Take Our Word for It - Weekly etymology magazine.

World Wide Words - More than 400 pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English. New words and words in the news regularly featured.

Dave Wilton's Etymology Page - Devoted to etymology of common words and slang phrases.

The Word Detective - Words and language in a humorous vein. The online version of The Word Detective, a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language. Written by Evan Morris.

MooT - The game of grammar, semantics, and etymology. Play online the game that investigates the history and meaning of English words.

Fun With Word Origins - Samples of the etymological books from word-lover Martha Barnette, author of "Ladyfingers & Nun's Tummies" and "A Garden of Words."

An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology - The influence of classical mythology on the English language, astronomy, calendar terms, personal names, phrases and conversation, and pop culture.

The Etymology of Noid - The story of noid, from its birth on the Merv Griffin TV show to the present.

Focusing on Words - An advanced Latin-Greek-English vocabulary source of etymologies with thematic units of roots, prefixes, and suffixes, and vocabulary quizzes.

Richard Lederer's Verbivore - Linguistic fun from, Richard Lederer, the best-selling author of The Word Circus and the new Sleeping Dogs Don't Lay, a helpful guide for grappling with vexing grammar questions.

What's The Meaning of This? - The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail."

Origin of Phrases - Categorized etymologies of phrases.

Etymologic - The brain-twisting etymology game.

American Dialect Society - A scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America.

Etymologically Speaking - A list of some curious word origins.

Nautical Expressions in the Vernacular - Myriad expressions in everyday English have nautical origins. This web page lists expressions and definitions mentioned by listswains, members of the Patrick O'Brian Mailing List, also known as the Gunroom.

New Words In English - Neologisms and novel uses of words in English collected by members of the class Linguistics/English 215, Words in English: Structure, History and Use, taught by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice University.

Oxford English Dictionary - Presents a word a day complete with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, quotations and date chart.

Sayings and Everyday Expressions - Your online source for the sayings and expressions you use everyday. Search for their meaning, history and origin, find sayings, expressions, phrases, quotations, cliches, unusual words, and wordplay.

Pandora's Word Box - Ideas in words, linking biology, medicine, and the humanities.

The Literary Dictionary - An assortment of words that first made an appearance in books, plays, poems, comic strips and mythology.

Behind the Name - The etymology and history of first names.

A Word with You - A daily on-line column, featuring little known facts about well known words and phrases.

Etymology - Word origins and links.

Words with Heathen Origins in the Scriptures - An etymological study of numerous words used in churches and Scriptures that have their origin in pagan religions.

Word and Phrase Origins - Guide designed for anyone who is looking for the origin of words and/or phrases.

New York State Facts - The origins of New York State's county names.

Taiwan Teacher - A new word or phrase posted every week giving you the meaning, origin and an example of the usage of the word or phrase.

Books about Etymology - Recommended by fun-with-words.com.

Where Do Plants Get Their Names From? - A brief anaylaia of the origins of common plant names.

Curiosities of Biological Taxonomy - Etymology of biology terminology.

Etymology : The Science of Word Histories. - Contains several interesting and intriguing word histories.

Butterfly Etymology - The etymology of butterfly, moth and caterpillar in several languages.

Word Origins and Meanings of Economic Terms - A handy word origins list. Click on the word and you'll go right to a brief discussion of its origin.

What's In Your Name Dictionary of Last Names - A database on last names, providing information on etymology and history of surnames

Roots of English - An etymological dictionary you can download by Prof. Eugene Cotter, Seton Hall University.