into a weekly, then monthly (then never) webzine. After a long hiatus, it's back. I'm not exactly sure what the publishing schedule will be.
http://www.takeourword.com/index.html
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The Tower of Babel
The main goal of the project is to join efforts in the research of long range connections between established linguistic families of the world. Internet is a brilliant way to combine our attempts and to build up a commonly accessible database of roots, or etyma reconstructed for the World's major (and minor) linguistic stocks.
http://starling.rinet.ru/babel.php?lan=en
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Behind the Name: Meaning of Names, Baby Name Meanings
The meaning and history of first names, also called given names, as well as popularity statistics and famous bearers.
http://www.behindthename.com
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology - Oxford Reference
Based on The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, the principal authority on the origin and development of English words, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology contains a wealth of information about the English language and its history.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192830982.001.0001/acref-9780192830982
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Find the Meanings and Definitions of Words at Dictionary
The world's most popular dictionary and thesaurus with definitions, synonyms, antonyms, idioms, word origins, quotes, audio pronunciations, example sentences and Word of the Day!
http://www.dictionary.com
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Etymology of Words & Word Origins
Free online etymology dictionary. Discover the evolution and origins of words. Word origins not only shed light on their current meaning, but offer clues to their usage - Discover the meaning of words with Dictionary.
http://dictionary.reference.com/etymology
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Word Origins - Etymology
Word Origins is devoted to the origins of words and phrases, or as a linguist would put it, to etymology.
http://www.wordorigins.org
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Etymologically Speaking - West Egg
What follows is list of some curious word origins. Some of these are English, but some are French and German words from which we get some English words.
http://www.westegg.com/etymology/
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Etymology - BrainPOP
Tim and Moby talk you through the study of words-their origins, meanings, and how wars change language!
https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/etymology/
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Etymology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology
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Online Etymology Dictionary
This is a map of the wheel-ruts 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.
http://www.etymonline.com
