Half the time when I look up a word it's not so much because I want to know the meaning as where it came from. As much as I like to know the etymology of a word, I'm too cheap to buy a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary and our many lesser dictionaries are missing this information for most words. Of course, when I'm at my computer, I often use dictionary.com to look up words and it does not provide etymologies.
Fortunately, I've just discovered etymonline.com, which is for etymologies what dictionary.com is for definitions.
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hey, cool site! i think i may sponsor a word....
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