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English etymology - Advanced Edition app for iPhone and iPad


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Reference Education
Developer: Trang Hoai
2.99 USD
Current version: 1.3, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 27 Jun 2016
App size: 87.15 Mb

Etymologies are not definitions; they are the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.

This app provides an offline version of English etymology. It includes 45000 entries and detailed information.

▪ Basic features include:
- Easy navigation
- Bookmark a word
- Words of the day
- Learn random words

▪The basic sources of this work are:
- Weekleys An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
- Kleins A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
- Oxford English Dictionary (second edition),
- Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology
- Holthausens "Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Englischen Sprache
- Kipfer and Chapmans "Dictionary of American Slang.
- And many more.

▪ If you want to suggest a new feature or report a bug, please send feedback to us. Thank you!