Etymology: Word Origins

Explore where words come from with AI-assisted etymology. Search any word, root, or phrase to explore origins, language paths, pronunciation, meaning changes, cognates, related vocabulary, and evidence-supported Word Myth notes.

Etymology is a clean, fast word origins app for exploring roots, language paths, word parts, related words and historical context. Type any word and get an AI-assisted explanation that makes language history easy to understand and fun to explore.

Look up a familiar word, a term from a book, a Latin or Greek root, or something you heard in class. See how words travel between languages, how meanings shift across centuries and how one word can connect to many others.

Features:
• AI-assisted word origin lookup with roots, language paths and meaning shifts
• Word parts and related words for deeper vocabulary connections
• Personalized discoveries for your language and region
• Overview, Journey, and Connections sections you can tap or swipe through
• Listen to pronunciation with adjustable playback speed when a matching device voice is available
• Explore Word Myth notes only when supporting evidence is available
• Optional daily or weekly word reminders
• Favourites and search history to build your own word library
• Read previously cached results without a new lookup
• Clean reading experience with dark mode and dynamic type
• No sign-in required

Made for writers, students, readers, language learners, linguistics fans, vocabulary builders, trivia lovers and anyone who has ever wondered why a word means what it means.

Etymology turns every word into a small window into the history of language.

Search any word to explore its origins, roots, language paths, meaning changes, cognates and related vocabulary. Free with no account or subscription.

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Generated explanations can be incomplete or inaccurate and are not verified scholarship.

New lookups send the searched word, optional language hint, output language and prompt context through the Moruk gateway.

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