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For more than 150 years, in print and now online, Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information providing now an online dictionary and thesaurus.
The online etymology dictionary is the internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words, phrases, and idioms.
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