Etymonline - Dictionary & More

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About this app

The official, complete app of Douglas Harper's Online Etymology Dictionary, with useful features to help you understand the origins of words as well as improve your vocabulary.

• From etymonline.com, the internet's top choice for quick, reliable, comprehensive yet comprehensible English word origins
• Instantaneous search with spelling suggestions works fast on your Android devices
• Offline Dictionary - find out word origins anytime, anywhere (Premium only)
• Universal app - works on your Android phones and tablets
• Related Words - easily access words that share the same origin/root. For example, you can check out all the words with root –logy, such as agriology, anthropology, biology, cardiology, choreology, Christology, chronology, cosmology, etc.

Get even more with ETYMONLINE PREMIUM:
• Offline dictionary - Search and view etymology without the need of an internet connection
• No Ads - Enjoy a calm, ad-free reading environment

Ratings and reviews

Very easy to navigate, and things but i feel like there should be a option ti search by definition, im not sure if it has this but if not then add a thing where you can hear the word? overall a pretty good app, has helped me increase my vocabulary a little. I wish there was also a thing where you could like be quized but they might not add that bc it could de-shape the app from its original purpose.

I love this app. It makes my inner logophile happy. I particularly like that it doesn't just say "from old french" like many other etymology sites. The etymology will be taken back as far as possible (often to proto-indo-european for most English words). The app is functional, the ads are relatively unobtrusive (for a free app), and I have not yet found the limits of its database. If I had one wish it would be to be able to click on root words to get audio pronunciations.

I enjoy the app. Ive used the website for years and finally just downloaded the app a couple months ago. The only thing I'd like to see change is when I highlight a word I'd like to easily press define for the non-english words the same way I could from the website. However It's only a few seconds to just switch to the web and search it. I still give 5 stars anyway :)

What's new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.