Apr 7, 2025 · 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.

"sound or combination of sounds in a language as the sign of a conception," also the… See origin and meaning of word.

"ancestry, race," from Latin originem (nominative origo) "a rise, commencement,… See origin and meaning of origin.

"facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French etimologie, ethimologie… See origin and meaning of etymology.

"relation of incidents" (true or false), from Old French estoire, estorie "story;… See origin and meaning of history.

"collection of words and phrases," probably a shortening of dictionarius (liber) "(book)… See origin and meaning of dictionary.

"the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites… See origin and meaning of nigger.

"forward, away from" (source also of Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic fram "from,… See origin and meaning of from.

"first in time, earliest," from Old French original "first" (13c.) and directly from… See origin and meaning of original.

"one of a class of spiritual beings, attendants and messengers of God," a c. 1300 fusion… See origin and meaning of angel.