Hacker News
- Ancient Echoes https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/ancient-echoes 45 comments
- Zillions and Zillions https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/zillions-and-zillions 5 comments
- When did the English discover the Anglo-Saxons? (2018) https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/out-of-time 15 comments
- Etymology of the Word “Lord” https://www.etymonline.com/word/lord 44 comments
- Origin and meaning of “fisk”, named after Robert Fisk, who died, Oct 30th https://www.etymonline.com/word/fisk 7 comments
- Who Did This? (2017) https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/bio 37 comments
- According to the IRS you are a private contractor employed by Google http://www.etymonline.com/index.php 116 comments
- What is the oldest attested acronym? https://www.etymonline.com/columns/post/baloney?old=true 47 comments linguistics
- Do languages develop words for tastes in the same fashion they do for colors? https://www.etymonline.com/word/sour#etymonline_v_23926 45 comments linguistics
- An etymology database. Learn the history and meaning of words. https://www.etymonline.com/word/etymology 70 comments internetisbeautiful
- When did people start to think the future is in front of them? https://www.etymonline.com/word/after#etymonline_v_5222 41 comments linguistics
- What English word(s) preceded the use of 'clockwise'? https://www.etymonline.com/word/clockwise 12 comments linguistics
- Old Prussian language: Slavic or Baltic? https://www.etymonline.com/word/prussia 6 comments russia
- Credo di aver trovato un errore nella prima pagina della nuova traduzione de Il Signore degli Anelli https://www.etymonline.com/word/-ty 56 comments italy
- I-mutation in American English? https://etymonline.com 6 comments linguistics
- TIL that all senses of the word "check" (check a box, check-up, bank check) ultimately come from the chess term. https://www.etymonline.com/word/check#etymonline_v_11208 24 comments chess
- TIL Berlin in its etymological orgin means "Swamp City" https://www.etymonline.com/word/berlin 5 comments europe
- Why is "breakfast" pronounced differently from "break" and "fast"? https://www.etymonline.com/word/met?ref=etymonline_crossreference 26 comments linguistics
- TIL the word jinx has its origins in baseball https://www.etymonline.com/word/jinx 30 comments baseball
- How did 'less than' shift semantically to mean 'not'? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=unless 7 comments linguistics
- Old English "god" -> ME "good" and "god"? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=god 14 comments linguistics
- How did 'but' evolve from Old English, and split into many different meanings? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=but&searchmode=none 15 comments linguistics
- How do words change over time? (x-post from ELI5) http://www.etymonline.com/ 17 comments linguistics
- Why were all the English words for war displaced? http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=war&allowed_in_frame=0 19 comments linguistics
- What is the history of the slave trade in France? http://etymonline.com/columns/frenchslavery.htm 9 comments history
- Disgruntle, Distort, Disturb. Are there any other words with misleading prefixes? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=gruntle&searchmode=none 12 comments linguistics
- What's the etymology of the word "race"? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=race 10 comments linguistics
- TIL iterate and reiterate mean the same thing. Anyone know of other words that either repeat or run counter to their roots? http://etymonline.com/?search=inflammable 9 comments linguistics
- Online Etymology Dictionary for other languages? http://www.etymonline.com/ 11 comments linguistics
- How did the Old Germanic word for "meeting, council, appointment" eventually end up as the root for the word 'thing' in all West Germanic languages? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=thing 7 comments linguistics
- anybody know the story behind ditransitive causative "learn" (e.g., "I'm gonna learn you a lesson") in some dialects of American English? holdover from OE or something else? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=learn&searchmode=none 16 comments linguistics
- Where does the expression "to hit it off" come from? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hit 10 comments linguistics
- My Jewish friend claims that the word "Jew" directly derives from "Jude", which he also claims is a direct slur against the Jewish people. How true is this? http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=jew 70 comments linguistics
- For those who still don't know about it, this is the best English etymology dictionary I know of. http://www.etymonline.com/ 24 comments linguistics
- Sometimes I feel sorry for words. Take 'niggard' for example, which probably comes from the Old Norse, 'hnøggr', meaning 'stingy'. Poor guy. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=niggard 6 comments reddit.com
- Among other similar phraseological combinations... Whoa, never heard that one before http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=gadzooks&searchmode=none 5 comments reddit.com
- According to the IRS you are a private contractor employed by Google; you are a business; and you will have to pay business taxes and the rates that go along with them. Doesn't matter how big you are, how long ago you put those ads there, or whether you made $20 or $20,000 off them. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php 98 comments business
- Etymonline needs our help. The IRS is screwing them over because they supported the site with Google ads. http://etymonline.com 9 comments reddit.com
- Today I Learned: Thomas Huxley really didn't mean agnostic to be a "middle ground" between atheism and theism. He was trying to make a word that means "someone who doesn't know." http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=agnostic&searchmode=none 23 comments reddit.com
- Ever wondered where a word comes from? Here's a site that will tell you. http://www.etymonline.com/ 46 comments science
Linking pages
- Word-by-Word Pictures of the History of English - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/word-by-word-pictures-of-the-history-of-english/256533/ 29 comments
- Literally Indefensible. Your protestations about “literally”… | by Dick Wisdom | I. M. H. O. | Medium https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/1a82337f14a7 7 comments
- 13 Words You Probably Didn't Know Were Invented By Shakespeare | HuffPost Entertainment http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/14/shakespeare-words_n_4590819.html?amp%3Bir=entertainment&utm_hp_ref=entertainment 3 comments
- Opinion | A.I. Could Actually Be a Boon to Education - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/opinion/chatgpt-ai-khan-academy.html 1 comment
- Good podcast vibes for the nerdy set: Our recent faves in science, research | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/05/good-podcast-vibes-for-the-nerdy-set-our-recent-faves-in-science-research/ 0 comments
- The History of the Word Hacker - Deepgram Blog ⚡️ https://deepgram.com/blog/the-history-of-the-word-hacker-2/ 0 comments
- Crowd Sourcing a Language (part 2) | by Jonathan Beard | cat /dev/urandom | Medium https://medium.com/@JonathanBeard/crowd-sourcing-a-language-part-2-fc437d6eb71a 0 comments
- GitHub - clairefro/obsidian-plugin-etymology-lookup: Obsidian plugin for looking up the etymology of words in your notes with one click https://github.com/clairefro/obsidian-plugin-etymology-lookup 0 comments