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There's also the good ol' Etymonline (http://www.etymonline.com/ http://www.etymonline.com/) which I prefer over the Google search.
by personlurking 13y ago
There's also the good ol' Etymonline (http://www.etymonline.com/ http://www.etymonline.com/) which I prefer over the Google search.
- sz4kerto 13y agoThere were other good ol' sites, calculators, FX rates, maps, dictionaries, timers. If the easiest one is 'good enough', it's going to destroy the rest.
- personlurking 13y agoAnd just as they merge, so must the ways in which we connect to that information. Type > touch/voice > intuitive/AI/chipped. 'Resistance is futile' ;)
- nate_meurer 13y agoChipped! Funniest thing I've read all morning, thanks. Edit: Incidentally, I've been thinking a lot recently about how anxious I am for a really good wearable machine for time tracking and management. I've checked out FitBit et al., but I haven't found the one yet. It's not quite a chipping, but only insofar as the device is to be on the outside of my skin.
- DanielStraight 13y agoWhich of course has a !bang on DuckDuckGo: !etym or !etymology For a good comparison of how much more information Etymonline has, look up the word "silly". Etymonline gives a much better sense of the almost unbelievable shift in meaning over time.
- personlurking 13y agoand, of course, "nice". http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=nice&searchmode=none http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&searc...
- agumonkey 13y agoChrom(ium|e) supports on the fly request to etymonline.com, e t y TAB and you're there. Very handy.