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Print books found in the Library

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal
Call Number: PE1072 .C68 2004
Publication Date: 2003-08-04
Origins: An etymological dictionary of modern English by Eric Partridge
Call Number: PE1580 .P351 2009
Publication Date: 2008-10-15
The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology by Robert K. Barnhart (Editor)
Call Number: PE1580.B35 1988
Publication Date: 1988-08-30
The Private Lives of English Words by Louis G. Heller (Editor); Alexander Humez (Editor)
Call Number: PE1580.H35 1984
Publication Date: 1984-06-01
Klein's Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Ernest Klein
Call Number: PE1580.K47 1971
Publication Date: 1971-08-01
Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins by William and Mary Morris
Call Number: PE1580.M65 1988
Publication Date: 1988-05-17
Devious Derivations by Hugh Rawson
Call Number: PE1584.R38 1994
Publication Date: 1993-12-21

These additional resources come from the Library and from the open web.

Early English Books Online
Contains digital facsimile page images of works printed in English from 1470-1700. Includes the ages of Spenser, Shakespeare and of the English Civil War.

A Dictionary of the English Language VOL 1 - Samuel Johnson
A dictionary of the English language; in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, And Authorized BY The Names Of The Writers In Whose Works They Are Found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language
A Dictionary of the English Language VOL 2 - Samuel Johnson
A dictionary of the English language; in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, And Authorized BY The Names Of The Writers In Whose Works They Are Found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which is prefixed a grammar of the English language
Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
The Middle English Compendium contains three Middle English electronic resources: an ME dictionary, a bibliography of ME prose and verse, and a searchable library of ME quotations.
Online Etymology Dictionary
Use for quick reference only, not an educational or research website.
World Wide Words
Use for quick reference only, not an educational or research website.

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Lexitecture
The premise is simple: in each episode, two friends get together armed with a new chosen word, and then they regale each other (and you!) with whatever bits of fascinating trivia they’ve been able to uncover about the origins and histories of those words, tracing through the ages to decipher just how each word got from its beginnings to its current use.
Words for Granted
Words for Granted is one of the longest-running etymology and linguistics podcasts.
A Way with Words
A Way with Words is a radio show and podcast that features light-hearted conversation about language change, debates, and differences, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word origins and histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games and puzzles, grammar, books, literature, writers and writing, and more.

English Doublets (E.A. Allen)
A list of English doublets building on the work of W. W. Skeat.
List of Doublets (W.W. Skeat)
W.W. Skeat's list of doublets appearing in his "An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language" pp.748-751. (Via the Internet Archive)
List of English Doublets (Wiktionary)
A non-scholarly list of doublets that might give clues about what you might research later.