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A Comparative Glossary of the Gothic Language, With Especial Reference to English and German, by G. H. Balg, contrib. by Francis Andrew March
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De germaansche elementen in de romaansche talen. (A. Siffer, drukker der Koninklijke vlaamsche academie, 1907), by E. Ulrix (page images at HathiTrust)
A comparative glossary of the Gothic language with especial reference to English and German. (The author; [etc., etc.], 1887), by G. H. Balg (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionnaire étymologique et comparatif des langues teuto-gothiques. L'ancien gothique, l'ancien haut-allemand, l'anglosaxon, l'ancien saxon, l'islandais, le suédois moderne, ledanois moderne, le néederlandais moderne (flam.-holl.), l'anglais moderne, le haut-allemand moderne, avec des racines slaves, romanes et asiatiques, qui prouvent l'origine, commune de toutes ces langues. Tr. de l'allemand. (J.V. Meidinger, 1833), by Heinrich Meidinger (page images at HathiTrust)
Vergleichendes etymologisches wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen mundarten. Altgothisch, althochdeutsch, angelsächsisch, altsächsisch, altnordisch (isländisch), neuschwedisch, neudänisch, neuniederländisch (fläm.-holl.), neuenglisch, neuhochdeutsch. (J.V. Meidinger, 1836), by Heinrich Meidinger (page images at HathiTrust)
Vergleichendes etymologisches Wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen Mundarten. Altgothisch, Althochdeutsch, Angelsächsisch, Altsächsisch, Altnordisch (Isländisch), Neuschwedisch, Neudänisch, Neuniederländisch (Fläm.-holl.), Neuenglisch, Neuhochdeutsch. Nebst mehreren slavischen, romanischen und asiatischen Wurzeln, als Beweis gemeinschaftlicher Abstammung (J.V. Meidinger, 1833), by Heinrich Meidinger (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionnaire comparatif et étymologique des langues teuto-gothiques. L'ancien gothique, l'ancien haut-allemand, l'anglosaxon, l'ancien saxon, l'islandais, le suédois moderne, le danois moderne, le néerlandais moderne (fläm-holl.), l'anglais moderne, le haut-allemand moderne. (J. V. Meidinger, 1836), by Heinrich Meidinger (page images at HathiTrust)
Vergleichendes etymologisches wörterbuch der gothisch-teutonischen mundarten. Altgothisch, althochdeutsch, angelsächsisch, altsächsisch, altnordisch (isländisch), neuschwedisch, neudänisch, neuniederländisch (fläm.-holl.), neuenglisch, neuhochdeutsch. Nebst mehreren slavischen, romanischen und asiatischen wurzeln, als beweis gemeinschaftlicher abstammung (J.V. Meidinger, 1836), by Heinrich Meidinger (page images at HathiTrust)
De germaansche elementen in de romaansche talen, proeve van een germaansch-romaansch woordenboek (A. Siffer, Drukker der Koninklijke Vlaamsche Academie, 1907), by E. Ulrix (page images at HathiTrust)

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Franck's Etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal. (M. Nijhoff, 1912), by Johannes Franck and Nicolaas van Wijk (page images at HathiTrust)
Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal. (M. Nijhoff, 1925), by Jozef Vercoullie (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal ... (M. Nijhoff, 1892), by Johannes Franck (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisch handwoordenboek der Nederduitsche taal, of, Proeve van een geregeld overzigt van de afstamming der Nederduitsche woorden (G. B. van Goor, 1844), by Johannes Leonardus Terwen (page images at HathiTrust)
Franck's Etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal. (M. Nijhoff, 1929), by Johannes Franck and Nicolaas van Wijk (page images at HathiTrust)
Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal (J. Vuylsteke; [etc.,etc.], 1890), by Jozef Vercoullie (page images at HathiTrust)
Woorden en uitdrukkingen. (Maatschappij voor de Goede en Goedkoope Lectuur], 1919), by C. H. Ph. Meijer (page images at HathiTrust)
Beknopt etymologisch woordenboek der Nederlandsche taal. (J. Vuylsteke, 1898), by Jozef Vercoullie (page images at HathiTrust)
Franck's etymologisch woordenboek der nederlandsche taal : met registers der nieuwhoogduitsche woorden, enz. (M. Nijhoff, 1912), by Johannes Franck and Nicolaas van Wijk (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (new and revised edition; Oxford, UK: At the Clarendon press, ca. 1910), by Walter W. Skeat
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Online Etymology Dictionary, by Douglas R. Harper (searchable HTML at etymonline.com)
The Origin of Medical Terms (Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins Co., 1949), by Henry Alan Skinner (page images at HathiTrust)
A New Universal Technological, Etymological, and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Embracing All the Terms Used in Science, Literature, and Art (2 volumes; London: C. Routledge and Co., 1852), by John Craig (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological and explanatory dictionary of words derived from the Latin; being a sequel to The student's manual (Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825), by Richard Harrison Black (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der englischen Sprache (B. Tauchnitz, 1917), by Ferdinand Holthausen (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Harper & brothers, 1882), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Harper & brothers, 1893), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisches woerterbuch der englischen sprache (P. Schettler, 1878), by Eduard Mueller (page images at HathiTrust)
A glossary of obscure words and phrases in the writings of Shakspeare and his contemporaries traced etymologically to the ancient language of the British people as spoken before the irruption of the Danes and Saxons (S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887), by Charles Mackay (page images at HathiTrust)
Composition of scientific words; a manual of methods and a lexicon of materials for the practice of logotechnics. (Washington, 1956), by Roland W. Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language. (The Clarendon Press, 1911), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of modern English. (J. Murray, 1921), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
Folk-etymology : a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy (Johnson Reprint, 1969), by Abram Smythe Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
A study of the essential meanings of English words of Latin and Greek origin, including a dictionary of familiar stems. (Worzalla publishing company, 1939), by Joseph Victor Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
Francisci Junii Francisci filii Etymologicum anglicanum. (e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1743), by Franciscus Junius and Edward Lye (page images at HathiTrust)
English etymology; a select glossary serving as an introduction to the history of the English language (D.C. Heath & Co., 1898), by Friedrich Kluge and Frederick Lutz (page images at HathiTrust)
English etymology. (Printed for G. Robinson, 1783), by George William Lemon (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionary of word origins (The Philosophical library, 1945), by Joseph T. Shipley (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Clarendon press, 1901), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language. (Clarendon press, 1882), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language (Macmillan, 1882), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of modern English. (Dutton, 1952), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of modern English (J. Murray, 1924), by Ernest Weekley (page images at HathiTrust)
The Greek element in English words. (The Macmillan company, 1931), by John C. Smock and Percy Waldron Long (page images at HathiTrust)
The Gaelic etymology of the languages of western Europe and more especially of the English and Lowland Scotch, and of their slang, cant, and colloquial dialects. (Pub. for the author by N. Trübner and co., 1877), by Charles Mackay (page images at HathiTrust)
The origin of medical terms. (Williams & Wilkins, 1961), by Henry Alan Skinner (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language. (Clarendon press, 1893), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
English etymology. (Karl J. Trübner, 1898), by Friedrich Kluge and Fredrick Lutz (page images at HathiTrust)
Composition of scientific words; a manual of methods and a lexicon of materials for the practice of logotechnics. ([Washington], 1954), by Roland W. Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der englischen Sprache (Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1927), by Ferdinand Holthausen (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language (Clarendon Press, 1924), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language. (E.C. & J. Biddle, 1853), by John Oswald, James Lynd, Joseph Thomas, and John M. Keagy (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of English etymology. (Trübner & co., 1872), by Hensleigh Wedgwood and J. C. Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Chambers's etymological dictionary of the English language (W. & R. Chambers, 1871), by William Chambers and James Donald (page images at HathiTrust)
Chambers's etymological dictionary of the English language. (Chambers, 1900), by Andrew Findlater (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of etymology of the English language, and of English synonymes and paronymes. (Adam & Charles Black, 1866), by John Oswald (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language. (Clarendon press, 1924), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of derivations; or, An introduction to etymology, on a new plan. (M. and J. Sullivan, 1860), by Robert Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
The new London expositor : being a collection of the most useful derivative words in the English languages : comprising the origin and meanings of more than seven thousand words from the Greek, Latin, French and Gothic roots ... (T.J. Allman, 1872), by George Pinnock (page images at HathiTrust)
English etymology : a select glossary serving as an introduction to the history of the English language (K.J. Trübner, 1898), by Friedrich Kluge and Frederick Lutz (page images at HathiTrust)
The etymological enchiridion, or practical analyzer : shewing the etymon or root of all the words in the English tongue ... (J. Harrison, 1823), by J. Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
Folk-etymology; a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy. (Holt, 1890), by Abram Smythe Palmer (page images at HathiTrust)
The Greek-English derivative dictionary: showing, in English characters, the Greek originals of such words in the English language as are derived from the Greek: and comprising correct explanations, from the most approved lexcographers, of the meanigs of each word. (J. Johnson, 1806), by William Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Clarendon Press, 1897), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Harper, 1898), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisches Woerterbuch der englischen Sprache (P. Schettler, 1865), by Eduard Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language, on a plan entirely new. (Key & Biddle, 1836), by John Oswald and John M. Keagy (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymons of English words (Oliver & Boyd ;, 1826), by John Thomson (page images at HathiTrust)
Chambers's etymological dictionary of the English language. (W. & R. Chambers, 1882), by William Chambers and Andrew Findlater (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of the English language, containing the pronunciation, etymology, and explanation of all words authorized by eminent writers: to which are added, a vocabulary of the roots of English words, and an accented list of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names. (D. Appleton & Co.;, 1845), by Alexander Reid and Henry Reid (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der englischen Sprache. (Schettler, 1865), by Eduard Mueller (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language (E. C. & J. Biddle, 1840), by John Oswald and John M. Keagy (page images at HathiTrust)
Odd derivations of words, phrases, slang, synonyms and Proverbs ... (Drexel Biddle, 1901), by William Hardcastle Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymons of English words. (Oliver & Boyd, 1826), by John Thomson, Rees Longman, and Scotland) Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language. (The Clarendon press, 1888), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language (E.C. & J. Biddle, 1854), by John Oswald, James Lynd, Joseph Thomas, John M. Keagy, and Book Traces Project (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of etymology of the English language: and of English synonymes and paronymes. (Black;, 1859), by John Oswald (page images at HathiTrust)
Chambers's etymological dictionary of the English language. (W. & R. Chambers, 1898), by William Chambers and Andrew Findlater (page images at HathiTrust)
English etymology ; or, a derivative dictionary of the English language: in two alphabets ... (printed for G. Robinson, 1783), by George William Lemon and George Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of English etymology. (Sheldon, 1862), by Hensleigh Wedgwood and J. C. Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Französisch-englisches etymologisches wörterbuch innerhalb des lateinischen : für studierende und lehrer des französischen und englischen an höheren unterrichtsanstalten (S. Calvary & Co., 1869), by S. Nagel (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of the English language, containing the pronunciation, etymology, and explanation of all words authorized by eminent writers. To which are added, a vocabulary of the roots of English words, and an accented list of Greek, Latin, and scripture proper names. (D.Appleton & co., 1857), by Alexander Reid and Henry Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of English etymology. (Trübner, 1859), by Hensleigh Wedgwood (page images at HathiTrust)
The pupil's guide to English etymology; containing the principal roots from the Latin, Greek, and other languages, with their derivatives; together with copious exercises on prefixes and affixes. (MacPhail, 1856), by George Manson (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language on a plan entirely new (Biddle, 1844), by John Oswald and John M. Keagy (page images at HathiTrust)
A new universal etymological, technological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language, embracing all terms used in art, science, and literature. (Published (for the proprietors) by Henry George Collins, 1849), by John Craig (page images at HathiTrust)
Introduction to etymology. (M. and J. Sullivan, 1857), by Robert Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymological guide to the English language; being a collection, alphabetically arranged, of the principal roots, affixes, and prefixes, with their derivatives and compounds. (Oliver & Boyd; [etc., etc.], 1837), by John Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language (Clarendon Press, 1974), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language (Clarendon Press, 1884), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language : by Walter W. Skeat. (Clarendon Press, 1909), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
Chambers' etymological dictionary of the English language (W. & R. Chambers, 1875), by William Chambers and James Donald (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of English language (Grigg, Elliot & co., 1848), by William Grimshaw (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary (Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 1821), by William Grimshaw (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary and expositor of the English language: containing the radicals and definitions of words derived from the Greek, Latin, and French, languages (J. Grigg, 1826), by William Grimshaw (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of derivations, or, An introduction to etymology, on a new plan, to which is appended a classical spelling book (Samuel Holdsworth, 1838), by Robert Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
Etymological dictionary of the English language (W. & R. Chambers, 1903), by William Chambers and Andrew Findlater (page images at HathiTrust)
Highroads dictionary (T. Nelson, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of English etymology (Macmillan, 1878), by Hensleigh Wedgwood (page images at HathiTrust)
A stem dictionary of the English language : for use in elementary schools (American Book Co., 1890), by John Kennedy (page images at HathiTrust)
A readable English dictionary : etymologically arranged, with an alphabetical index (J. Murray, 1888), by David Milne (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Harper & Brothers, 1896), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Harper & Bros., 1895), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language. (Clarendon press, 1898), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
Dictionary of derivations. (Sullivan Bros., 1872), by Robert Sullivan (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of the English language ... (Appleton, 1863), by Alexander Reid and Henry Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
Nachträge zu A.M. Murray: A new English dictionary on historical principles ... (Druck von W. Sommer, 1909), by Max Born (page images at HathiTrust)
Untergegangene und veraltete Worte des Französischen im Englischen (Buchstabe A u. B) (Posen, 1912), by Hugo Brüll (page images at HathiTrust)
Oswald's etymological dictionary (E.C. & J. Biddle, 1848), by John Oswald and John M. Keagy (page images at HathiTrust)
The Latin element in Shakespeare and the Bible; an analysis of the several languages represented in the vocabulary of Shakespeare and the King James version of the Bible (George Peabody college for teachers, 1929), by Nellie Angel Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
An universal etymological English dictionary : comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue ... and also a brief and clear explication of all difficult words ... ; together with a large collection and explication of words and phrases us'd in our ancient statutes, charters, writs ... ; to which is added a collection of our most common proverbs with their explication and illustration ... (Printed for J. and J. Knapton [etc.], 1735), by N. Bailey (page images at HathiTrust)
A concise etymological dictionary of the English language (Clarendon Press, 1884), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
An etymological dictionary of the English language, arranged on an historical basis. (Oxford, 1879), by Walter W. Skeat (page images at HathiTrust)
The English-Latin debt. 12000 English words derived from Latin. (Syntactic book company, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust)
Reid's Dictionary. (D. Appleton, 1845), by Alexander Reid and Henry Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
Die wichtigsten aus dem griechischen gebildeten wörter (mots savants) der französischen und englischen sprache, zusammengestellt und etymologisch erklärt. [Progr.] (Gumbinnen, 1889), by Gustav Capeller (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of the English language, containing the pronunciation, etymology, and explanation of all words authorized by eminent writers : to which are added, a vocabulary of the roots of English words, and an accented list of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names (D. Appleton & Co.;, 1846), by Alexander Reid and Henry Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
A dictionary of English etymology : with an introduction on the origin of language. (Trubner, 1878), by Hensleigh Wedgwood (page images at HathiTrust)
Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings, by Trench H. Johnson (Gutenberg ebook)

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