Direct Etymologies

Inspiration: The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology edited by C.T. Onions- such an incredible 1800's name

Description: Word origins fascinate me, and I wanted to discover the etymologies of all the words I write here on my website. Some words are simple - the word area in English comes from the word area in Latin. Some words are thornier - the word unbelievably is forged from (1) un- (2) believe (3) able (4) -ly, which each have their own multiplying, jagged branches into the past. Cool to explore, time-consuming to visualize. So for now, I stuck with visualizing the simple words - the ones on my website with straight line, direct etymologies all the way back to their origins.

Languages

Latin Old French Middle French French Egyptian Hebrew Ancient Greek English Middle English Old English Old Norse German Anglo-Norman

Sources

Etymological Wordnet- dataset

ety-python- library to access data

Polygon or Circle?

Childhood Dictionary