Online Etymology Dictionary The online etymology dictionary (etymonline) is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms
God - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline Popular etymology has long derived God from good; but a comparison of the forms shows this to be an error Moreover, the notion of goodness is not conspicuous in the heathen conception of deity, and in good itself the ethical sense is comparatively late
Nice - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline 7:[["$","meta","0",{"charSet":"utf-8"}],["$","title","1",{"children":"Nice - Etymology, Origin Meaning"}],["$","meta","2",{"name":"description","content":"\"foolish, ignorant, frivolous, senseless,\" from Old French nice (12c ) \"careless, clumsy;… See origin and meaning of nice "}],["$","meta","3",{"name":"application-name","content
History - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline etymology late 14c , ethimolegia "facts of the origin and development of a word," from Old French etimologie, ethimologie (14c , Modern French étymologie), from Latin etymologia, from Greek etymologia "analysis of a word to find its true origin," properly "study of the true sense (of a wor
Religion - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline However, popular etymology among the later ancients (Servius, Lactantius, Augustine) and the interpretation of many modern writers connects it with religare "to bind fast" (see rely), via the notion of "place an obligation on," or "bond between humans and gods "