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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Noticing and Questioning the Language- A Deeper Dive Into Etymology. | Nov 07, 2026 | ||
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Awaye! - The etymology of country. | Oct 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DergiPark - The Eastern Origin of English Words (PDF). | Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: United Nations Statistics Division - Etymology and the historic study of geographical names (PDF). | Jan 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Etymology. | Nov 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Noticing and Questioning the Language- A Deeper Dive Into Etymology. | Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Literary Devices - Etymology. | Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cuesta College - Etymology: The Origin of Words. | Dec 06, 2021 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Nov 22, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Online Etymology Dictionary. | Jun 19, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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