- Online Etymology Dictionary
The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms
- Etymology - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
"facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French etimologie, ethimologie… See origin and meaning of etymology
- God - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
Popular etymology has long derived God from good; but a comparison of the forms shows this to be an error Moreover, the notion of goodness is not conspicuous in the heathen conception of deity, and in good itself the ethical sense is comparatively late
- Nigger - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
Harper, Douglas "Etymology of nigger " Online Etymology Dictionary, https: www etymonline com word nigger Accessed 30 November, 2025 Copy
- Nice - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
"foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless," from Old French nice (12c ) "careless, clumsy;… See origin and meaning of nice
- History - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
etymology late 14c , ethimolegia "facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French etimologie, ethimologie (14c , Modern French étymologie), from Latin etymologia, from Greek etymologia "analysis of a word to find its true origin," properly "study of the true sense (of a wor
- Compassion - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
Harper Douglas, "Etymology of compassion," Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed December 2, 2025, https: www etymonline com word compassion Copy
- Religion - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline
However, popular etymology among the later ancients (Servius, Lactantius, Augustine) and the interpretation of many modern writers connects it with religare "to bind fast" (see rely), via the notion of "place an obligation on," or "bond between humans and gods "
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