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Funk & Wagnalls also had an English dictionary in the early 1970s with excellent etymologies, which seem absent from dictionaries when i've looked in a Barnes a

Funk & Wagnalls also had an English dictionary in the early 1970s with excellent etymologies, which seem absent from dictionaries when i've looked in a Barnes and Noble store.

thanatos519 3y ago
I had that dictionary. So thorough that I did an entire research project just by reading definitions!
- jjtheblunt 3y ago
  I've got it still and it's like 50 years old, and it seems it no longer can be ordered.
spiffytech 3y ago
In case anyone hasn't seen it, there's a great online resource for etymologies: https://www.etymonline.com https://www.etymonline.com
wolverine876 3y ago
I don't know what Barnes & Noble carries in stores or what dictionaries are printed now. Paper dictionaries have limited space for obvious reasons. The paper dictionary that ignored those restrictions, the Oxford English Dictionary OED, was 20+ volumes. Now most dictionaries are online like encylopedias, again for obvious reasons, and the leading ones at least have etymologies: The OED is the definitive historical dictionary of English, including its etymologies. Unfortunately it's not free, but you might be a member of an institution that subscribes. https://www.oed.com/ https://www.oed.com/ The leading American dictionaries are Merriam-Webster, which has a free edition and a subscription-based unabridged edition (Merriam-Webster now is owned by Britannica, which was American last I knew), and American Heritage, which is free and which has a section on Indo-European and Semitic roots of words. https://www.merriam-webster.com/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/ https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ https://www.ahdictionary.com/ https://www.ahdictionary.com/ Hope that helps!
- jjtheblunt 3y ago
  That’s great info and i hadn’t looked to the different versions of current dictionaries. Thanks

Funk & Wagnalls also had an English dictionary in the early 1970s with excellent etymologies, which seem absent from dictionaries when i've looked in a Barnes and Noble store.

thanatos519 3y ago

I had that dictionary. So thorough that I did an entire research project just by reading definitions!

jjtheblunt 3y ago
I've got it still and it's like 50 years old, and it seems it no longer can be ordered.

spiffytech 3y ago

In case anyone hasn't seen it, there's a great online resource for etymologies: https://www.etymonline.com https://www.etymonline.com

wolverine876 3y ago

I don't know what Barnes & Noble carries in stores or what dictionaries are printed now. Paper dictionaries have limited space for obvious reasons. The paper dictionary that ignored those restrictions, the Oxford English Dictionary OED, was 20+ volumes. Now most dictionaries are online like encylopedias, again for obvious reasons, and the leading ones at least have etymologies: The OED is the definitive historical dictionary of English, including its etymologies. Unfortunately it's not free, but you might be a member of an institution that subscribes. https://www.oed.com/ https://www.oed.com/ The leading American dictionaries are Merriam-Webster, which has a free edition and a subscription-based unabridged edition (Merriam-Webster now is owned by Britannica, which was American last I knew), and American Heritage, which is free and which has a section on Indo-European and Semitic roots of words. https://www.merriam-webster.com/ https://www.merriam-webster.com/ https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ https://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/ https://www.ahdictionary.com/ https://www.ahdictionary.com/ Hope that helps!

jjtheblunt 3y ago
That’s great info and i hadn’t looked to the different versions of current dictionaries. Thanks