Etymologie, Étymologie, Etymology
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Wörter des Tages, Des Mots du Jour, Words of the Day, Weltweites des Tages

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brainemail - a word each day

(E?)(L?) http://www.brainemail.com/word.shtml
Learn a new word each day as well as its etymology!

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msn - Words of the Day

(E?)(L?) http://dictionary.msn.com/
Auch mit etymologischen Hinweisen.

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oed - Oxford English Dictionary - Word of the Day - Newsletter

(E?)(L1) http://www.oed.com/
(E1)(L1) http://www.oed.com/cgi/display/wotd
The OED is a historical dictionary of the English language from earliest times to the present day. It contains the meaning, history, usage, and pronunciation of over half a million words.
Whenever an etymological question arises, the first place to look shoud be the OED.
An expensive subscription service, but some background documents and a Word of the Day are available free.

A complete entry from the OED each day, showing a detailed history of a word and its use, with pronunciation, spellings, etymology, quotations and date chart.
Das aktuelle "Word of the Day" mit einer etymologischen Erklärung gibt es gratis - mit

owad (owa)
One Word A Day - Word List - Wortliste

(E3)(L1) http://www.owad.de/
Diese Site hat zwar eine deutsche Domain-Adrssse, aber die Begriffe sind ausschliesslich englisch. Deshalb habe ich sie unter UK eingeordnet.

Paul Smith verschickt "One Word A Day", d.h. jeden Tag einen englischen Ausdruck, wie er in England oder den USA in jeder Zeitung, nicht aber unbedingt in einem deutschen Schulbuch steht. Verpackt ist das ganze als Multiple-Choice-Test.

Man findet nicht zu allen Begriffen etymologische Hinweise, aber immer interessante sprachliche Hinweise.

Am 31.12.2007 waren folgende Begriffe im "OWAD-Archiv" zu finden:

401K
a botched job
a busman's holiday
a close call
a craving for
a dark horse
a day off in lieu
a dead giveaway
a dearth of
a doddle
a dog and pony act
a dog's dinner
a fly in the ointment
a fly in the ointment
a good day for ducks
a great din
a Greek gift
a little bird told me
a little bird told me
a modicum of truth
a physical
a piece of cake
a pushover
a sardonic reply
a shot in the arm
a snowball's chance
a storm in a teacup
a talking to
a wet blanket
a yen for
a.k.a.
abhor
ablutions
abscond
abstemious
abstruse
abuzz
acme
acquiesce
act of God
acumen
acumen
ad creep
adamantine
adherent
admonish
adulterate
aegis
AFAIK
affable
affable
affidavit
affluent
affluent
aftermath
agglutinative language
agog
ajar
akimbo
akimbo
akin
alacrity
albatross
alert
allegation
allege
aloof
alsatian
altercation
ambidextrous
ambiguous
ambiguous message
ameliorate
amicable
amicable relationship
ampersand
an audacious person
analysisparalysis
anchorwoman
and all that jazz
angel investor
anticipate
aplomb
apocryphal
apply the thumbscrews
apposite
apposite remark
apprenticeship
arcane
arduous
are you game?
Aries
aries
arm candy
arson
arsonist
artful dodger
assiduous
at loggerheads
ATM
attenuate
attrition
audacious
audacious
auspicious
Aussie
autophobia
avid
avid reader
awe
awfully pretty
awfully pretty
awkward
awning
AWOL
Aztec two-step
B.O.
B2B
baby bells
back to square one
backhander
backpedal
bad-hair day
baffle
bailiwick
baker's dozen
baker's dozen
balderdash
ballpark
ballpark figure
baloney
bamboozle
bamboozle someone
banana problem
banana republic
bandersnatch
bandwagon
bangalored
banter
barter
basket case
basket case
battleaxe
beckon
beckon
bedlam
bee's knees
beef up
Beemer
behemoth
Belisha Beacon
belligerent
bellwether
benchmark
beneficiary
benevolent
benign
berate
bespoke
between a rock and a hard place
bevy
bewildered
bi-monthly
biased
big blue
bigot
binge
biobreak
birthday suit
bite the bullet
bite the dust
black fax
blackmail
bland
blarney
blarney
blase
blasé
blatant
blind man's buff
blockbuster
blood diamonds
blooper
blowing his own trumpet
blown to smithereens
blue chip
blue chip
blue moon
blue movie
blunder
blurb
Bob's your uncle!
bodybag
boffin
bog down
bogus
bogus
bohemian
boilerplate
bolster
bonanza
bone of contention
boob tube
booboo
booby trap
bookworm
boondocks
boondoggle
boondoggle
bootleg
bootstrap
bovine
bowdlerise
braces
brag
brain drain
brainwave
brass-monkey weather
break the mould
bric-a-brac
briefing
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
brinkmanship
broke
brouhaha
brownfield
bubble and squeak
buck the trend
bullish
bullish
bullshit artist
bully
bullying
bumf
bungler
bunk
bunkum
buoy
buoyant
burgeon
burn the candle at both ends
burn the midnight oil
bush telegraph
butt
butter up
buttonhole
by hook or by crook
by the book
by the short hairs
by the short hairs
by the skin of her teeth
byzantine bureaucracy
byzantine
cachet
cachet
cajole
cakewalk
call the shots
call upon nature
call upon nature
can of worms
can of worms
candid
candour
canny
cant
cantankerous person
carbon footprint
cartography
cat's pyjamas
catch-22 situation
catch-22 situation
catchall
catnap
caveat
cement ties
cheapskate
cheesepodder
cheesy
chew the fat
chicanery
chick flick
chicken out
chicken-feed
child prodigy
Chinese wall
chinese whispers
chock-a-block
chock-a-block
chuckle
chuffed
churlish behaviour
churlish
churn
circuitous path
circumspect behaviour
circumspect
clairvoyant
clandestine
clandestine
claptrap
clean slate
clear a backlog
cliffhanger
cliffhanger
clobber
close ranks
closed shop
cloud cuckoo land
clout
clutch at straws
co-opt
cobweb site
cock and bull story
cockroach problem
cockroach
codswallop
codswallop
coffer
collywobbles
Come again?
come of age
come-uppance
commensurate
commodious
common-or-garden
complacent
complacent
compunction
compunction
con artist
con artist
concatenate
concatenated messages
condescending
condo
condone
consignment
conspicuous
conspirator
constitutional
contagious
contemporary
contender
contentious subject
contentious
contraceptives
control freak
conundrum
conurbation
conurbation
cook the books
cook the books
cool as a cucumber
coopt
copycat
copyright
corner the market
cornucopia
corroborate
cost an arm and a leg
couch doctor
covet
coy
crackerjack
cranky
craven behaviour
craven
creature comforts
cred
crib notes
cringe
crosshairs
crux of the matter
cuddle
culminate
culmination
culprit
cunning
curate's egg
curfew
curfew
cursory
curtail
cushy
custody
cut the mustard
cut the mustard
cutting-edge
CYA
cyberchondriac
dabble
daft
danegeld
dash hopes
dead cat bounce
dead cert
dead ringer
dead ringer
Dear John letter
debunk
debunk
deceitful person
defunct
deleterious to your health
deleterious
demeanour
demeanour
demise
department of correction
depict
deploy
deranged
deteriorate
devious
dilapidated
dilly-dally
dilly-dally
diplomatics
dipsomaniac
dire straits
dire straits
dirty bomb
discretionary power
dishevelled
disputatious
diva
divest
divest
dnfed
do it at the drop of a hat
doctor the report
doddle
dodgy
dog days
doldrums
don't bogart that
dongle
donkey's years
doomsday
dot.com stock
dotty
double bind
double dutch
double whammy
double whammy
doublethink
doublethink
dovish person
dowry
doyen
dozing off
draconian
Dressed to the Nines
dribs and drabs
drop a clanger
dry run
dub
dubbing
due diligence
DUI
dumb down
dumbfounded
dunce
dusey
dust bunnies
Dutch Courage
Dutch treat
dwindle
dwindle
dyed-in-the-wool conservative
e-signature
E.T.A.
earmark
eat crow
eat humble pie
eavesdrop
eavesdrop
echelons
edgy
educated guess
eerie
effluent
effusive
egg him on
egg on
eidetic memory
eke out
elbow-grease
elbow-grease
elevator pitch
eloquent
embattled
embezzle
emolument
emulate
endemic plants
endemic
endorse
engender
ennui
enology
ensconced
entice
entourage
ephemeral
epigram
equanimity
equivocal
err
eschew
escrow period
estranged
eulogize
exacerbate
exasperation
exonerate
exorbitant
exorbitant
expat
experience economy
expletive
expropriate
extemporaneous
extemporaneous
extrapolate
extricate
eye-candy
face the music
facemail
facetious
factotum
fad
fall prey to
fallacious
fallacious
fantabulous
far-fetched idea
farce
fastidious
fathom out
fatuous
fatuous
fazed
fcuk
feat
feat
fecund imagination
fecund
fed up
feet of clay
feisty
felon
fervor
fervor
fervour
fiancee
fidget
fifth column
fifth column
filibuster
fillip
finance 101
fingers crossed
firewall
first water
fishy
flabbergasted
flagging
flash campaign
flash in the pan
flatulence
flaw
flawless
fledgling
fleece
fleeting memory
flippant
flog
flop
flotsam and jetsam
flounder
fluke
fluke
flummox
flummox
flux
fly-by-night
foe
foible
foible
foil
foot the bill
footage
for the birds
fortnight
forty winks
foster
fourth estate
fourth estate
fraudster
friendly fire
frippery
fritter away
frolic
froth
frugal
fuddy-duddy
fudge
full of indignation
fulsome
fume
fume
funny bone
funny farm
funnybone
fuss
FYI
gadfly
gadget
gadgeteer
gaffe
gaffer
gamut
garbled
garrulous
gaudy
gazump
geek
genial person
genial
genteel
germane
gerrymander
gesticulate
get off Scot free
get off Scot free
get on one's high horse
get the axe
get wind of
ghostwriter
gibberish
giggle
gingerly
gingerly
girl Friday
girl Friday
give him the nod
give the nod
glad hand
glass ceiling
glean
glee
glib answer
glib answer
glitch
gluttony
go ape
go ballistic
go bananas
go cold turkey
go commando
go down the tubes
go down the tubes
go for a spin
go for broke
go haywire
go haywire
go on the pull
go postal
go south
Go
gobbledygook
gobsmacked
Good riddance!
goofy
Google stalker
googol
goose bumps
grandiloquence
grandiloquence
grapevine
grasp the nettle
grassroots
graveyard shift
gravity
gravy train
Greek to me
greenwash
gregarious
gregarious
grey nomad
gridlock
ground zero
guinea pig
gullible
gumption
gung-ho
gusto
guts
guzzle
haberdashery
halcyon
halcyon
hamper
hamper
hamstrung
hands down favourite
handy
handyman
hangover
hanky panky
haphazard
harangue
harbinger
harbinger
hardscrabble
hat trick
have a crush on someone
have butterflies in one's stomach
have green fingers
hawk
he created a furore
he gave me a sermon
he got his just deserts
he is a shrink
he is in awe of her
he is psychic
he is pusillanimous
he popped the question
he stole my thunder
he was pilloried
he went bananas
he's in cahoots with George
He's in the doghouse
he's lost his marbles
he's over the hill
he's thick
hearsay
heckler
heed
heir apparent
hen party
henpecked
Here's Mud in Your Eye!
hiatus
hibernation
higgledy-piggledy
high-five
highfalutin
hike
hilarious
his hopes were dashed
his number is up
his presentation was higgledy-piggledy
histrionics
hit pay dirt
hit rock bottom
hit the pillow
hit the road
hit the sack
ho-hum
hoax
hodgepodge
hoi polloi
hoi polloi
hoity-toity
hold a torch for someone
hold someone in esteem
hold your horses!
homely
hoodwink
hooker
hoot
hopscotch
horrendous
horses for courses
hot potato
hubris
hubris
hue and cry
hullabaloo
hullabaloo
humdrum job
humvee
hunky dory
hustings
hype
hyperbole
hypocrisy
hypocrite
I am loath to do that
I am under the weather
I feel rejuvenated
I got a jab
I have a bone to pick with you
I heard it straight from
I made a boo boo
I rued the decision
I was shanghaied
I was stumped
I was taken aback
I'm holding the baby
idle
if pigs could fly
iffy
ignominious
ignominious
illustrious
IMHO
imminent
impeccable
imperative
imperious
impersonator
impertinent
impetuous person
impetuous
imposter
impregnable
imprimatur
impromptu
in a jiffy
in a nutshell
in a tizzy
in camera
in jeopardy
in limbo
in the know
in the limelight
in the nick of time
incessant
incessant talker
incisive
inclement weather
Indian Summer
indigenous person
indigenous
inebriated
influx
infra dig
ingenious
inimitable
inimitable
injunction
inkling
innocuous
insidious
instant buzz
insurgent
intangible
interlocutor
intransigent
intransigent
intrepid
intricate problem
IOU
ironclad
irreverent
it cuts both ways
it was a dead heat
it's curtains for him
Ivy League
Ivy League
jack up
jack-o'-lanterns
Jackass
janitor
jaywalker
jeopardise
jettison him
jettison
jibe
Jiffy Lube
jingoism
jinx
JIT
jitters
jocular
jocular
joe public
joe public
Johnny-come-lately
jovial
juggernaut
juggernaut
jump the gun
junket
juxtapose
juxtapose
kangaroo court
keep a stiff upper lip
keep mum
keep your trap shut
kerfuffle
kick the bucket
kick the bucket
kick-start
kickback
kill two birds...
killer app
kin
knee-jerk reaction
knee-jerk reaction
knight in shining armour
knock his socks off
knock-up
knowledge engineer
knuckle down
kudos
lackadaisical
lackluster
lackluster
laid-back
lambast
lampoon
landline
languid
languish
lateral hire
lax
laxity
layabout
lazy Susan
left-handed compliment
legal tender
lemon
lemon
Let's hear it for
let's knuckle down
levity
libel
lick
lie in state
limbo
linchpin
litigation
live the life of Riley
livid
lo and behold
loaded
lock, stock, and barrel
lollipop man
long in the tooth
longevity
loo
loony
loophole
loophole
loose cannon
loot
looting
lovey-dovey
lucid
lucky dip
Luddite
ludicrous
ludicrous
lukewarm
luminary
lurk
magnanimous gesture
magnanimous
make a killing
make a killing
make a pass
make amends
make ends meet
make eyes
malady
malfeasance
malicious
malinger
malleable
manslaughter
maudlin
maverick
maverick
me thinks
meagre
measly
meat space
meddle
mediocre
mediocre results
mediocre results
meek
mellifluous
mellifluous
meme
mendacious
mendacious
mercurial
mercurial
merit
mesmerise
mete out
midwife
miffed
mind-boggling
mingle
mint condition
mirth
miser
mishap
misnomer
missive
mitigate
mittens
mnemonic
mock-up
mockumentary
modicum
moggies
mojo
Molasses City
mollycoddle
mollycoddle
momentous
Mondayitis
mondegreen
money petered out
mongrel
moniker
moniker
monitor
monkey business
monkey business
Moore's Law
moot point
moratorium
moron
moxie
Mr Right
muckraker
mull it over
mull
mulls
Mum's the word!
mumbo jumbo
Munchausen syndrome
muzak
my 2 cents worth
nab
nadir
namby-pamby
naysayer
negligible
nerd
nest egg
newfangled
NGO
nifty
niggle
nimble
NIMBY
nincompoop
nincompoop
nippy
nitpicker
nitpicker
nitty gritty
nix
no spring chicken
no-brainer
no-frills carrier
noncompete
nonplussed
nonplussed
not my cup of tea
not worth the candle
nudge
nudge
nurture
nutty as a fruitcake
O.A.P.
O.A.P.
obese
obfuscate
obfuscate
obituary
oblivious to
obnoxious
obnoxious
oddity
odds and ends
off the cuff
off the wall
Old Bill
old boy network
old boy network
old wives' tale
old-timer
on a par with
on a shoestring
on all fours
on cloud nine
on cloud nine
on tenterhooks
on the dole
on the fly
on the fritz
on the gravy train
once in a blue moon
one over the eight
one too many
one-liner
one-upmanship
onerous
onus
ouija board
oust
oust
outfox
outrageous
over the moon
overwhelming
Oxfordian
oxymoron
p's and q's
page-turner
paint the town red
paint the town
palatial
palindrome
palpable
panache
panache
panhandler
paper tiger
paraphernalia
paraphernalia
paraskavedekatriaphobia
Pardon my French
Pardon my French
pariah
parochialism
pass the buck
pass the buck
pathetic
paucity
pay through the nose
payola
payola
peccadillo
pecking order
peckish
pecuniary
Peeping Tom
penchant
penultimate
penultimate thing
perambulate
peremptory
perfunctory reply
perfunctory
perjury
perk
permalancer
pernickety
perpetuate
perseverance
persnickety
perspire
perturbed
peruse
peruse
pervasive
pet hate
pet project
petaflop
Peter Principle
pettifogger
philistine
phoney information
phony
pick-up line
pie in the sky
piecemeal
pigeonhole
piggy bank
piggy in the middle
piggyback
pin down
pinch pennies
pink collar
pink slip
pinnacle
pinnacle
pipe down
pipe dream
pipsqueak
pithy comment
pithy